We had an i. T. Company here very times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am and who. Knows. Its a good thing. That i come. From 25 years. I work here. This is the 1st time. I see Something Like that. The government has given investigators just 4 days to come up with a report into the cause of the catastrophe but now they say this small a fire ignited 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate being stored in a warehouse next door. When the Ammonium Nitrate ignited the shock wave instantly crossed the city leaving beirut looking like a place that after just 5 seconds has suffered from years of conflict. Frustration and anger boiled over on thursday night and there were some small protests near lebanons parliament. But most people here have been focused on cleaning up the now. The government says. Reconstruction costs will run to at least 15000000000. 00. This is a country that was already on its knees because of a deep economic crisis and a curren
Changing the world living the government has shifted focus from saving lives to saving the economy. Counting the cost on aljazeera. 6 years ago an island secret mass grave for babies was discovered near a home for unmarried pregnant women in an institution run by Roman Catholic nuns to find set off a scandal that has raised deeply disturbing questions about the relationship between the irish state in the Catholic Church and the distressing sight of thousands of children who died in their care in this 2nd part of our investigation correspondent orange lee reveals shocking new evidence about how and where some of those babies were very. 6 years ago it became clear that the bodies of hundreds of babies have been disposed of in an old sewage tank in the grounds of a catholic home for unmarried mothers in choom island. In the 1st part of our investigation we looked at the cruel and abusive treatments by church and states of young women accused of the mortal sin of pregnancy outside marriage
Of the sea. Because im front of me is the port where those 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded last tuesday to every Apartment Building shattered or destroyed in that building in the 12 its right on the lawns all the way along the waterfront and inland a 3 kilometer radius from the port cleanup operation still ongoing of course its going to be years long but most of that cleaning up being done by volunteers and theyve been out in force again this morning the government the local government now estimates 70000 homes have either been damaged or destroyed as a consequence of that explosion and we already know about 250 and maybe as many as 300000 people have been left homeless most of them taken in by relatives elsewhere in the country all being put up in hotels or other peoples friendly helpful neighbors homes russias president Vladimir Putin says the country has become the 1st in the world to approve the use of a Coronavirus Vaccine it follows less than 2 months of human trials the p
President trump threatens to ban the app over concerns it could allow beijing to spy, and media reports microsoft is in talks to buy it. Berlins famous club scene has been silent for months because of the pandemic, but frustrated ravers are moving underground or, rather, outside. Its good to have you with this. Scheduled for september have been postponed for a year. Chief executive carrie lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases, but opposition lawmakers are not convinced and accuse the government of using the pandemic as a retest to thwart democracy. Using the pandemic as a rereason to thwart democracy. It was a very, very difficult decision to postpone the legislslative council election, which takes place every four yeyears, but i its necessary to fight off the coronavirus, to protect Peoples Health and uphold public safety. We also have to ensure the election process is fair and open. Ironically, to curb the prodemocracy protests, hong kongs chief executiv
Been a what i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and its not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the Financial System so there are its is for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customs we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sick does and insist on these changes quickly what lebanese authorities have detained 16 people as part of their investigation into the blast according to state media 18 port and Customs Officials involved in Maintenance Work at the ports have reportedly been questioned the death toll has risen to 149 but that is expected to rise dozens of people are still missing and hospitals are overwhelmed our correspondent burnet smith is in beirut with more. All we saw all day were armies all mainly young people out with groups and pickaxes and shovels trying to clean up the trying to clean