For so called reeducation rare footage of the uighur ethnic minorities held in secretive detention centres. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im tim willcox. A massive explosion has torn through the lebanese capital beirut, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 3700. Its not yet known what caused the explosion but lebanons Prime Minister says his country is facing a catastrophe and beirut is in mourning. Heres our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. Just to warn you his report contains distressing images. Explosion. It was a massive explosion. Shouting. Another view from the bay. And from the streets. What happened 7 oh, my god oh, my god. It looks as if dozens are dead and several thousand injured. And a country already deep in crisis has been hit by a catastrophe. Translation i dont know what happened. I was fishing. I heard there was a fire. I turned and sta
Detention centres we have a special report. Futher harrowing footage of police arresting george floyd is leaked to the media. His death began a worldwide protest movement against police brutality. Hello to you. A huge blast in the port area of the lebanese capital beirut has killed almost 80 people and injured more than 4,000. Many people are still missing, believed to be trapped under the rubble. The explosion was so powerful it caused extensive damage to buildings over much of the city and hospitals have been overwhelmed. Officials say tonnes of confiscated Ammonium Nitrate caused the blast. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen, has been following developments. Just to warn you his report contains distressing images. Explosion. It was a massive explosion. Shouting. Another view from the bay. And from the streets. What happened 7 oh, my god oh, my god. It looks as if dozens are dead and several thousand injured. And a country already deep in crisis has been hit by a catastrophe. Trans
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Thank you forjoining us. Beirut is a disaster zone, 300,000 people have had to leave their homes, and a two week state of emergency has been declared and that desperate situation is compounded by accusations of incompetence, factional in fighting and an economic mess inflicted on lebanon by its own governing elite. The huge explosion on tuesday, which killed at least 135 people and injured thousands more, was caused by the ignition of 2,700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate being kept in the port area of beirut, despite the risks. The government has placed some officials under house arrest. Quentin sommervilles report contains scenes which you may find distressing. In a country long battered by shock, a fresh, unnatural disaster has seized lebanon. The fires burned long here at the port. The cause a powder keg of unstable chemicals, left to rot in the very heart of beirut. The shock could be felt in cyprus, syria and israel. The 2500 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate fertiliser was the equivalent of a
The plane couldnt stop in time. Both pilots are among those dead. That seems to have skidded off the runway and we must remember its a table top runway. So it seems to have crossed that runway and fallen into a ditch sort of a place. And because of that impact, there seems to have been a breaking of the fuselage into two and the aircraft, the front portion has been very badly mangled and damaged. This locals were among the first to respond. The injured, taken to hospitals in taxis and private cars. Families, searching for loved ones theyve waited months for. Many on board are believed to have been Migrant Workers whod gone overseas to earn a living. The crash is yet another blow for a region that is grappling with landslides and the covid crisis. Yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster in lebanon, with widespread medicine and food shortages, after this weeks explosion in the capital, beirut. 154 people are now known to have died in the