Will the beirut explosions cause a humanitarian disaster the devastation leaves hundreds of thousands of lebanese homeless hungry and fending for themselves with no help from the government can aid organizations cope with the immense challenge this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Levanon was in a dire state even before the enormous explosions which shattered beirut on tuesday many couldnt make ends meet as a 3rd of almost 7000000 lebanese dont have a job the government is bankrupt the currency almost worthless and lebanon is home to 1500000 Syrian Refugees the huge blast made things worse by destroying the main port for a nation heavily reliant on food imports lebanons only large grain silo is in ruins and the explosion destroyed hospitals and vital medical supplies needed to fight kovac 19 on top of all that there are complaints of no help from the government they now hold or reports. Volunteers in the streets of the lebanese capital providing much needed food and w
1000000 good half welcome to the program a lebanese government minister has resigned following protests that left one Police Officer dead and more than 100 people injured information minister monell obvious said she was quitting because the government had failed to carry out reforms our beirut correspondent reports many more resignations may follow perhaps the entire government will fall protesters blame their leaders for tuesdays port explosions that killed more than 150 people. Shes the 1st Government Official to quit over choose days catastrophic explosion in beirut but many in lebanon hope she wont be the last. In the hundreds that this is the point of no return the people are hungry the economy is collapsing the economic financial and monetary crisis is escalating while family children relatives and friends are homeless consumed by grief despair and frustration. Over night people stormed government buildings and banks in the capital protesters taking their fury out on politicians
Thanks. Separating. Them from having to pick them up today we are heating the people its our country were not going to look im not going to go we want to open the door towards National Salvation im. Angry and im here to tell them that their time is up i am today announcing the resignation of the government. Also coming up tonight the president of bella ruse says he won sundays election by a landslide but europe says there may be reason to believe the vote was forced and not free. The e. U. Lifted the sanctions against bellaver us because the country took steps in the right direction such as the release of political prisoners. We must now discuss in the e. U. With it they still applies in the light of the past week and the past days for government targets. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all the around the world welcome we begin the day in lebanon where the shock waves from last weeks explosion in beirut continue to rip through the country today the entire government
Paving the way for talks in afghanistan the taliban both times the decision to release 400 prisoners and says it could be ready to negotiate within days i suppose next extreme. Or so well go over. The english translation angry over the jailing of a husband who has become the biggest threat to Alexander Lukashenko its 26 year rule and better roots. And wait in south africa where the pressure is on to stop whats being described as the countrys other condemning. Tensions are boiling over once again in lebanon as protesters gather near the countrys parliament a 2nd day and a passionate call for change in the past couple of hours police of 5 tear gas to try to disperse that growing crowd that youre seeing demonstrators held some sort fireworks into the air in a show of anger over tuesdays port explosion they say government corruption is to blame for these protesters want a complete overhaul of the political system and to government ministers have responded to the widespread anger by resigni
A day before the president ial election. Donald trump signs executive orders for Financial Relief as talks of a new coronavirus rescue package collapse. International leaders will hold a virtual talks in the coming hours to raise aid for the lebanese capital bands as the cleanup continues in beirut from tuesdays huge explosion swards of the city were devastated when 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at the ports france and the United Nations set up a Donor Conference to help u. S. President donald trump has said hell be joining the call. And its estimated that the blast at the warehouse calls up to 15000000000. 00 worth of damage at least 158. 00 people were killed rescue workers are still searching for those missing more than 5000. 00 were injured in the explosion which left 300000 homeless. Alfredo the explosion spilled on to the streets of the city on saturday thousands of people rallied against the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstr