Dying in their cars from close at 19 because overwhelmed hospitals are turning them away. To our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we are following breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut tonight where the government says at least 50 people are dead after 2 massive explosions. The initial blast in the citys port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away more than 2500 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries many others are still trapped in their homes the cause of the blast is being investigated security its. As you say old explosives and fireworks were being stored in a warehouse at the port lebanons Prime Minister has appealed for help from the International Community. For more now we want to go to your home paul he is with the think tank 100 both foundation and he heads their office in very rooted so good to have you on the program i know today has been a very difficult day for you and everyone there in beirut what can you tell us about the situation right now where its nightfall there the rescue operation is underway what more can you tell us yes thank you a very difficult day and. I cant get the ambulances and. All night and messages message. That shelter that when you go its all go. And you can as you said look let me just wait from the port presently i would be in the Shopping Mall and then walk like folk elements as my own which is not at all or area walking on. All that destroyed windows. Like. Mess and. It will totally devastated and not knowing what what cause what may of course you know we want to let our viewers know to the really looking at live pictures there of the the flames the fires that are still raging tonights follow the aftermath of that blast what have you heard in terms of the calls or in terms of who were or what may have been behind this explosion. Well news on emerging in the fort area most. Chemicals in storage. Possibly for long periods of time. Essence. And possibly the is those may have course the explosion at the beginning. Right after the valves there were all sorts of rumors of attack and miss ali techs errant ex or even like explosive have been in store they went off its aims at the mall there those news of those chemicals. Went off and calls those huge and. Very strange explosion and these news may have some hostages to it the Prime Minister have said in the last hour were vet those responsible for this. These 2 bless them will pay the price what your sins who is the Prime Minister referring to. The Prime Minister most probably read through the Port Authority but if you look at what lebanon went through the last. At the last how the last month thank you or you know when the the. The what the unease how that is call it revolution and democracy and protests here started on that so it was 17 days since then the country goes through extraordinary situations and incredible economic breakdown financial crisis a political crisis. There is a humanitarian crisis now you. Huge segments of society. But you know i am very sure it recalls and it will ask what is the government doing and it is really hard to find an answer. Its our newest additions. For International Aid the i. M. F. Obvious to no result is so year. Off. And they how will the Political Class the traditional political meet in this country that seems to be house and it seems to any sort of political reform in response and. Its night is a straw that broke the back. Yeah that is a good way of describing the situation in lebanon tonight you know often power with the heinrich Boom Foundation joining us tonight from the Foundations Office in beirut mr powell we appreciate your time and your insights tonight and stay safe thank you very much. And with me here in the studio was my colleague amal diem she is with arabic she is from lebanon what i want to pick up on what we just heard there from your office talking about the the i guess the mood in the country right now that people have been discussed with the government theyve been protesting and now theres a tragedy you know Epic Proportions for the country can the people expect the government to do what a government is supposed to do now. I think thats the urgent question at the moment what will the government to regards to this disaster that just adds up to 11 on has been going through i feel my feeling is that the people are fed up with the government any government with the system itself with the ruling elites with the warlords who have been ruling levon dahlan since the end or assumed end of the civil war they have done nothing to lift up the country economically even politically to establish a real democracy or to have the country on strong bases economically speaking so the people do not trust the government and we see what were seeing now in the streets of beirut today is a massive social solidarity that fills up the void created by the lives of Good Governance and the voices around signed the country they are very loud were hearing from saudi arabia the Foreign Ministry in riyadh affirming the kingdoms full support for lebanon we also heard from israel today immediately after this explosion saying that israel had nothing to do with this explosion so it seems like the voices from el side the country just as loud as what are coming from inside the country right now absolutely weve also seen a lot of tweets from major president s from major european or western countries weve seen bars johnson tweeting in support weve seen Emmanuel Mccall tweeting for support also. Shots from the European Council he also tweeted in support many arab countries offered humanitarian support but the question the main urgent question is who is to be held responsible for the tap and what have you heard anything from you were sources back in lebanon concerning the the origin the cause of this youre welcome it said that they had heard that maybe there were chemical in addition to the explosions or fireworks that were being stored makes it sound like may be next. As you said the Port Authority could possibly be held responsible its a little early to kind of assume any official narrative official story of the sea and if you follow the major official narratives the thing coming up from lebanon theres obviously different narratives official narratives coming out from the country itself so it seems theres no agreement on what exactly happened we should just wait for the investigations however if the investigations lead to some sort of negligence due to storage of explosives or even chemicals in the port of beirut then the question is will someone be held responsible for this crime made to western newspapers are calling this incident disaster ecan to hiroshima what were seeing is really a post kind of atomic bomb scenes invade little bits it is the choice. Because of the cloud and people are also calling each other not to be exposed because no one knows what kind of chemicals might still be there in the air so we are on the verge of a real humanitarian catastrophe that only adds up to the economy crisis to the failed state that lebanon is in and it is indeed time for the International Community to take a step and actually show real supports that of these people the Prime Minister has declared tomorrow morning in lebannon which we expect that to happen but what happens then after that to me what would be a best Case Scenario in your opinion for the people of lebanon. Well the Prime Minister has also called for an investigation they he said that the people who did this will be held responsible but i am not sure to what extent people trust the government and its investigation weve seen the head of the assassination in 2005 and weve seen the International Tribunal that was formed to investigate the incident because there was a lack of. Trust and the judicial system and if theres a verdict due out later this week is that correct absolutely its the one fighting a the final verdict of the International Tribunal and how the assassinations and also the fingers are pointing to that out and saying who might there be any connections whether verdicts on friday we still have to wait an observant see what kind of stories unfold whether this was intentional or just an accident this definitely adds up to the boiling situation in this country at the beaches and i have the final question as someone from there when you 1st heard about this explosion and you saw the video what was the 1st thing that went through your mind in terms of the calls 1st think you think of when you see this massive destruction and explosion you think is this a terrorist attack because this in history of the attack having survived wars and levanon thats the 1st thing that rushes to mind and the 1st thing you do is just call your family and friends and make sure theyre all right and we hope that they are we that you take the time to share your insights with us tonight its my colleague amal deep from you arabic thank you thank you for having me are going to turn to bolivia which finds itself in a region at the epicenter of the global. Pandemic the countrys Health Care System overwhelmed by the spread of the disease most of the more than 80000 infections are in the city of la paz where hospitals laboratories and Funeral Homes are on the brink of collapse in this car a 68 year old man has died as a result of cope at 19 he never made it to hospital just a few hours earlier a friend and Family Members had tried to get him help at 5 medical centers but they were denied. Because all the hospitals are full we were sent to the hospitals in la porte tada and include he stopped breathing when we were underway and thats why were here. The dead mans sister says her goodbyes while the police examined the corpse. An officer hands over the death certificate since the coroner hasnt turned up the officer says people arent just dying in their cars theyre also dying on the street and at home hospitals are at breaking point and its becoming harder to access treatment. While searching for help people often go from one hospital to the other some of them die in their cars are Department Records deaths that occur in private vehicles and on public transportation. But be glad of this if you go bolivia is currently in the Community Transmission phase when a test and trace strategy becomes impossible santa cruz love pas and cochabamba are the worst affected regions the elderly are being hit particularly hard rebeccas father died in his home because no hospital in ill tell would admit him. And. All we can do is bury him thats all we can do my father is no longer with me. The stories of being shuttled from hospital to hospital are repeated every day during the pandemic and theres no end in sight cemeteries are almost full and Funeral Homes have run out of conference. This man is complaining that he had to say goodbye to a Family Member in a particularly painful way. They simply put him in an improvised box you cant even barter with them about the price saying youre willing to pay for better but there is nothing else than an annoying. Family members arent even allowed to enter cemeteries and have to say their final goodbyes from afar tossing flowers at the procession of cars bringing in the bodies for burial and every day police pick up bodies from the streets most of them infected with cold at 19. Disturbing images there from bolivia for more im joined now by young super ryan he is in the pause he is the director of the Bolivia Office for the Friedrich Hebert Foundation which is a German Political Foundation associated with the social Democratic Party here in germany mr hoover and its good to have you on the program when you hear stories and you see these images of people being turned away at hospitals and being left to die on the streets how do you explain this how did the Health Care System in bolivia collapse so quickly. Really linger to be with you when its true what youre saying and the images youve seen this situation is dire and whats happening is that bolivias always had a very Weak Health System and the current government has not been able to improve the hospitals capacity and the equipment so what were seeing is the Health System operating beyond its capacity. As you saw almost none of the newly infected that would need medical attention are being hospitalized and many just and they cant even get a medical exam or get the call that has done so as a consequence many people even administer drugs themselves at home without any professional supervision so in in addition to the tying run of wires during. Drive overdoses. Them. Selves its terrible yeah exactly if they cant see a doctor they have no choice but to doctor themselves what has been the political fallout of this i mean there has to be there have to be political consequences. The worst possible moment because there is deep political crisis and its a very polarized country that is basically. Into 2 terms there is one that considers the ouster of a previous president moralist as the result of a Citizens Movement to restore democracy and the post of a dictator whereas the other half considers those events as a coup detat and the current government. So as you can imagine the relation between those 2 camps are bad theres no trust and. There was happening is that the followers of even with alice and his party in the mass have no trust and on the current government theres also a large proportion of the population thats in general barry is just very hung trust full of. Tradition as soon so. Because they dont even trust in the Traditional Medicine so whats happening is that weve theyre theyre supposed to be elections they were supposed they were postponed several times. And they have christmas. And election implicate so 1st they were supposed to hold in may then in august and in september and now theyre being postponed looked over and that was happening is that. Followers and his party have no trust at all that the current government actually wants to hold the elections due to the handling of the crisis the president the current president s party is very low in the polls and theyre very little chance of winning so theyre worried that the postponement to october wont be the last one and that the government actually has no interest in carrying out the elections and will try to extend their any lot longer. Also explains the recent protestant use ying and strikes a trade union and other movements that are closed. Theres a risk that they will. Be done so i unfortunately were out of time ministers have arrived but we appreciate your time tonight and your insides a very volatile situation in bolivia that is for sure john hoover and joining us tonight from the pause thank you and you. Are lets take a look now at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic australia deploying the military to enforce new walk down rules in the state of victoria anyone called breaching orders to stay at home would now face hefty fines Mainland China and hong kong have reported fewer cases and stricter measures appear to be having an effect the World Health Organization has warned there may never be what its calling a Silver Bullet for covert 19 a number of vaccines are in Clinical Trials but its still not clear how much protection they can offer and germany has partially lifted its travel warning for turkey saying tourists are now free to visit for coastal provinces to an agreement with the turkish government aimed at keeping travelers safe during the pandemic. Are to spain now where theres one question on everyones mind where in the world is one carlos a day after the former king announced that he was abandoning the country amid a corruption probe his departure has many spaniards questioning his motives. Fleeing potential prosecution all selflessly saving his sons reputation spaniards divided of the surprise departure of this moment King Juan Carlos who is what i hear now hes running away like a coward he should admit what he has done and be upfront and i you know the 1st thing is to prove the accusations because hes not been charged i think hes done it for his son that is when i think its an escape hes running away a dishonorable escape. 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President ial election well heres a reminder of our breaking news story this hour 2 massive explosions in the lebanese capital beirut have killed at least 50 people the blasts hit the citys port area sending shock waves for miles around all over 2500 people have been injured and those numbers are expected to rise as many are still trapped under the rubble local media say all of beiruts hospitals are overwhelmed Security Officials say old highly explosive materials were being stored in the port area the Prime Minister has promised an investigation and has appealed for help from the International Community. Youre watching news from berlin after a short break ill be back to take you through the day tonight complete coverage of the blast in beirut plus european democracy making room for the older crafts well be right back. 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The shock wave ripped through the city center speeding cars in the air in shattering windows miles away there are these and hospitals are treating hundreds of injured the Prime Minister says those responsible will pay the price to night complete coverage of the beirut blast in berlin this is the day