Foundation of a hindu temple on the ruins of a mosque. 11 and has woken up to large parts of beirut in wreckage after an explosion tore through the capital the red cross says at least 100 people have been killed more deaths are expected thousands have been wounded rescue workers will been searching for the missing people through the night the explosion happened at the port warehouse near a busy commercial district the government says about 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had been stored there for years the blast was felt a 160 kilometers away in cyprus now countries around the world they are offering help so a holder in beirut. Begins our coverage. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital. Was. The blast essential quavers across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds. The streets were filled with panic and confusion cautiously auto my call was down there it rolled over i think my injuries all because of the loss the last copy up my call was
The washington post. You are up to date on the headlines. Its about 4 30am in the morning. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alexander lukashenko still sits in the president ial palace in belarus, six months after an election which he probably lost. Europes last de facto dictator continues to brutally repress protests and imprison political opponents. My guest is sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, the woman who believes she won last augusts vote, and who, from exile, calls herself the leader of democratic belarus. But is toppling lukashenko any closer to reality . Sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, in vilnius, lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. There you sit in vilnius in exile. Alexander lukashenko is still president of your country, belarus, and it is now the six month anniversary since you are convinced you won the president ial election. So, im just wondering how you feel today . Oh, thank you. I feel responsibil
2 prominent u. S. Senators among 4 americans sanctioned by china days after washington targeted chinese officials over rights abuses in scenes out. Im going to go with sports as men just city are cleared to play next Season Champions League after winning their appeal against a 2 year ban. The political shift towards the right in Eastern Europe has got yet another boost with polands incumbent entree do not really winning the president ial runoff is secured just over 51 percent of the vote in a close race against the liberal warsaw mayor ruffled shirts off ski though this party already controls parliament and this result means it can press ahead with its conservative agenda alexy obryant reports. It was a vote seen as a battle for polands future and the results show a country divided. A tiny margin keeping andre due to an office for a 2nd 5 year term. Propped up by the right wing law and justice party. Is calling for unity and studies good night its not just good i said its full of these
As 3 more counties yellow san benito and napa were added to the States Community spread watch list in napa county Business Owners were told this week to prepare shut down tomorrow. Ursula sogomonian spoke with restaurant employees in downtown napa about the rollback l a. That restaurants are rushing to get their customers are last Indoor Dining experience before county cut off. One minute after midnight due to rising coronavirus cases spoke with an employee at joes restaurant who sounded tired and frustrated, saying its been a tough time during the pandemic for his coworkers and himself to make rent and pay mortgages. They were happy to come back to work back on may 22nd. He said that it gave them in economic boost. When asked about this weeks notice he believes that they werent given enough warning ahead of time about that midnight deadline to close. Given that theyre stocked with perishable food which may now have to be donated. We have people scheduled for ships we re stalker food a
The freeman foundation. Um judy and peter ovler foundation; pursuing solutions forne americas neglectes. And by contributions to this station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ros hello. I am ross atkins. Welcome to outside source. The coronavirus death has passed half a million we all want to get on with our lives, but the hd realit is this is not even close to ros report from texas, california, and florida, all seeing a surge inew cases. And in the u. , the Supreme Court has dismissed a law which restricted abortn in louisiana. We will play you a report on how the Islamic State group is seeking to tak advantage of the pandemic. I want to begin with two stark statistics. The global death to from covid19 is now past half a million. Erthe nuf infections is past 10 million. And i am afraid we areold this only the start. Here is more from the world health organization. Ar thereality is this is not even close to being over. Although many countries he made some progress globally, t e pandem