Im fast free and not optional germany is making coronavirus tests mandatory for all people entering the country from designated high risk areas new infections are increasing now at their highest level in 3 months. Thanks for joining us french president emmanuel might call delivered a message to the people of beirut on thursday youre not alone help is on the way on a visit to the lebanese capital mcallen pledged to spearhead a donors conference to raise funds to rebuild the city but he also said there will be no blank checks and demanded political leaders make reforms. As the people of beirut come together to clean up the debris from tuesdays catastrophic explosion World Leaders are lining up to provide aid. French president landed in beirut addressing the anger felt by the people towards the corruption regarded as making the glass possible and that has plagued the country for decades he has also promised assistance. But what i can guarantee you is that this aid will be transparent it will go to the field and it will not go in the hands of the corrupt was. Lebanon is a former french protectorate and the 2 countries still have close ties today. Surrounded by crowds mccraw and listen to the outrage and pleas for help chants of revolution and the regime sounded all around. I have here today i am going to propose a new political pact this afternoon and i will come back by september 1st and if it has not been up tamed i will take responsibility for it. Across and later announce the launch of an International Conference in the coming days with the aim of raising funds to support the people of beirut. 6 which even believe we are no longer able to continue this way in the situation people do not have enough money to continue what they started for the country cannot take it anymore. From since we have been fighting for 50 years in order to raise our family in these circumstances that we live in now are finished we have been working for our retirement but they finished us your good life and my. Hopes rest on an International Aid effort to pull together so the residents of beirut can rebuild their homes. Their city and their community. When in the u. S. The state of new york has filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle association thats the countrys most powerful gun lobby a separate lawsuit has been filed by washington d. C. As attorney general against the groups charitable arm of the n. R. A. Foundation new York State Attorney general latouche and james announced that charges a press conference the lawsuit accuses top an array executives of corruption including diverting millions of dollars of an array of funds to finance lavish lifestyles the n. R. A. Has called the allegations a baseless attack on the right to keep and bear arms well im joined now by dee w. s Washington Bureau chief in this poll hyenas so what are the attorneys general in new york and washington d. C. Aiming to achieve with these lawsuits and really what are they actually accusing the n. R. A. Are of. Right so basically they want to prove that no organization is above the law they are saying that the influence of the n. R. A. Has become so powerful that they kind of event unchecked over decades allowing the top management to put hundreds of thousands into their own pockets to pay for trips to africa to do safaris with their families to pay for food for cars for expensive planes so basically they really want to do self. So theyre really going after them but what is the likelihood of such a powerful organization like they are in an array being dissolved and what would actually mean. Right i mean this process will take years but taking place in the time the tide my shift why because so Many Americans are really tired of gun violence theyre tired of seeing children in schools being shot theyre tired of seeing murders on the streets so in many states they really increased the laws so maybe this is really the beginning of a change you know certainly a time of change in the United States and of course the n. R. A. Is under so much scrutiny as the organizations leadership responded in any way you know. Yeah theyre saying that them maybe countersuing i mean they try to downplay everything obviously saying this is all politically multiway to that its coming thats not an accident that its coming like 3 months less than 3 months actually before the elections that biden and the others want to destroy the 2nd amendment which allows the american to own guns and they do get a lot of backing of the president s off United States whom the n. R. A. Has actually supported from the very beginning and and donald trump himself said that they should move the operation to texas to and i quote him here to lead a Beautiful Life there. So certainly very Interesting Times at the moment. Washington bureau thanks for your analysis. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. The governor of the u. S. State of ohio says hes tested negative for coves 19 republican mike de wine statement came just hours after a less accurate rapid result test showed him to be positive for the virus the testing was standard protocol ahead of a planned meeting with president trump. A gunman in the french city of love surrendered to police after taking 6 people hostage at a city bank police say the 34 year old suspect was known to them before the incident had a history of Mental Health issues all of the hostages have been released. Marriages is facing an ecological disaster after an oil spill of grounded vessel has begun leaking fuel into the blue waters of the indian ocean the ship was traveling from china to presume with reportedly nearly 4000. 00 tons of oil and 200. 00 tons of diesel on board. Thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in the bed of russian capital minsk to find a crackdown by the government of president Alexander Lukashenko the protest came ahead of this weekends president ial election you can go is facing his biggest challenge in years the support for the main opposition candidate svetlana kind of scalia grows. Well here in germany amid signs of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections all thirtys are making tests mandatory for travelers arriving from designated high risk areas the move comes as schools begin reopening after the Summer Holidays and fears that more people making trips are spreading the virus the countrys health minister. Says the tests are essential for public safety. From saturday onwards travelers returning from high risk areas to germany will have to have a valid corona test in their pockets or accept being tested on the ground for free. Mr voiced says i am very aware that this infringes on the freedom of the individual but i believe it is a reasonable infringement this is about more than just an obligation for individuals who return from holiday in my view this follows from our duty as a society to look after one another and protect each other should. The list of high risk areas is updated regularly most countries around the world are on the list in the e. U. The spanish region of catalonia and its beaches as well as luxembourg are considered high risk by germany. But the belgian region of antwerp was recently also put on the list because of rising infections that. German authorities are worried about the virus being brought back to germany but theres also a real risk of people becoming negligent and spreading the virus at home according to the minister on wednesday germany recorded more than a 1000 daily new infections the highest number in 3 months the new rules come a School Holiday stroll to an end in many german regions concept a physician on that aspect think the concepts are convincing convincing because they follow the goal of opening schools and kindergartens again and that has definitely been one of the Biggest Challenges of the last months for many in germany parents and children alike. But schools in kindergartens were closed this. One. From next monday pupils in germanys most populous region or through endless fadia will go back to school other states have already started this will be yet another test for just how effective geminis corona measure is really. Well record heat in russias far north has been in the headlines by causing forest fires and melting polar ice but scientists warn that siberia is melting permafrost layer could become an even bigger environmental disaster they say that within decades melting permafrost could account for as much carbon being released into the atmosphere as chinas current greenhouse emissions and the atmosphere could heat up even faster our moscow correspondent Emily Sherwin traveled beyond the Arctic Circle to the worlds biggest permafrost crater to find out more. The guy crater doesnt dominate the landscape it is the landscape at about a kilometer wide and 100 meters deep its the biggest permafrost crater in the world and it just keeps growing revealing the layers of ever more ancient permafrost as it melts the walls of this huge crater are completely made of ice and here you can hear the cracks and thought of that ice as it melts off in the distance. The enormous crater started off as just a small gully the process began when the forest was cleared in the 1960 s. Exposing the ice below the layers of ice contain animal and plant remains from hundreds of thousands of years ago when that organic matter melts it rots and releases Greenhouse Gases into the atmosphere further speeding up global warming. But despite the continuing melt and the growth of the crater the governments environmental inspector for the region isnt too concerned about the rising temperatures. From what i have observed the crater grows by about 10 metres every year. I dont think thats very worrying the melting of the permafrost can have an effect on us but the process is very slow. Nature and the locals here will adapt to the changes. Life in guy just a short drive away in still determined by the ice underfoot temperatures dropped to minus 50 degrees centigrade here in the winter and getting to guy on land is only possible for 4 months a year when bees reverse freeze and can be driven on. The shop hes one of many to use the frozen ground as a resource they store food directly in the permafrost in ice cellars like this one. Of the Sunflower Seed Oil cans potato chips. Says he could store some products here for up to 2 years without going bad but hes had to take some precautions this summer due to the record heat. Theres another who is having your refrigerator here is expensive for an entrepreneur keep in all that. Down here nature keeps things cold in the permafrost we closed off the cellar with these sheets so they wouldnt be any heat loss the temperature in here went up by one or 2 degrees this year with the changes in critical its bearable. To a bit more. Because he says the temperature rise isnt really a worry for the ice sellers or for the town of but a guy many people here see the huge permafrost crater on their doorstep as a local curiosity rather than a sign of global warming. Youre watching the news from berlin you can keep up to date on our website or instagram and twitter for me and the rest of the team here take care see you soon. Images of gaza. Studios archive documents lives in bygone era. And leads to those living today. They are guarding gazas past you know barks. Collected memories for his 14th