of fire is going on at this cross section here. we can hear regular bursts of automatic gunfire and the thump of rpgs like that one. we ve seen somebody shooting from the top of a building and the army are trying to work out how to contain the situation, which escalated so rapidly. as the shooting faded, the clean up started, but the scars and the divisions remain. accountability for the port blast is vitalfor the lebanese people, but tonight, it feels further away than ever. anna foster, bbc news, beirut. the world health organisation has urged countries and companies that control covid vaccine supplies to meet their promises to poor and developing nations. wealthy countries including the uk have pledged to donate more than a billion vaccine doses worldwide, but only a small proportion have been delivered. in south sudan, one of the world s poorest countries, a tiny fraction
welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m mariko 0i. the headlines: violence and shooting in lebanon. six people are killed after snipers attack a protest led by the shia group hezbollah. we can hear regular bursts of automatic gunfire, we can hear the thump of rpgs like that one. we ve seen somebody shooting from the top of a building and the army now trying to work out how to contain the situation, which escalated so rapidly. we ll be speaking to a prominent lebanese analyst about what prompted the violence and where the country might be heading. also on the programme:
welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m mariko oi. the headlines: rapid gunfire deadly violence erupts in lebanon. six people are killed after gunmen attack a protest led by the shia group hezbollah. we can hear regular bursts of automatic gunfire, we can hear the thump of rpgs like that one. we ve seen somebody shooting from the top of a building and the army are now trying to work out how to contain this situation, which escalated so rapidly. it struck while they slept 46 people, many of them elderly, are killed in a tower block fire, taiwan s deadliest in decades. celebrating the arrival of a trickle of coronavirus vaccines, but most promised doses to africa go unfilled.
for hours, shooting echoed through the streets of beirut. not everyone survived. translation: my wife was hiding downstairs, | but our neighbour was killed. she was shot in the head with a bullet. she had kids, her daughter got married just two days ago. it s a very confused picture right now, there are many, many soldiers out here on the streets trying to work out exactly where the firing is coming from. a lot of the exchange of fire is going on just at this cross section here. we can hear regular bursts of automatic gunfire, we can hear the thump of rpgs like that one. we ve seen somebody shooting from the top of a building and the army are now trying to work out how to contain this situation, which escalated so rapidly. as the shooting faded, the clean up started, but the scars and the divisions remain. accountability for the port blast is vitalfor the lebanese people, but tonight, it feels further away than ever.
welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m mariko oi. the headlines: violence and shooting in lebanon. six people are killed after snipers attack a protest led by the shia group hezbollah. we can hear regular bursts of automatic gunfire, we can hear the thump of rpgs like that one. we ve seen somebody shooting from the top of a building and the army now trying to work out how to contain the situation, which escalated so rapidly. we ll be speaking to a prominent lebanese analyst about what prompted the violence and where the country might be heading. also on the programme: