Whereabouts of spains former king as he suddenly goes into exile. Hello. We begin with breaking news from lebanon, and a massive explosion that has shaken the capital of a route. 78 people capital of a roots. Beruit. 78 people confirmed dead. Whereplosion happened they were storing Ammonium Nitrate for six years. The cabinet is expected to declare a twoweek state of onrgency when they meet wednesday. Reporter a massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital. The blast sent shockwaves across beirut, shattering windows and destroying buildings and injuring hundreds. The streets filled with panic and confusion as people tried to make sense of what had happened. My car was down there, it rolled over. I think my injuries are because of the last, it cut me up. My car was like this. I dont know what happened, i was fishing. I heard there was a fire so i headed home, and then there was an explosion and i got injured. This is all i know. Reporter rescue work began quickly. Emergency vehicles converged on the site of the blast from far and wide, putting out fires and getting the intro to safety. Lebanons internal safety chief confirmed the blast originated in the Port District in a section housing highly explosive materials, but he said further speculation would preempt an investigation. The Prime Minister addressed the nation, promising the victims would get justice for what happened. Pass withoutt accountability. Those responsible for this catastrophe will pay the price. This is a promise to the martyrs and the injured. This is a national commitment. Reporter the cause is still but some are already blaming the government. Lebanon is an accident waiting to happen in so many places, whether it is public services, electricity, industries are not regulated well. We dont have inspectors. Buildings could collapse. All of the places lebanon faces because it doesnt have a strong government able to ensure the safety of citizens. That is why people have been protesting, thats why the currency has been falling. Possible so many accidents and lebanon so it is hard to speculate. Reporter ambulances continue to arrive at the scene of the explosion and there have been dozens of casualties. Many victims are still trapped in the rubble and rescue work is set to continue long into the night. Happenedock of what subsides, the demands for answers continue to grow louder. To ar earlier, i spoke professor of communications at the American University of beruit and a former candidate for the lebanese parliament. He gave more details on what led to the explosion. The material stored in hanger number 12, one of the biggest, ory store flammables in it material highly sensitive to and otherwise. By awere stopped there court ruling because they are not allowed to enter lebanon and they were basically trying to get them into lebanon, using excuses of using them for fertilizer. It seems that something terribly went wrong there, and they were not stored properly. There were a lot of flammables in that region and a massive fire followed by the intense explosion that basically destroyed 23 kilometer ranges of homes around. I was one of those who is missing a door, glass, and the entire entrance to a house. Basically it is negligence. You have a Customs Department responsible for it and then you have the ministry of defense because they have the right to supervise anything of an explosive nature, including the Ammonium Nitrate that exploded this evening. As well as the port of beruit , by the way, is 80 of imports into lebanon. It is the main artery for the economy, for food, medicine, everything. Right next to it is the biggest storage, and if you see the footage, you noticed the dominant white building. That is the reserve for lebanon, that got destroyed. That means three months of wheat. Around the port, there are some of the biggest mills around urbanon that produce flo for bread. Lebanese Health Minister has been helping to treat to treat the injured and spoke to us. Home. As sitting at my [indiscernible] immediately everything collapsed. Narrowly, i escape to this. I went to the hospital to save lives. We are in a bad situation economically. Medical supplies, shortage of everything. Beyondlosion is description. Some people were sitting at home and they have injuries. Maybe they hit somewhere. You can see their faces are swollen. There are glass injuries, fragments. It is a very crowded city, if you are passing through the street and immediately there is an explosion, the glass hits you on the street from very high. There are all sorts of injuries, high velocity injuries, acceleration injuries. One person told us what she experienced. Three meters away from the establishment that is parallel to the ports. I started hearing bombs. People stopped in the middle of the street and we saw it as a clash between the government and the establishment. Flamesn we heard kind of and i was asking people, what is going on . I wanted to know if i should continue or go back. I saw the fire, i saw the smoke, and then we heard the voice. I dont remember what happened youd happened. I ran away to the front of the building. And i realized the building was destroyed. I tried to call my parents and i cannot reach anyone. I could reach my Security Group justmy work and i said tell me, should i stay there or go back home . Attack. Said it was an then they said they dont know where. I realized it was an explosion and i ran away. I cannot believe i am still alive. I cannot believe it. Anchor columbias former president says the Supreme Court has ordered his detention, part of an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud. Of the currentr president , whose right wing party is known for loyalty to the former leader. Has repeatedlyer declared his innocence and questioned the courts independence. Our guest joins us live. How significant is this development . Definitely one of the biggest news this year besides the pandemic in columbia. Something that truly shocked not only the political system but also the nation as a whole. Few people would ever have president he former saved detention or the investigations against him. There are more than 200 ongoing right now. That they would reach this point. Never before has a president or former president of the country was ordered to be detained. That is the case right now. Somebody that until today was considered absolutely untouchable in this country. He remains the most powerful politician in the country, one of the most influential and one of the most divisive. Half of columbia, he is savior, hisa administration against a marxist. Critics, this comes at a high cost when you look at human rights in the country. They consider him close to right wing paramilitary groups, responsible for massacres in the country and extrajudicial killings by the thousands. Here a very divisive issue , and one that has shocked the nation. Anchor does he have any Legal Recourse against the Supreme Court . Is just truly the beginning of the trial. Which actually started nine months ago. We were expecting the first decision, the judges formally charging him with fraud and bribery and deciding if he will be sent to home detention. It took a long time to get to this point and will probably take many more months to move forward because of the political pressure and what it means symbolically in this country and what it means for a number of other investigations and ongoing trials of people who are close to him who also allegedly have ties with paramilitary groups. Probably stay close as the trial continues, and we will also see the consequences in his party, and the president just came out on television saying once again he will forever believe the innocence of the former president. He said he has done so much for this country. Expectations as to what will happen with this trial. Guilty, finally found he will be able to appeal. This will probably create many more months of up people across of upheaval in columbia. Anchor still to come this halfhour, fighting dark forces and bad apples. Zimbabwes president vows a crackdown on dissent. And a mass exodus. Record numbers of britains immigrant immigrate to the eu. Fairly unsettled across the southeast of australia, but not just that, weve seen strong winds also, and an amount of snow. Thisis is southern victoria. You can see its not really settling, it is wet but not into tasmania. In tasmania,orning a lot of snow in higher elevations. The good news is through wednesday, the rain and snow are moving out and temperatures should come back up. We have this area of low pressure with rain chances across western australia. This rain could push into the far west of queensland on thursday. Not a bad day on thursday into western australia. Toward asia, we have mostly clear skies in Central Regions of china, but we are watching rain across the Korean Peninsula and this rain that was a tropical storm. It is continuing in areas of south korea, and there is more in the forecast wednesday. This is the remnants of what was a tropical storm. It will merge together and bring heavy rains to the Korean Peninsula. Anchor a reminder of the top stories. 78 people confirmed dead after a massive explosion rocked the lebanese capital. The Health Ministry says almost 4000 people have been injured. The explosion happened at a warehouse in the citys port, where 2007 hundred 50 tons of Ammonium Nitrate were being cap. Kept. U. S. President donald trump says it looks like a terrible attack. Columbias former president says the Supreme Court has ordered his detention amid an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud. Another 1100 54 people are confirmed to have died of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours in brazil. More than 5 million infections and more than 200,000 deaths have been reported across latin america. Despite this, some of the worst affected countries are rolling back restrictions. Reopeningiggest city businesses even the doctors say this could lead to more deaths. Mexico also easing restrictions, despite having the worlds third highest number of deaths after brazil and the United States. Despite soaring infection rates, hospital admissions and deaths in the United States, President Trump says the outbreak is as under control as it can get. At least 155 thousand people have died after contracting covid19 in the United States, and 4. 7 Million People are infected. U. S. Politicians are still negotiating a new emergency aid package after the latest Unemployment Benefit Program lapsed at the end of last week. President ew monday, trump claimed United States has better numbers than other nations and terms of coronavirus deaths. The unitedrump states is lowest in numerous thanories, we are lower the world, lower than europe in what . President trump take a look. Deaths. Im talking death as a proportion of population, thats where the u. S. Is really bad. You cant do that. Look, here go by is the United States. You have to go by the cases. Why not as a proportion of population . When you have somebody where there is a case, the people that live is surely a relevant statistic to say if the u. S. Has x population and x deaths. Anchor military being deployed to the australian state of victoria to enforce coronavirus orders. Anyone outside without a permitted reason will face large fines. The states premier says it is the only way to stop the surge in new cases. Australias secondlargest city, public transport now near empty. Tough measures including an overnight curfew in place to slow the spread of covid19 as the number of new daily cases remain in the triple digits and the government is doing everything in its power to make sure people stay in their homes and less it is absolutely necessary. Unless it is absolutely necessary. Tough fines for those not in isolation. Apart from medical necessity, theres no reason to leave your home, and if you leave your home, you will have a hard time convincing police you have a lawful reason. Reporter the governance is nearly a third of people with covid19 who were visited by authorities were not at home, which has been leading to community transmission. Now, rules have been tightened. People cannot skip out of their homes and the only exception is health reasons. Beingry personnel deployed to help Victorian Police enforce isolation orders. Some of the toughest restrictions on the movement of people australia has ever seen. We would have to smash the windows of cars and pull people out of there so they could provide details because they would not tell us where they were going and they were not adhering to the health guidelines. Reporter with more businesses closing and construction, retail and other industries, the states economy has stalled and thousands of people are expected to lose their jobs or be stood down. Victoria makes it nearly a quarter of the national economy, and with restrictions to remain in place for at least six weeks, some experts are warning that australias recession could last all year, leaving little chance of an economic recovery anytime soon. Millions of sri lankans head to the polls wednesday to vote for new parliaments. The president is hoping to secure a parliamentary majority for his party. But critics say that could hand unchecked power to him and his brother, the interim Prime Minister. We report from colombo. Reporter [indiscernible] he was one of 11 young men kidnapped to be ransomed. A group in the sri lankan navy, including its highest ranking officers, have been implicated. We just want our child. In 12 years we havent been told if he is alive or not. So much information has been uncovered. One can get away, we dont care if they do, but the officers or whoever allowed this injustice must be punished. Reporter human rights activists say similar cases involve disappearances of hundreds after a conflict. Sri lankans go to the polls on wednesday. The sri lankan Peoples Party is expected to win. The president and Prime Minister say they will protect war heroes from prosecution, ensure national security, sovereignty, and bring prosperity. The president s party must come to power to take this program forward. We require a choosers majority for this. There are amendments needed to the constitution or we need to change the constitution. Reporter president ial powers were weakened and the parliament strengthened in 2015. Analysts say any reversal would be detrimental. As far as democracy is concerned, if they get two thirds or close enough, all descent will be out of the dissent will be out of the window. Reporter this doesnt seem to worry most sri lankans. For many, this appears the best option, given the handling of the coronavirus outbreak and the negative perception of the previous government, including security failures that led to one of the worst bombings in sri lanka on easter sunday, 2019. The Main Opposition Party has been ripped apart by infighting and is contesting the election separately. We will not carry the rotten the or the luggage of current administration. [indiscernible] they are incompetent people and those who have not exhibited leadership qualities. Reporter there are fears of covid19 that may keep people from the ballot boxes. Winning the general election is the easy part. There are multiple challenges. A looming economic crisis aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic will severely test the next government in sri lanka. Try to notfamilies lose hope. Zimbabwes president has vowed to continue a clampdown to flush out critics. A local Human Rights Group says more than 60 opposition members and government critics have been arrested last week. The government enforced a coronavirus lockdown days before planned protests last friday. The opposition said it was aimed at stopping for stopping the rally calling for the ruling party to resign. Mnangagwa describes his critics as dark forces to be defeated. We will overcome attempts at destabilization of our society by a few rogue people acting in detractors. Foreign the bad apples that have attempted to divide our people system willur be flushed out. Anchor spaniards are wondering where their former king has gone. The palace announced that the king, who is mired in a financial scandal, has gone into exile. Rumors he fled to the Dominican Republic have been denied, while some suggest he wants to return to spain soon. Reporter from the center of democracy to a humiliating fall from grace, former king juan home of 58doned his years for selfimposed exile. The cloud of scandal continues. There are investigations into his involvement in a highspeed rail contract in saudi arabia. Spains Supreme Court opened a case in june after a swiss newspaper reported he received 100 million from the late saudi king. His relationship with a businesswoman is also subject to investigation. 55is alleged to have taken million from the former king. Investigated force of the suspspected money lare during laundering. Said he intended to of theseainst backdrop investigations be a the spanish Prime Minister was quick to defend the monarchy. 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. Reporter the support that one carlos once enjoyed no longer exists. The country is going through an unprecedented crisis and there is little tolerance for royal scandals, particularly when vast amounts of money are involved. Carlos is credited with helping spain toward democracy, but his popularity was tainted by scandals, including a luxury safari retreat, involved shooting elements, during spains economy crisis in 2012. Two years later, he abdicated in favor of his son, and the moment ,e lost immunity to prosecution prosecution. Scandals resurfaced this year. Stripped his father of his annual allowance and renounced his own inheritance. As investigations continue, juan carlos said investigators can find him wherever his home it home will be. Anchor the number of british citizens leaving the u. K. For the European Union has risen sharply since the country decided to leave the eu. Researchers say levels of immigration are similar to that of a country suffering an economic or political crisis. We have more. Reporter four years on from the referendum and some of the unintended consequences of brexit are starting to be noticed. Saysrch looking at data there is a 30 increase in british citizens wanting to live and work and relocate to countries still within the European Union since the 2016 vote. Spain and france are hugely popular and so is germany, where there has been a 2000 increase in british citizens currently living in germany wanting now to become german citizens. We are not just talking about all of the people who may want some summer sunshine by immigrating to the south coast of spain. We are also talking about younger, highly skilled, highly educated people who may well be willing to take salary freezes or pay cuts to remain living within another country. This research comes only weeks after the British Government announced at the start of next year, it is introducing a pointsbased immigration system to attract the best and brightest from anywhere in the world. Some believe the British Government have ignored that some of the best and brightest already living here might not want to do so much longer. Perhaps one of the most startling aspects of this research is the level of immigration, 30 , only tends to be seen fr this is my origin and my destination. Our apartment here in frederiksberg in the heart of copenhagen. But t in my work, travelliling around t the world, i look differently at my own city now. I see the challenges and i see the hurdles. This city has been a Global Benchmark for urbanism for many years, and i want to show you some ofof the great things ththat make this city so unique and make it work so well. Leadership is not resting on your laurels. 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