But this time around hes facing a serious challenge from this woman. By way of look rough 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 monologue said she was quitting because the government failed to carry out reforms our beirut correspondent reports more resignations may follow perhaps the entire government will fall for testers blame their leaders for tuesdays port explosions that killed more than 150 people. Another day and night of rage in beirut. Protesters stormed government buildings and banks as their fury reached boiling point. Tuesdays massive explosion reignited their disdain for thorazine power. To many a deep and already existing distrust for the leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt the country was already struggling through a deepening financial crisis making the recovery from this disaster that much harder the desperation was clear.
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
Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show lebanons capital beirut is facing a 2nd day of protests against the government following tuesdays devastating explosion that killed more than 150 people and injured at thousands protesters hurled rocks at Security Forces are blocking a road near Lebanons Parliament where this is say hundreds of people are converging on a main square the same place where thousands protested on saturday they blame the political elite for the countrys economic and political woes. Well for more on the situation in beirut a lets bring in our correspondent basle r. A. D vassal nice to see you again we saw how yesterdays protests resulted in more than a 100 people being injured how does the situation compare today. Its saying yesterday at this moment the policy just crossed next to my right playing to the protesters it was complete chaos i dont know what a go at the protesters try to do the problem is they thought they succeeded in having a hole in the seam and said
A go to the polls president Alexander Lukashenko has been in power since the 1990 s. But this time around hes facing a serious challenge from this moment. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show lebanons capital beirut is facing a 2nd day of protests against the government following tuesdays devastating explosion that killed more than 150 people and injured thousands more protesters hurled rocks at Security Forces and blocking a road in your 11 ons Parliament Witnesses say hundreds of people are converging on a main square the same place at thousands where thousands protested on saturday they blame the political elite of for the countrys economic and political blogs. For more on the situation in beirut to lets bring in our correspondent at basle radio basle good to see you again we saw how yesterdays protests resulted in more than 100 people being injured whats the situation like today by comparison. In fact we have the same. Problem and. They have. To move the engines from the clas
Of over 3 km. When the crowds arrived, the shipments had already been completely emptied, since thousands of residents of that area, where the eight fell, were waiting for it before it even touched the ground. Those who managed to obtain a bag of flour or a kilogram of dates or a bottle of water, reached the outskirts of the camp with their hands and feet bruised from the intense competition and jostling to get even a little to alleviate their hunger and. Thirst, however, the airdropped food packages did not exceed the payload of half a truck. The information printed on those products indicates that they are sourced from charitable organizations closely associated with the egyptian army, which raises many questions top of which is why is egypt air dropping food aid when they can open the borders and let in thousands of trucks per day . Cousins took to social media to vend their frustration at the humiliating manner in which they were treated. By the countries that dropped such aid, it