Tensions. That is so much for your Company Everyone well we begin our broadcast in lebanon where rescuers in beirut painstakingly search for survivors after 2 explosions left much of the city in ruins the blasts happened at a warehouse where tons of highly explosive chemical were stored apparently without any Safety Measures at least 100 people were killed and thousands injured authorities have placed a number of beirut port officials under house arrest the government has now declared a 2 week state of emergency for the city. The sun casts an eerie glow over a beer roots obliterated port. Once a vital artery for imports and home to the countrys wheat and grain stores its never a sea of metal and concrete. Levanon is a nation in mourning among them the staff at this nearby hospital. Believe the. Sudden. There are a lot of victims we lost for nurses and patients visitors many dead and many injured and we have like 200 injured on the scene we paid heavy. It was a sleepless night at the rest of the citys hospitals overwhelmed doctors treat to be entered in hallways vital supplies are running low outside agonized families waiting for news of their loved ones many remain unaccounted for. A little of socialism he is 29 years old from 7 pm in the evening we have been all over every hospital in beirut and now were waiting for the names to come out and nothing has come out we do not know if he is dead or alive and we do not know where whom a lot of. Questions to as to how thousands of tons of highly explosive fare to lies are Ammonium Nitrate ignited sending shock waves across the capital. The blasters had hundreds of kilometers away in cyprus. Political leaders called for unity while visiting what remains of the port even for a people accustomed to horror the aftermath is unprecedented was applied get after this catastrophe we have to stay strong we have to speak out but this is too much for a nation at a fed of marla shot. A massive cleanup is slowly underway but. Officials say the rebuild could take years. 300000 people have been left homeless the Prime Minister has declared a 2 week state of emergency and called on the International Community to provide humanitarian assistance. And we can take you to beirut now because shortly after the blast the cavils hospital reach full capacity lets find out how they are doing right now were joined now by raymond terabit he is the partner coordinator for the Aid OrganizationMalteser International us are good to have you here on the show is your Facility Operating at full capacity right now. Greetings from beirut 1st from an almost entirely destroyed downtown of the city actually we were trying to offer and our primary Health Care Center has emergency and 1st aid due to the explosions in the center where for the 5 lebanese hospitals were destroyed some of them entirely that they became dysfunctional there was a huge load on the other hospitals. In the area so all primary Health Care Centers where asked to open the doors for injured people and thats what we did we took over parts of. Slightly wonder that for sure prime yes because at that cannot offer for fletch. Tertiary medicine so d we took dozens of injured people to our primary asked us and and treated them with 1st aid stuff like this and what do you do with patients who come in who require well who are in a critical situation and require more medical a treatment then you can offer. We tried several times to transfer them to nearby hospitals or even far away. But those that are in the insanity often run 102030 kilometers all hospitals almost all hospitals all theyve been on or working yesterday to receive. Patients from downtown beirut and when you really have severe cases you try to get them a place an Operations Room an emergency room what whatever was needed that situation and what are the cases that you were getting what type of injuries are you seeing. What we have seen a lot of people injured with glass. Ones. A lot of burnt syndromes. And stuff like this you know it was we would see people with broken legs broken arms and weve seen a lot of diverse various. Injuries if you have seen the blast yesterday i think this gives you an idea about how enormous and strong the explosion was and how many people were really affected now of course a lot of people some International Community are sending a teams over to provide and help also with their medical assistance what would you need what would you like them to send over. I think as a 1st response the medical situation was kind of you know coped with what we would actually need that the country would need the people who would need much more in the coming future. Shelter. Humanitarian pure humanitarian assistance basic assistance anything that can help people i mean we have heard more than 100000 people are homeless now so we need shelter if we need homes we need people to open the houses and International Donors to contribute to this catastrophe that happened yesterday to raymond from our teaser international so we wish you your team and the people of beirut all the best and. Want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around. Emergency relief efforts are underway in south korea after 4 days of monsoon rains at least 15 people are dead and 11 others missing in the Southern Mountain district of unsung flash floods and mud flows caused by rain storms have damaged many roads and submerge large areas of farmland. 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India has bolster security in kashmir as it marks one year since scrapping the disputed regions semi autonomous status while the government stepped jammer questionnaire and his only muslim majority said of its special rights last august Narendra Modis government set the move was necessary to better integrate the region and boost its economy but the imposition of derek will cause anger and security restrictions choke the economy and kashmiris face lockdowns communication blackouts and mass detentions while parallel to the anniversary and Prime Minister modi led a ceremony to inaugurate the building of a hindu temple that has been the focus of a bitter decades long dispute between hindus and muslims. Oh no this is it stands for an historic triumph for indias hindu nationalist government after a decades long dispute Prime MinisterNarendra Modi led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hindu temple at the flashpoint holy site of a yoga. Ahmadi this temple will become the modern symbol of our culture im using the word modern deliberately it will be the symbol of our perennial faith our nationalism this temple will also be symbolic of the united strength of millions. Security was tight in a u. T. I. Leading up to the ceremony the city has long been a religious fault line at the center of intense sick tarion violence in 1902 a hindu nationalist mob raised the bob remus mosque and i you know the incident triggered religious riots that left over 2000 people dead most of the muslims. Hindus believe ram one of their major deedes was born at the site and claimed the mosque was built on a temple there. This case has been going on for 71 years but now finally the divine moment has arrived and everyone is very happy to be able to witness this temple for lord ram where extatic. Modis b j p had long been rallying for the construction of a temple on the site after a lengthy legal battle indias Supreme Court awarded the disputed a yogi a law to hindus in november of last year the verdict caused disappointment among Indias Muslim community but many have since come to terms with the decision. Im in for the Muslim Community has accepted the verdict and we want to help with the construction of the temple i mean. As muslims will be able to build a new mosque on a nearby plot but prominent Muslim Leaders fear the new temple could have bold new hindu nationalists to target other mosques in the region. And britain researchers are warning of a 2nd coronavirus wave twice severe as the initial outbreak 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 tough new restrictions and government. Brits unmasking up and not just inside and advising 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 mom scanned i put it when i go to place connection with the individuals most british people just obey the rules i think will 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 of infection they say the Current System is not sufficient we need to scale up tests of symptomatic people and have a certain level of tracing of their contacts in order to avoid 2nd that what the government has admitted that theres room for improvement they are planning to roll out rep a test that will show results for the 90 minutes the down side they will only be used in hospitals and nursing homes. All right and a reminder now of our top story for you the lebanese government has announced a 2 week states of emergency in the capital thats after a massive explosion devastated beiruts port on shoes day killing at least 100. 00 people and injuring thousands well the World Health Organization says now it is airlifting a supplies to the country and governments around the world have also pledged an offering aid and assistance that does it for us to dont forget you can always get the news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store theyll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as question of acacias for any breaking news if youre part of a news story and also use the date of the app to sims photos and video for whats happening around you. To get the news coming up next my colleague is even there sleep well hows your Business Update and ill see you at the top but i wont let the world headlines. 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