A warehouse store also on the show. Indias Prime Minister inaugurated the building of a hindu temple on the site of a demolished mosque there are fears the construction could reignite religious religious tensions and a simmering flashpoint. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today beirut awoke to scenes of utter devastation this morning after 2 colossal explosions devastated parts of the countrys capital it happened at a warehouse where tons of highly explosive Ammonium Nitrate were being stored apparently without any Safety Measures at least 100 people were killed 4000 were injured that according to the red cross. These recent images from beirut show smoke still rising from the blast site explosions shattered windows as far as 20 kilometers away rescue workers are continuing to look for any survivors because rubble it is unclear how many people right now are missing. Why have more from our correspondent after this. Devastating blast followed by billows of smoke visible from all across the city. The massive explosion rocked beirut on tuesday evening flattening the citys port area with buildings destroyed and people trapped under the rubble. Ambulances raced to and from the area transporting the injured to hospitals. Now the we were at home we heard what sounded like fireworks we thought it was a container in the ports that was on fire and they werent able to put it out a few seconds later we were flying through the air. Not when we heard the 1st explosion we went to see what happened next and i didnt have time i didnt realize there would be a 2nd explosion the glass exploded in front of me and. The blast destroyed buildings not only at the port where it originated but across much of beirut even kilometers away from the epicenter. Shop windows were smashed walls and doors of peoples homes knocked down. The Prime Minister said those responsible will be brought to justice lenya it will not pass without accountability and those responsible for this catastrophe will pay the price this is a promise to the martyrs and the injured this is a National Commitment to examine all funny. The blasts hit a country already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic and the deep economic crisis. Hospitals already burdened with covert 19 patients are overwhelmed. Countries including longtime rival israel have offered many terry an aid to lebanon support is sorely needed to help the country deal with this enormous catastrophe. Were joined now by our correspondent. In beirut a very difficult morning where you are ross on can you describe for us your experience of what happened last night. Indeed brian this was really. When the explosion took place i was at my own house my house like a peace tent you know much as away from the keys and of the explosion of the glass and my other friends and my house were all exploded i have no strong in my house anymore i thought the explosion was right under my bin day and then when i went to the location of the explosion when i was on the way i thought the ambulances they were taking casualties from us that were that are very far from the location of. The explosion this mall was on that al gave it you could see the smoke from any a you are and they looked. People there was a tool to the state of chaos and panic people who were kind of came at various nobody knew what happened and then when they knew started coming you can understand what it was because their homes were already destroyed if they were very far as of the states of the explosion. As a glass was covering. This story from all of the sounds like they are own now on the streets and this comes at of a hard time for living on where lebanon is are disappearing from a diff very difficult. Economy crisis and also when i was on the way people who were asking if they could they could put the casualties in my own cart but luckily there were many ambulances that were already picking people and this morning the hostages are. There at least 700. 00 got according to. The red cross and at least 4000. 00 injury. Then as. D there is no peace in the house the. People who are injured and yet rose on a very very difficult situation youre describing there were weve been seeing scenes of the mountains of rubble around the blast. Sight and farther away as well is there any idea how many people are trapped right now beneath the rubble that need help that need rescuers to get to them. We have no idea how many people need help. They rescuers are still under the rubble and there are helicopters that are. For people who are as you want to wait to this because of the muck of the massive explosion so rescuers are still working theres looking for keep an eye and an area that is based on one of the most every house because they dont need to. Be as were coming in and out. D there was a jolt and panic and chaos didnt know because we cannot even they cannot even count the number of injured or as there are there are also people who are still lost and there is nobody knows what happened to them. Looking for people who are lost. Does does lebanon have the capacity to get to all of these people and to treat them medically. Lebannon after all of the crew enough eyes that outbreak and lebanon was a fine day because of this and that may and then the explosion came out came a very bad time so where is and. They announce that the minister of health that he announced that he has no more capacity to welcome the injured and they are treating. The injured people and the car doors of the. Outside. Time for one more question was on why was this Ammonium Nitrate stored so close to the city center so much of it 3000. 00 tons right there in the port area and who is responsible for that you have any idea. There is. The Prime Minister. Thank you very much and any assumption because and they will investigate to see who is responsible for this i have the. Time of. The almost 2750 tons of that and more needed nitrates were there since 2000 and there were stored with thats measurements according to the president s office ive been on he said i wanted to see if you said this. During the meeting of the high. High council of. Solomon in beirut well have much more from the lebanese capital as the day progresses of course thanks very much for now rosen and all the best to you there in beirut. Lets get you briefed now on some of the other stories making the news today on kong democracy activists joshua wang and agnes chao are in court theyre standing trial for involvement in civil unrest that rocked the territory last year before entering wong said it was not time to give up the democracy fight that despite on kongs draconian new security law those recently by the communist party in an age. Chill a into lease of used tear gas to break up demonstrations importing the rights of the countrys Indigenous Peoples violent clashes are picked up in recent weeks in the pooch a people fight to have their Ancestral Lands and chiles Southern Region return. Its to india now where Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has led a ceremony to inaugurate the building of a new hindu temple that has been at the center of a bitter century old dispute between his 2 induce and muslims in india the temple will be erected on the side of a demolished mosque after breaking ground and praying at the site modi for claimed the beginning of quote a golden chapter and cold the temple a symbol of unity and love in his decision widely criticized by muslim groups the Supreme Court awarded the disputed site to the Hindu Community last november mosque was on the site was torn down by hindu nationalists during rioting in 1902 this is file footage there are concerns that putting a hindu temple in its place will reaganite tensions between these 2 communities. For more on this lets go now to diffuse and the wall joining us from delhi good day to you the misha why is this site this location for the construction of the hindu temple so very divisive inside india. Well brian hindus believe that site believes where you log strong measures but if you knew clark was blocked and pima so the construction of the beginning of this construction is seen as we will of the community too deep you must be is that the fed was luzhin even as office was contentious because there was a mosque built them which was demolished decades ago now can be input of building off this temple has been 2 decades long and has need and has been closely tied to the drive of Prime Minister nuri more of these d. G. Being the stopping of this construction is seen as the delivery of the equal of promised by the beach it beat the deed to all of this constructions initiation is also significant and another key full of promise exactly why didnt want to dig the remains movie government abrogates and the special status off and removed it semi autonomous status now why the government says this what to do what Economic Development as well as better integration off the state of someone. That there has been criticism that opposition to the will best that that was the views and we should just fall joining us earlier from delhi lets take a look now at some of the developments in the trunk of ours pandemic the global death toll from the virus has now passed 700000 that according to figures from John Hopkins University australia has reported 15 deaths from covert all of them in victoria state this is a highly highest daily fatality toll there so far ukraine recorded a record delhi jump of some 1300 infections numbers there have been going up since authorities eased lock down restrictions. And the u. S. Health chief alex azar is due to visit taiwan to discuss strategies for fighting the virus china considers taiwan a renegade province and has lodged an official complaint with washington over the trip and britain researchers are warning of a 2nd coronavirus wave twice of years the initial outbreak that is if schools reopened in the coming weeks some regions stopped easing lockdowns after a spike in new infections and that means people in Northern England are having to live with some tough new restrictions. Brits unmasking up and not just inside amid rising covered 19 infection rates and public warnings of a 2nd outbreak more and more People Choose to don a mask outside as well of course i will get my mug scheme and i put it when i go to close connection with individuals most british people just obey the rules i think will there be a 2nd wave yes Northern Region such as Greater Manchester recently witnessed a spike in infection rates in a bid to stem transmissions authorities have tightened restrictions again we want to pursue a local approach where we take Decisive Action where its necessary where the data shows that we have to do that. Leading scientists have criticised the governments approach to testing and breaking the chain if infection they say the Current System is not sufficient we need to scale up tests of symptom of g. P. And have a certain level of traits in all their contacts you know to avoid certain and that is what the government has admitted that theres room for improvement theyre planning to roll out record tests that will show results for the 90 minutes the down side they will only be used in hospitals and nursing homes. Lets get your minder now of our top story this hour but im skeptical very gruesome shock after 2 massive explosions devastated the city these blasts tore through the citys port killing at least 100 people leaving thousands injured were getting some live images right now of the blast site of this which are looking at there rescue workers are searching for survivors there in the area it is unclear how many people are missing right now a number of locations a roof. This is deja vu news live from berlin im brian thomas thanks so much. Images of gaza. The Photo Studios archive documents lives in bygone era. And leads to those living today. They are guarding gazas past in a box. 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