This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. My names mike embley. There is mounting anger in lebanon against politicians who did not prevent yesterdays blast. At least 135 people have died, thousands are injured. The shockwave, was so powerful it knocked people off their feet, blowing out windows for miles around. Millions turn out to vote in sri lankas elections despite coronavirus fears. And japan marks 75 years since the us atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima. We look at the lingering impact of the attack, and hearfrom the last survivors. Hello to you. In beirut, a desperate search is continuing for more than a hundred people missing since the huge explosion that devastated the port area. 300,000 people have had to leave their homes. Its thought the explosion was caused by a fire that ignited piles of Ammonium Nitrate, stored unsafely. A two week state of emergency has been declared. Quentin sommerville has the latest. In a country long ba
The starting pistol sounds tonight in a 50week race to the republican president ial nomination. A race that begins and ends in cleveland, site of the g. O. P. Convention next july. Tonight the first debate with the topten candidates in the polls. Five governors, three senators a neurosurgeon and a real estate developer. Major garrett is in cleveland for us this evening. Reporter scott, that real estate developer, donald trump is also the undisputed frontev runner in a crowded republican field. Trump has promised he wont attack first tonight, but hes already been criticized here for being a celebrity, not a conservative. Ze donald trump arrived here in hiser own plane for his first debateer as a political wild card. The other nine candidates on thene stage are trying to halt trumps momentum. His sharp rhetoric has struck a chord with republican voters. Nearly 80 think trump says what he believes. Earlier seven other republicans met on the same stage for what South Carolina senator Linds
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