Im burnt off its good to have you with us we are following breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut at this hour where the official death toll now stands at 25 following 2 massive explosions. The initial blast in the citys port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away over 2500 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries many others are still trapped in their home the calls of the blast is not yet known Security Officials say old explosives were being stored in a warehouse at the port its clear that the devastation has been widespread. Ok also on the streets of beirut tonight a city on edge we want to go to our correspondent resign. Resign where were you when this explosion happened. I had no i was a coming with a solution and that as a friends of my own home where all of that would be a day all because i said up and down and then i went and you could be so the face of a good education ill take. That explosion and there was a sc
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