And a r race against timeme offe coast of mauritius. Oil is spilling from a stricken japanese vessel. President has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister and government following mounting public anger over last weeks explosion in beirut which left more than 200 people dead, thousands injured and hundreds of thousands homeless. Demonstrators are once again taking to the streets to voice their anger against the ruling elite. Reporter lebanons government has finally caved in. Like the shattered buildings along the routes waterfront. 27 hundred tons of Ammonium Nitrate to bring down the Prime Minister and the cabinet. Them wee followed followed the desire of the people. State will be changed to a state of law and trust. Reporter they had only been in power since january. Sworn in to replace a Previous Administration forced out after lebanons Banking System and currency collapsed. Now, they have a new crisis to add to the others. The Justice Minister was asked if she was running away from her responsibilities. To be in powerce under such circumstances. And we are facing everything, theinancial crisis coronavirus and international disaster. It is nothing like running away from responsibility. Reporter one of the biggest nonnuclear explosion may not be enough to bring significant political change here. The parliament and election system is controlled by a political elite that divided up power and influence after the civil war. This catastrophe and crisis is not enough for them to be convinced. Were theost of them actors of the war and they do not change properly and peacefully and in a civilized way in order to give the people the power. They want to keep the power in their hands. Lebanon many people in described their circumstances as being held hostage. If the government resigned, there is hope to be able to build the country and live our lives the way we want to. We want to be a proper state. What will the National Unity government do after this distraction . There are many destruction . There are many educated people. Reporter the frustration with the government that seems to have left the cleanup operation to its citizens. Names for new Prime Minister include a man that held the post until january but he was forced out when the Banking System collapsed. It is not the sort of break with the fact that people are looking for. And the cabinet that just hezbollahas backed by and its allies. Anchor the United Nations offering to help with the coordination in lebanon. For aief has called credible investigation into the cause of the blast. On sunday, World Leaders and organ and International Organizations pledged nearly 300 million to the country. We have to determine the cause of the explosion and accountability has been demanded by the lebanese people. Reformse reports that are being implemented. Seized authorities have nitrate of ammonium which had been stored at a freight station since 2015. It was confiscated for alleged violations of import rules. Anchor police and hong kong have made their highest profile arrests so far under a new National Security law imposed by china. Detained has been accused of colluding with foreign sources. Critics say it is an attack on press freedom in hong kong. Reporter police made the arrest monday morning detaining jimmy lai at his home. The founder of the prodemocracy newspaper is wellknown for his criticism of chinas communist party. He has been arrested on suspicion of foreign collusion under the National Security law imposed by china last month. Morning, we45 this got a warrant to conduct an operation to search for evidence. Reporter his was not the only unrest on monday. Two of his sons were also arrested. Invadedn 200 officers the newspaper offices. Shocked and and iied including myself think this has sent out a very negative message and of course, it must have a Chilling Effect on people who want to speak out in particularly on the news media. This is a very disturbing development. Reporter the National Security legislation targets acts of subversion, terrorism, in collusion with foreign forces. The maximum penalty is life in prison. Critics say the legislation is being used by chinese leaders to silence of the opposition and crackdown on democracy in the senate thomas in the semiautonomous region. It has never happened before in hong kong in perhaps a decade. We have seen it in third world cities and countries but we never expected that that would happen in hong kong. Directdid happen causing and indirect threats to press freedom and journalists. Arerter mondays arrests the most high profile under the new National Security law. A number of countries have condemned the legislation including the United States, the united kingdom, australia and others. Anchor in the last half hour, u. S. President donald trump was forced to interrupt a press conference because of a shooting at the white house. Excuse me . Anchor a few minutes into the news briefing, President Trump was escorted out by a secret service agent. He returned shortly afterwards saying the situation was under control and the suspect had been shot i secret service officers. By secret service officers. President trump now resumed his News Conference picking up where he left off. After a few minutes, he suddenly left the stage after someone whispered in his ear. When he came back, he said he had only gone so far as the oval office where the secret service assured him that the situation had been secured. He then told reporters when he returned that there had been a shooting right outside the white house on pennsylvania avenue. He said he does not know at this stage if it had anything to do with him. And he said it was apparently the secret Service Agents that had fired the shot and one person has been injured. Was there were several questions directed at president somethinghe said about how the world was a dangerous place. He took a few more questions reasserting the fact that he was not shaken. The he had just gone to oval office. He was only absent for maybe three minutes before returning i the podium and outcome as said, that regular news briefing is going on after that said an interruption. Anchor thank you for that update, mike. Police in belarus are saying a protester has died after a bomb exploded in his hands during a second night of antigovernment rallies. Thousands of people demonstrating again in the capital after early Election Results showed a landslide victory for the president. With more than 80 of the vote in, it looks like the president will win a six term in office. The opposition candidate is disputing the official Election Results. She says she is gathering proof that the polls were rigged. We do not agree with the Election Results. We have absolutely opposite information. We have official protocols from a number of stations where a number voted in my favor. We are gathering proof of falsification. We have people ready to confirm falsification at pull stations. Right now, im going to the central election commission. Anchor the president has warned that he will crack down on opposition protesters that challenge the results. Around 25 Police Officers have been injured. They have had their legs and hands broken. They were deliberately hit and so they replied. We will not allow you to tear the country apart. Theor i spoke earlier to journalist. Rusian he said this could be a turning point and that the International Community needs to react. There is an internet shutdown. Only several messenger apps are available. We know what is happening in minsk. There are 610 hotspots where clashes with police and soldiers are happening. Police and soldiers are using rubber bullets to attack protesters. There are many reports that underage boys and girls have been arrested and harshly beaten. Have attacked has attacked a group of journalists. One has been wounded and is in the hospital right now. We do not know her condition. Unfortunately, i must say that the situation has escalated and it is important for the western community to live a clear signal that sanctions will follow if the violence does not stop. Anchor still ahead for you on the program, a u. S. Court issues a summons to the Saudi Crown Prince over allegations that he ordered the killing of an intelligence agent. And neglected due to the war in yemen. The old city is damaged by weeks of flooding. Hello. Rough weather off the whales coast causing flooding. And warnings of strong winds. The causation is now on its way to new zealand to cause a bit of damage on north island. A big storm opening up. The front itself bringing increasing amounts of rain to adelaide and probably melbourne with more showers into new south wales. Queensland is looking pretty dry and sydney is enjoying a nice change to the weather. Storms. Uick traveling gone at about 55 Miles Per Hour zipping through the korean strait. It did not really interrupt the flow of the monsoonal rain. With an increase in showers in southern japan, you will noticie i in china including beijini. Anchor welcome back. Our top story that lebanons president has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister and government following mounting public anger and days of protests following the explosion leaving many dead and thousands injured. Police in hong kong have made so far underrrest the National Security law imposed by china. Detained has been accused of colluding with foreign forces. Others have also been arrested. Protesters in belarus have taken to the streets for a second ofht demanding a change power. The opposition candidate has rejected the Election Results on sunday. She says the landslide victory for the president was rigged. Issued aurt has summons against the Saudi Crown Prince in relation to the former intelligence agent. He filed a lawsuit accusing the crown prince of sending a hit squad to kill him to years ago. He is now in canada. The Saudi Crown Prince has been implicated in allegations of a hit squad sent to murder a dissident. The former intelligence agent is accusing the crown prince of ordering to have him killed. He is in hiding in toronto. He was an advisor to the previous crown prince and the saudi government has attempted to have him extradited several times. He launched a lawsuit in the u. S. Which has an elite team. Entry reportedly denied to these mercenaries. A u. S. Court has issued a addressto the royal to proceedings against him. He delivered the complaint defendants various which obligates him under our federal rules to answer within 120 days. Answer within 20 days. I think having myself litigated in many cases that it signals vigorouslyll now lobbied President Trump and secretary of state mike pompeo to issue what is called a letter of suggestion of immunity. Reporter the alleged tiger thed attempt was similar to incident involving jamal khashoggi. A number of investigators conclude that the crown prince was involved. He says the murder attempt on him was within two weeks of Jamal Khashoggis killing and he has implicated the same saudis named in the turkish operation. There are several others that have the same names as in the case of jamal khashoggi. And two of the persons are residents of the United States. And that will be dangerous for him. Hasrter the u. S. President stood by his middle east ally despite the cias conclusion. Four senators have written to the state department. The department responded by calling him a valued partner to the Us Government and request have been made to the saudi government about the whereabouts of his son and daughter. The saudi government has not issued a response. It is becoming difficult for donald trump to defend the next in line saudi king. Isthis bad behavior affecting the american side. You can see the shift in the american political mood against the saudis. Reporter he says interpol rejected saudi of being corrupted. The court case is involving more murder allegations which will not bode well to the successor of the saudi throne. Least 19 people have been killed after an armed group attacked several villages in the democratic republic of congo. Fighters from the political and religious sect known as people with machetes slashed people with machetes. French president Emmanuel Macron is denouncing what he called the cowardly attack which killed eight people in southern niger. Nch aid workers and others gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on them. Frenchbacked by the military are searching for the killers. An investigation has been opened into the attack. S Constitutional Court has sworn in nine new judges. The judges, six men and three women took office in a ceremony attended by the embattled president who is facing a series of protests from opposition demanding his resignation. In mauritius are racing against time to empty a stranded japanese ship of 2000 tons of oil. The Prime Minister says the leak has stopped right now but with ull, heon the h expects the ship to fall apart. Catherine sawyer reports. Inorter conservationists malicious are calling it an ecological disaster. The worst in the history of the country. The scale of the spillage is obvious. A couple of kilometers offshore, from this town two weeks ago. It began to seep oil into the shallow waters of the indian ocean. Had about 4000at pounds on board. The operator of the ship has apologized and vowed to do the cleanup. Some are blaming the government for a slowed response. The government was actcting n response on advice from the company. Acting in the best interests of the people of mauritius. Reporter thousands of volunteers have come to hell. Leaves are being built to help absorb the oil from the beaches. The remaining fuel is being pumped off of the stricken ship to prevent further pollution. Booms are being taken out by volunteer boats. Bootats at ourheir disposal. The oil is impacting the area. Dependsty of the area on the many helpers working to make sure the oil does not spread further. It has resumed energy work in the Eastern Mediterranean sea accusing greece of not keeping its promises regarding a disputed gas reserve in the region. A Research Vessel is conducting seismic surveys and a disputed area between cyprus and greece for the next two weeks. Greece has called the exploration you legal and a threat to peace. The deployment comes days after greece signed a maritime order with egypt naming and Economic Zone between those two nations. More than 97,000 children in the United States tested positive for covid19 in the last two weeks of july. Data shows the child cases of coronavirus over that period rose by 40 . This comes during backtoschool season as experts try to understand the impact of the virus on the younger population. At least 86 children have died its may according to the report. Chicago is offering people to quarantine for 14 days unlike many other parts of the country, it has succeeded in flattening the curve. Im standing in illinois. The boats behind me are in wisconsin. That is a frontier that people dont normally Pay Attention to unless they are talking about football rivalries. High rate of has a Coronavirus Infection while illinois has a lower rate. Statesin is one of 20 that one must quarantine from if you go to illinois. You have to spend 14 days in quarantine. For many people on both sides of this frontier, that is a nuisance. I think it is a good idea if it can help bring the number of cases down. Everyone is already getting tired of this. We have been quarantined with family and i dont think you should have to quarantine yourself for 14 days. Reporter as the thirdlargest , chicagohe u. S. Attracts a lot of business and travelers and it is enforcing its quarantine. Unlike new york city which had some chore which had some quarantined checks at the city limits. Chicago is using social media. Through your look social media and if there is a recent picture from disney world in florida, you will be fined 7,000. Fine ends at anchor in yemen, months of heavy rain and flash flooding have significantly damaged sanaa. Roofs and walls of many ancient buildings have collapsed. Reporter dark clouds over naaens old city of sa where ancient homes lie in ruins. Heritagethis unesco site have been damaged. Mohammed sayas they have nowhere to go. We call on all the organizations to save us. A god save us from this hell. We call on everyone to save us. Six women and six children live in this house and we have nowhere to go. Has unique towers in geometric patterns and it is one of the worlds oldest continuously inhabited cities. Many of the buildings were already in disrepair. The wet weather means they are now even more fragile. Red flagged9 buildings and now the number has grown and will grow more because the weather has not stabilized yet. The consecutive rainfall and the negligence by the homeowners have all contributed negatively. We could see up to 500 homes destroyed. Reporter whelchel in the capital struggle to save their heritage, they are fighting for survival. Awayg floodwaters washed their makeshift shelters. Mohammed is one of the many who had so little and has now lost everything. The front came at midnight while we were sleeping. Suddenly, there was a strong flood. Many homes were swept away by the flood. Country the war in the the fighting has caused the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. 24 million yemenis need water, have medical shortages. Once again on the brink of a major food crisis. And there is also the coronavirus. Workers expect that it is spreading undetected. They expxpect more dis