Broadcasting from our studios in moscow this is our International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now breaking news on our t. V. A devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government Officials Say at least 78. 00 people are dead and more than 4000. 00 injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying at nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut. There are far more. Going that. We heard from 2 reporters in beirut all tough read and oh in a hole the way they told us more about follow on from the explosion the devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blouse had was held 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are pouring through a 1000 levanon here s
Direct from our studios most of this International Incheon thomas and certainly glad to have you with us lets get right to our breaking news at this hour a devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government Officials Say im least 78 people are dead and over 4000 injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut. Ard we heard from the 2 reporters in beirut. And oh in a whole the way they told us more about the fallout from the devastating explosion. The devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the last had was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are pouring through a 1000 levanon here shima scores theres no comparison betw
2021 the i. M. F. Expects a growth rate of 5. 4 percent instead of earlier estimates of 5. 8 percent the fund is predicting an 8 percent contraction in the United States in 2020 while the eurozone economy will decline by 10. 2 percent brazil will take a 9 point one percent hit with the economy of mexico shrinking by as much as 10. 5 percent just this year now the Organization Also pointed to a catastrophic toll d on the labor market due to the pandemic saying there quine in work hours for the 2nd quarter will be the equivalent of losing 300000000 full time jobs worldwide the funds chief economist also spoke about the unpredictable nature of the pandemic making it difficult to judge where the worlds economy will head in the near future so there is tremendous uncertainty around the focused on the one hand you could get positive news you could have this news on the scenes and on treatments and great a policy support and that can trigger a fast as a company. But on the other hand there are
Business as usual when it comes to diplomatic trips look i never stop basically i didnt stop during the crisis at all if i had to travel abroad for example for humanitarian reasons bringing mosques or protective clothes for our friends in the vegetable canes or somebody else trouble trouble i take care about the hygienic prescriptions and obligations you know washing cans not to go to clothes no shaking hands but to some time we did because now its in our case its its over i mean from the crisis perspective but but during the peak of the crisis i really seriously tried to to respect the rules and regulations. Well i mentioned the Words Business as usual i would like to come back to something youve been talking about for a while with other people youve had interviews with. Critics have said that your Prime Minister destroyed democracy. As usual or democracy as weve noted in hungary youve called it fake news can you give us an update on that at this point right at this point whats going
A healthy confrontation with the past but an attempt to eradicate history altogether today were talking to professor tom device and scotlands leading historian to ask how the nation should confront the c. B. L. Sides of his own history and how the Mainstream Media been covering this controversial issue we asked professor Jordan Robertson costs us get to go lie over much of the plotting all of this coming up later in the show but 1st the glass going to smita with your tweet your emails and your messages. Thank you alex last week sure focused on the impact of corbett 19 on black asian and minority ethnic communities where we spoke with dr managed to lottie who lost his father to coronavirus pierre byron this month and 100 year old fundraiser charging louisa says i live in africa and the numbers getting covered 1000. 00 are exceptionally low we have less than 200. 00 deaths in kenya under less says how is it any governments fault that some people are more susceptible to corporate 19 than