A 16th century mosque. Sri lankans of voting in the much delayed election its the 1st poll in south asia during the krona virus pandemic. We begin in lebanons capital where people are describing the fallout from tuesdays explosion as apocalyptic there were scenes of chaos after the blasts to rip through the citys port killing at least 100 people the president spoke a short while ago promising an investigation to reveal what happened shall our own also appealed to the Global Community to speed up assistance to lebanon it was already grappling with an economic meltdown residents meanwhile theyre trying to come to terms with the widespread damage that extended over half the. City among the hardest hit areas of the busy commercial districts beiruts governor says up to 300000 people have been left homeless over this was the moment of impact as you can see the blast there happening at a port warehouse where the government says about 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had been stored for years mor
For the people of lebanon cost of the damage from the blast is estimated to top 3000000000. 00 with food imported by the flattening of beiruts port. And breaking ground and stirring controversy indias Prime Minister lays the foundation of a hindu temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque. Also sri lankans are voting in a much delayed election its the 1st poll in south asia during the coronavirus pandemic. And he stammered with the sport refound the dull confirms he will not defend these us open title later this month because of coronavirus fears. Welcome to the news are we begin in lebanons capital beirut where people are describing the fallout from choose days explosion as apocalyptic there were scenes of. Else after the blast ripped through the citys port killing at least 100. 00 people the lebanese are trying to come to terms with the widespread damage that stirred memories of the civil war among the hardest hit areas on the busy commercial districts beiruts governor says up to 3
Thousands raise their voices outside the u. S. Embassy in london as anti racism rallies spread across europe. As courbet 19 deaths top 400000 globally scenes of desperation in some countries afghanistan is fast running out of hospital beds. And the libyan warlord after us allies pushed for a ceasefire as the un recognized government prepares for a new advance and poor german footballs a lineup of global stars had a message for the world from across the league showing their solidarity here with the black lives and Matter Movement. There we are here we go lets start this news hour in the United States where the u. S. President donald trump has in the past few minutes just ordered the National Guard to pull out of washington d. C. Thats despite a 12th night of protests. Across the country demanding change after the death of george floyd mr trump says quote everything is under perfect control we have 2 correspondents monitoring the developments across the United States kristen salumi is st
Good afternoon welcome you watching our international that making history donald trump has become the 1st u. S. President to enter north korea the north korean media and trump himself that the meeting an amazing event the reaction back home was far more muted if not outright critical vague talk about talks while kim continues to develop Nuclear Warheads and missiles seems like this gigantic p. R. Stunt in trenches and embellish is authoritarian rule without any real meaningful strategy for denuclearization out president shouldnt be squandering american influence on photo ops and exchanging love letters with a ruthless dictator instead we should be dealing with north korea through a principle diplomacy that promotes yes securitate defense how allies and uphold human rights i have no problem with him sitting down with kim jong noon in north korea or any place else but whats going to happen tomorrow and the next day if were going to bring peace to this world we need to move forward diplom
Officials from the state department and usaid are testifying the House Foreign Affairs committee. Kathy manning from North Carolina and then we are fortunate that we have joining us today the chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee of texas. Like every american i watched as it is in afghan citizens fell from airplanes, crawled through sewage and through infants over barbed wire fences attempting to escape following the Biden Administrations surrender to the taliban in august 2021. Sadly to me this is the worst Foreign Policy decision, worst defense decision in the history of the United States. The consequence we see today with the imitation of slaughter around the world, with that in mind this example of appeasement was a devastating review of the administrations foreignpolicy as we know see iranian puppets fully empowered as war criminals mercilessly launch stuff into ukraine. As the Chinese Communist dictatorship threatens the wonderful and free people of taiwan. Biden broke his pr