Will pay the price this is a promise to the martyrs and the injured this is some National Commitment 100. 00 honey phase a former Lebanese Health minister hes been helping treat the injured and spoke to us a little earlier. I was sitting at my home i told my family shouted take tears theres an earthquake and immediately in my favorite place everything collapsed. Naturally i skipped i left family and jumped to the hospital to save lives we are in a very bad situation economically medical supplies sort of everything we managed to cope but the investigation is beyond any description people to want to think of homes there are times when we have pressure injuries there were a couple of cars their heads maybe they hit well hear what they hit somewhere people from. A injuries because you can see their faces are swollen as a direct and less injured is fragments of people you know beirut is a very crowded city if you are passing on a street and immediately want to offer glasses collapses then you want to scream from 20 said. There are different sort of. Injuries. We meet in the last city but i have injuries acceleration injuries still it is an injury is what we describe in medical care as kolaches in a hunter in a region then a sadly the death toll keeps rising a number of injured is going up. Yes we are outside one of the main hospitals in bed with the American University hospital families of the victims people who were injured as well as killed in this massive blast are gathering outside waiting to hear news about their their loved ones at least 50 dead according to Health Officials more than 2700 people injured this was a massive blast the blast that shook the lebanese capital i dont think it is an exaggeration to say everyone in the lebanese capital felt this this this massive blast i was thrown to the crown by the sheer force of the explosion you can hear people shouting theres a lot of tension in the air a chaos hospitals under strain we heard from a top Lebanese Security official saying that the cause of the blast appears to be a highly explosive material that was stored in a warehouse at beirut port now the Prime Minister calling this a Natural Disaster but it seems it is a disaster that is manmade he is promising an investigation but who. Im not really sure how many people will believe that those responsible for storing this highly explosive material at beirut airport will be held to account this is a country really where many many people have been demanding a new leadership blaming the Political Parties who have been governing this country for decades for running the economy to the ground so this is just adding much more pressure on the lebanese who are already suffering from many many crises you can see ambulances continue to arrive hospitals really really under a lot of pressure and the Health Care System was already struggling with the effects of the coronavirus right. Yes a recent surge in the number of coronavirus cases putting a lot of pressure on on the hospitals but already the Health Sector was suffering because of the economic crisis which predates the pandemic this is a private hospital and the government owes a billions of dollars in fact the government owes most of the private hospitals billions of dollars and that the Health Care System is really based on the private sector not the Public Sector because the Public Sector is so under underfunded the so even yesterday nurses even before this class nurses were probably. Were planning to hold a strike to highlight the conditions under which they have been working this hospital alone fired 850 nurses and administrators. Just a few a few weeks ago because they were not able to keep paying their salaries as more and more lebanese lose their jobs they lose their private insurance and theyre unable to come to private hospitals so then they go to Public Hospitals and Public Hospitals are already underfunded the government is cash strapped and the state is close to bankruptcy and this is why lebanese officials are appealing for help from other countries you know to to be able to cope with this over with this Natural Disaster 2700 people thats a quite a high number and now the red cross has been appealing for people to donate blood because theres an urgent need for blood a lot of the injuries head injuries from from shattered glass the destruction the damage across the city i have never seen Something Like this before and ive covered many many explosions and assassinations over the years massive explosions really in beirut but nothing nothing like what we witnessed late this afternoon and the government is understand asking for help from other countries and some some countries of off and assistance what sort of things do you think will be a priority. Well priority will be health care to provide the necessary treatment because hospitals were already low on supplies because this is an import the pendent country they import approximately 80 percent of what the lebanese eat as well as medical supplies and it has been very very difficult to import medical supplies even medicine there has been a shortage of medicine because you need dollars and theres a scarcity of dollars here because of the economic crisis and the local currency devalued by more than 80 percent in the past few months so the very fact that these hospitals and pharmacies they dont have the dollars to be able to import much needed medical supplies so this is what is expected. Is definitely going to call hope that their friends abroad will provide some sort of some sort of support sorry its quite chaotic here as you can imagine so were going to have to wait to see whether or not certain lebanon will receive the necessary medical assistance to be able to treat all these hundreds and a few 1000 people really who have been injured in this massive blast zain a 100 thank you very much indeed. And we speak now to mocked oh hes a professor of communications at the American University of beirut and was a former candidate for the Lebanese Parliament thanks very much indeed for being with us so the Prime Minister has talked about the. Explosion being caused by possibly dangerous materials that was stored in the port and had been there since 2014 can you explain just what kind of oversight there is a of the port and how that kind of material might have been there for for so long in such a densely populated area. The material is stored it was in the have your number 12 which is one of the biggest and they store all flammable and that order material that is highly sensitive to explosions and otherwise and those who are stuck there by quota touring because theyre not allowed to enter lebanon and they were basically trying to get them into lebanon using excuses off using them for fertilizers so that the ports so far are saying and it seems that something terribly when drunk there and they were not stored properly there was a lot of flammables and that region and then there was a massive fire followed by in 16 trillion which basically destroyed 2 to 30 kilometer radius of homes and houses around i was one of those who who is missing or the glass and an entire entrance to a house because of the blast basically its negligence you have got Customs Department that responsibly for it and then youve got the ministry of defense because they have that i thought to supervise anything off an explosive nature such as dynamite and others and include including the ammonium by traits that exploded this evening. As theres 4 reports of beirut by the way is 80 percent of all imports into lebanon so it is the main vein its the main ought to be for this economy for food for medicine for everything right next to it is the massive the biggest storage and if you see the footage youll notice the big dominant White Building thats the strategic game reserve for lebanon which got completely destroyed and that means wheat it means 3 months off wheat and around the port there are a can use 2 or 3 of the biggest minutes and 11 on board so produce the flour for the bread so the damage. It is massive on every scale its Food Security its medical and supplies plus it is the physical destruction and the injuries. What they just reported is they just crossed 50 people dead and close to 3000 injured and people are still flooding into the hospitals and now theyre transporting people from central beirut hospitals to others because one of the major hospitals which is close by also got the fact that one destroyed so some of its capacities have been decommissioned because they cannot function with all the glass and all the damage and theyre not confident that the machines are actually properly functional because of the impact i think someone reported that it was close to 4. 5 on the Richter Scale that was how massive it is its close to an earthquake what happened today is negligence and what happened today is very close to being considered a crime against the lebanese people its a crime against humanity yet some members come in she did talk about that the reason why those expenses were there can you elaborate on why they would be pumped into was apparently seized in 2014 why they would still be be in position just give us a bit more detail about that because presumably would if they would need to be inspections at various points to establish where the explosive material was still in a stable state especially if its in a hot area and that kind of thing whether any inspections of the area. No our regular expense basically investigations of that area inspections are constant because its in the middle of the busiest there yet and the port so you always get lighters and other flammables going through and in and out of that hangar the problem is that quite empty and daddy which is the uk which is basically quite empty because of in a Legal Process that was dragging on and no one would get the final decision on whether to be explored the product to the source where it came from why the court was going until it got the decision so far its been negligence in terms of preserving that material that is related directly to the port of beirut safety and the more the of that actors of the port as well as customs and the security agencies which are responsible for such things that way there is no if i just want to clarify it is that the stuff that was there is it was it being impounded because it was destined to create weapons or what was the story behind that stuff being that it was ok but the excuse to get them into the country of the time was theyre going to be used to produce fertilizer but such material is not allowed into the country so it was impounded and there was an Ongoing Investigation and the company about them here was. Going through the Legal Process and it seems there is some political intervention and this has been dragging on for 6 years and the product has remained in storage so obviously there is huge political game being played their 1st for allowing them into the country to force starting the Legal Process that has stalled so far for a good 6 years thank you very much indeed an octo giving us but hes in that vein just information about the possible causes of that explosion and thank you thank you for having. The homes and buildings quite some distance away from the explosion have been badly damaged until borat is a journalist living in beirut these are pictures from her house showing how powerful that blast was the impact of the explosion blew out windows and damaged senator inside she suffered minor injuries we spent 2 and show a short time ago. Which is sitting in our p. V. You dont want to next tricks but suddenly. Can a result thats i dont know what they were up a very novel hovering of class jets in the air and i look at the window hes at last dont look and. I open the window and i was even found out and within seconds all that though isnt quick though its not. I was down to the ground i was bleeding there was a speck of glass in my back i spoke to be told but i have to tell you that i thought he didnt have one of injuries because all the hospitals in the city get back a lot of journalists rather than editors are trying to get me a doctor but every medical i would say having is that all the hospitals a fact and i go im already sure you know at this point in time i grovel to a doctor tomorrow i just sort of driven to the fence got to affect how to sit here i. Really sit down to see what i could do was my own situation suddenly was a terrifying experience even as a doctor. Something i have a conflict all the time but its happening how you know we just got off the bottom you funded but thats not what you think of when that happened that day i filed a story of how devaney the struggle to buy bread but the fight the bread has doubled and my heart going out and for all the people these people already had it so hard. To other news now in colombias former president of our already bases the Supremes Court has ordered his detention as part of an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud is a mentor of current president even his right wing party is known for its loyalty to the former leader reid is repeatedly declared his innocence in question the Court Independence doesnt rank it isnt built up for the background to the case this is the 1st time that a former president has placed a preventive house arrest in the history of colombia and were not talking about any former president. A decade after the end of his presidency is considered the most powerful politician in the country the man behind the opposition to the hard part p. 5. And he is currently a senator mccarthy suspended and now after this decision is also the mentor and truly the Political Party current president. So this is a huge huge year that really divides the country because for many here he is seen as a savior because during his government he was able to successfully fight against terrorism. Waging war against the state but many. People find him considering him the man behind or with strong connections with paramilitary groups that are responsible for many massacres throughout the country a civil conflict. Lets turn to the coronavirus pandemic now and despite soaring infection rates hospital admissions and deaths in the United StatesPresident Trump says the pandemic is under control as much as you can control it at least 155000 people have died after contracting code 19 in the United States and more than 4700000 people are infected u. S. Politicians are still negotiating a next emergency aid package after the latest Unemployment Benefit Program lapsed at the end of last week you know the president has again attacked the use of mail in ballots in this years election while defending it in florida thats the state hes registered to use a postal vote in or twitter he said whether you call it vote by mail or absentee voting in florida the election system is safe and secure tried and true floridas Voting System has been cleaned up so in florida i encourage all to request a ballot and vote by mail. Of a 5000000 corona virus infections and more than 200000 deaths have now been reported across latin america despite this some of the worst affected countries are rolling back restrictions brazils biggest cities are power in Rio De Janeiro a reopening businesses even though doctors say this could lead to even more deaths mexicos also easing restrictions despite now having the worlds 3rd highest number of deaths after brazil and the United States hundreds of military personnel are being dissed deployed to the australian state of victoria to help enforce coronavirus isolation orders a nighttime curfew is in place and anyone outside with a permitted reason who would without a permit or reasons or issue will face large fines the states premier says its the only way to stop a surge in new cases because gage has more. Second largest city public transport normally filled with workers is now near empty tough measures including an overnight curfew are in place to slow the spread of coded 19 as the number of new delhi cases remains in the triple digits and the government is doing everything in its power to make sure people stay in their homes unless its absolutely necessary tough fines have been introduced for anyone breaching isolation apart from a Major Medical care there is literally no reason for you to leave your home and if you were to leave your home and not be found you will have a very difficult time convincing Victoria Place that you had a reason the government says nearly a 3rd of people with coded 19 who were visited by authorities were told him which has been leading to Community Transmission now rules have been tightened people cant step out of their homes the only exemption Health Reasons hundreds of military personnel are being deployed to help tory and police in force the isolation orders some of the toughest restrictions on the movement of people the stroller has ever saying weve had to smash the window as a people in cars and pull them out of the side i could provide the data because i went telling us where they were going it hearing to the chief Health Officer guidelines with more businesses closing in construction retail and other industries the states economy has stalled and thousands of people are expected to lose their jobs will be stood down victoria makes up nearly a quarter of the National Economy and with her strict to remain in place for at least 6 weeks some experts are warning that israel is recession could now last. Laving little chance of an economic recovery any time. Millions of people in the philippines are back on the lockdown after president. Enforced new measures more than 6000 new corona virus infections were confirmed there on tuesday the countrys largest daily jumping case is public transport has been suspended and some nonessential shops ordered to close down in the gun has more from manila. Ryanair to go is on his way home after is 12 hour overnight shift at the airport in manila taking the train is now out of the question the government has imposed another round of lock downs to stop the spread of coronavirus in manila and public transport has been halted for 2 weeks along what makes this but. Is that the strain you see so no i havent slept and i am dead tired but i had to keep walking. Arts point is on his way to work in a Shopping Mall with a sprint they have been walking for 2 hours and need to be fast to make it to the Central Business district by 10 am. That they were they were all that exhausted and then art then our work starts this is it we have no choice but to follow the protocols by the government and the hope this doesnt last forever the total is now more than 100000 the 2nd highest number of corona virus infections in Southeast Asia after indonesia thats forced the government to reimpose restrictions after losing quarantine rules for almost 2 months domestic flights are banned and International Air travel limited police have set up additional checkpoints across metro manila and people have to carry quarantine passes many of the people weve spoken to here tell us they will now have to spend an average of 4 to 5 hours every day for the next 2 weeks just so. Go to work almost all of them are under a no work no pay status they cant even afford to stay at home they say they simply do not have a choice. Even before restrictions were tightened Public Transportation in manila was only allowed to operate at half its capacity and many businesses are still operating under a socalled modified enhanced Community Quarantine thousands of public transport workers subs lost their jobs and some have turned to becky many workers dollars they understand that these measures are necessary but can only hope the government decides to help those who have little to survive on similarly dugan just 0 manila. Eastern china has been battered by heavy rains and high winds from the form of typhoon haiyan put winds of more than 137 Kilometers Per Hour and for me to high waves reported but it made landfall in jersey on province its now moving towards shanghai trees have been felled and motorcycles swept along as mobile 380000 people were forced to leave their homes a storm is the regions 4th typhoon this year. Tropical storm is a yes is still driving Near Hurricane Force Winds inland as it moves up the east coast of the u. S. At least 2 people were killed and several people are missing after a tornado flattened a Mobile Home Park in North Carolina winds of up to 136 kilometers an hour recorded as the storm came on land but those speeds have fallen slightly there are concerns about severe flooding as the storm moves north towards pennsylvania and washington d. C. Zimbabwes president. Has vowed to continue a clampdown to flush out his critics a local Human Rights Group says more than 60 opposition members and government critics have been arrested since last week the government of forced coronavirus locked down days before planned protests last friday the opposition says it was aimed at stopping its rally calling for the ruling party to resign and im going to grow as described his critics as dark forces that must be defeated spaniards are asking whether for mccain has gone the palace in madrid announced on monday that one carlos was leaving the country under a cloud of financial scandal rumors that he fled to the Dominican Republic have been denied well media reports suggest he wants to return to spain soon after her oh reports from madrid. From defender of the mark received to a humiliating fall from grace spains former King Juan Carlos abandoned a royal residence in madrid his home for 58 use for self imposed exile but the cloud of scandal continues as do the investigations into his involvement in a high speed rail contract in saudi arabia Spains Supreme Court open the case in june after a swiss newspaper reported he received 100000000 dollars from the late saudi King Abdullah his close involvement with a dentist businesswoman good in the last and is also subject of examination shes alleged to have received 65000000. 00 from the 4 Mccain Larsen is currently being investigated by a swiss prosecutors for suspect Money Laundering on monday the Royal Household published this letter in need want out of those informed his son King Philippe of his intention to leave saying it came against the backdrop of Public Record questions of certain episodes of his past private life the spanish Prime Minister was quick to defend the morning i would pass on the decision that the Royal Household has taken has been to distance itself from questionable and inexcusable allegations of conduct from a member of the Royal Household the support that one cobblers once enjoyed no longer exists the countrys going through an unprecedented crisis and theres little tolerance for oil scandals particularly when vast amount of money are involved King Juan Carlos is credited with helping spain peacefully restore democracy after the reign of the taper from disco franco but hes popularity became tainted by scandals including a luxury safari trip which involved shooting elephants during spains economic crisis in 2012. 2 years later he abdicated in favor of his son felipe in the movement he lost immunity from prosecution a right given to spains head of state but scandals Research Phase does year as did allegations that juan carlos that secret offshore accounts came phillipa responded in march to stripping his father of his 230000 dollar annual allowance and renouncing his own inheritance as the investigations continue juan carlos has said prosecutors can still contact him if needed wherever his home may now be but for a royal born in exile this was a fate he had always wanted to avoid most of the raid or ill just see them a good. Amount of the top stories on our 0 a massive explosion has shaken the lebanese capital beirut. 70 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese HealthMinistry Says more than 3700. 00 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in an area of the citys port which housed highly explosive material that had been confiscated shock waves were felt for several kilometers and buildings within a large radius of the site have been severely damaged