But the painful reality does remain for millions of americans out of a job because of the pandemic. That was never something that i thought would happen to me in my life. The u. S. Is accused of political manipulation after donald trump signs an order banning business with the chinese and apps to talk and we chat. Top story the president of lebanon says an investigation into the beirut port explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence an accident or possible external interference 19 port officials have been detained as frustration grows over the governments response to the blast Bernard Smith starts our coverage from beirut. Armies of volunteers are on the streets of beirut. Sweeping clearing digging. Theyre filling the gap left. By the state. Which is conspicuous by its absence. We had an i. T. Company here times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am in. Los angeles. I see im 30. And both come. From 25 years. I work here out
Parliamentary elections a poll that could cement the president s grip on power. Remembering the victims of hiroshima japan marks 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bomb which killed a 140000 people. To the sport go 1st major coronavirus pandemic gets on the word as the worlds greatest players compete at the p. G. A. Championship. French president emanuel macron has pledged his support during a visit to beirut 2 days after a large explosion devastated parts of the lebanese capital hes visited the harbourside blast zone where angry crowds have vented their anger the government told them that french aid would not go to corrupt hands and that hell negotiate a new political pact with lebanese traitors. Its similar to our its my duty to help you as a people to bring you medicine to make sure you are fed and to help you reconstruct i can guarantee to be transparent and i will guarantee you will not go into corrupt hands. 7 while the explosion on tuesday destroyed the citys port where more t
A number of americans filing for unemployment drops but millions face eviction after coronavirus safeguards come to an end. Counting the vote because parliamentary elections are poll that could cement the president s grip on power. French president emmanuel support during a visit to lebanons capital 2 days after it was devastated by a huge explosion a dire humanitarian situation is developing as International Relief teams arrive in the crisis hit city and 138 people died in the disaster was 80 still missing and 5000 have been injured so no one has the latest from beirut. Search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief zainab fears she will never see her husband allie again. Theres a still are still i dont know where he is i havent heard from him since 6 pm monday i want to know
Politicians to begin another day of talks of a for the Financial Aid for millions of unemployed americans. 36 People Killed at least 300 inmates have escaped after an isolated in a high security prison in afghanistan. And will feed us pay tribute to john hughes a man known as one of Northern Ireland scrapes just heroes. We begin this hour with a stark warning from the World Health Organization as the rush to find a Coronavirus Vaccine intensifies while the w. H. O. Is applauding the efforts of more than 140. 00 Research Teams around the world it says the people should not pin their hopes on the discovery of effects of vaccine and stress that basic prevention measures remain crucial. We all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection however there is no Silver Bullet at the moment and then might never be for now stopping outbreaks comes down to the basics of Public Health and Disease Control testing isolating and treating patients and tracing
Supposed to deal with all of that . Thank you, mayor. I appreciate this, and again, this is such a challenging time, i would say the risks the downsides to the shelter in place and the slow reopening are very real and very concerning from a health standpoint and an economic standpoint. I think the Counter Point is no one has said, were going to go ahead and open quickly. As you see across the country, the Mental Health consequences of opening and having a surge, many people are struggling in San Francisco, but if we have a surge like we saw in new york or unfortunately like we saw in houston and parts of florida, we would have all of those concerns that youre talking about on top of the overwhelming the Hospital Systems due to covid19 plus the covid19 pandemic and everything that were dealing with and managing today. Unfortunately, theres downsides to where we are today, but theyre even worse. And we just want people to understand that these times are hard, but we have a pandemic in ou