Mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and were experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change america is crying out for leadership well mike hanna is in washington d. C. He says biden the selection of harris as his running mate sends a strong message to americans. Well there was a great deal of acrimony between them during the campaign for the president ial candidate from the Democratic Party come of the heroes was exceedingly critical of joe biden on a number of levels however when she dropped out of that race she immediately threw her support behind joe biden and its very clear that joe biden has chosen her for one very good reason and that is he is demonstrating to the public that he is not going to put a lucky in the deputy position he wants somebody who will criticize him he wants somebody who will be forc
To unlock thank you so much for your Company Everyone we begin with breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut where at least 10 people are dead after 2 massive explosions there will be initial blast in the citys port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away the head of the Lebanese Red Cross says hundreds of injured people have been taken to the hospital but many more are still trapped in their hopes the cause of the blast is not yet known but its clear from the footage that were getting that the devastation is widespread it is chaos on the streets of beirut a city all ready on edge lets go there now to talk to our correspondent of beslan i. T. D. Can you hear me. Yes and you know i dont hi bessel how are you how are you doing. Flex point. The old Security Center in beirut as you mentioned its so critical yeah tell us please what happened and where were you and when the blast took place. In one of the debates i was about 500 meters away i
A 16th century mosque. Sri lankans of voting in the much delayed election its the 1st poll in south asia during the krona virus pandemic. We begin in lebanons capital where people are describing the fallout from tuesdays explosion as apocalyptic there were scenes of chaos after the blasts to rip through the citys port killing at least 100 people the president spoke a short while ago promising an investigation to reveal what happened shall our own also appealed to the Global Community to speed up assistance to lebanon it was already grappling with an economic meltdown residents meanwhile theyre trying to come to terms with the widespread damage that extended over half the. City among the hardest hit areas of the busy commercial districts beiruts governor says up to 300000 people have been left homeless over this was the moment of impact as you can see the blast there happening at a port warehouse where the government says about 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had been stored for years mor
For the people of lebanon cost of the damage from the blast is estimated to top 3000000000. 00 with food imported by the flattening of beiruts port. And breaking ground and stirring controversy indias Prime Minister lays the foundation of a hindu temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque. Also sri lankans are voting in a much delayed election its the 1st poll in south asia during the coronavirus pandemic. And he stammered with the sport refound the dull confirms he will not defend these us open title later this month because of coronavirus fears. Welcome to the news are we begin in lebanons capital beirut where people are describing the fallout from choose days explosion as apocalyptic there were scenes of. Else after the blast ripped through the citys port killing at least 100. 00 people the lebanese are trying to come to terms with the widespread damage that stirred memories of the civil war among the hardest hit areas on the busy commercial districts beiruts governor says up to 3
Youre watching all jazeera live from our Global Headquarters here in doha also coming up the disappearance of hundreds of women and girls in peru raises more concern about Domestic Violence during the coronavirus pandemic. And 75 years after hiroshima the threats of cope with 19 forces japan to scale back ceremonies commemorating the victims. Lebanons government has declared a 2 week state of emergency giving the military full powers a day after the massive explosion devastated large areas of beirut at least 135 people are dead more than 5000 injured and about 300. 00 thousands of now been left without a home officials are blaming vast stores of highly explosive Ammonium Nitrate which they say were kept in unsafe conditions at the port area from beirut xina harder reports. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more does. Struct if then any explosion lebanon has ever seen just before sunset on tue