Live from moscow this is R T International just after 11 pm here the same time where we start our breaking news this hour from im not beirut where a devastating explosion hit the capital of lebanon government officials are saying least 50 people are dead more than 2700. 00 more injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying buildings within a large radius the coals is so far clear its believed to have set off fuel tanks causing a 2nd reply and a huge fire. Ive got. One more one more. Well we can go live now to beirut and speak to journalist commands in the capital levanon we spoke a little bit earlier ill tell if you broke done for us some of the main reasons what was happening there the aftermath as well just remind us on the Current Situation on tickets through walkup in there. Well right now we are standing at the symbolic Martyrs Square in the heart of the lebanese capital beirut we are just a couple blocks away from the Lebanese Parliament this here. Place or venue h
Longestks based their alternatives from beijings perspective. If they remove her, they are losing streak since the 1997 conceding to protesters. Hangover. Gun control is back on the u. S. And then there is a question of who they replaced her with. Ocean agenda after double it is helpful from beijings shootings leave at least 30 dead perspective to have carrie lam in texas and ohio. Absorbing all of the criticism, shery ahn a quick check of the markets closed. The pressure and in a way protecting a local crisis from it was a risk off week. Becoming a national crisis. Paul if we bring this forward seen such a big clock or rid to 24 7 which selloff in the weekly basis since december of last year. Marks the expiry of the one that was when the fed turned down this. Country, two systems deal, everything leading up to that, tech and Energy Declines on the s p 500. Why draw a line in the sand now . The nasdaq is down almost 3 . People understand 20 47 is not the real fight. The trade outlook i
Aircraft carriers instead of ships with humanitarian aid. The statement comes amid troubling news about the turkish economy. At a meeting on thursday, the countrys central bank raised the discount rate from 30 to 35. This is the fifth increase in a row. Leila alnazarova will tell you what is happening with the lira against the backdrop of an increase in the key rate. The turkish currency again updated its historical low the day before. Now it is holding moderately around 28 liras per dollar. Reacting to the decision of the central bank of turkey on the key rate, i must say that it was expected, and so turkey raised the key rate for the fifth time in a row, this time by 500 basis points to 35 . The regulator continued to tighten Monetary Policy against the backdrop of high inflation; by the end of the year this figure is expected to reach 68 . The head of the countrys central bank is committed to stabilizing the economy by 2025, and inflation, according to her, will drop to single digit
Is on his way to russia to meet them. At 14, the us suspects on sale. And so on the agenda, the number of People Killed in moroccos earthquake has risen to almost 2500. International rescue crews have joined the search to find more survivors. Communities in the last mountains, flattened by friday, is trema, struggling to find food, water, and shelter. While we have a team of correspondents covering the story, Nicholas Hock is in the city of marrakech with temporary camps, have been set up to house those displaced pasha. Maya bar is near the epi center of the s, quick in the last mountains. He joins us live hush and the window to find any more survivors is rapidly closing and that hundreds of small villages near the center where you are have search and rescue teams been able to reach them. That is good is getting very difficult for the rest to is now on pricing on the ground for the last 2 days. And they do understand that today is to say its going to be personal for them. If they are t
We have a huge plume of moisture working its way into the area. We moved a little bit closer every move that will cover. We take a look at the scattered showers over the Santa Cruz Mountains. Shifting into the south bay, not a lot going on. The east bay highway 24 is a wet drive at this point. Along 680 we have light showers reported. Over portions of the north bay area near sonoma, napa and st. Helena. Where we dont see the rain on the radar we will likely have to do. We had a lot of drizzle this morning. Probably falling below the radar. A little soggy a lot soggy. The sierra we have snow. The levels down to 5000 feet. There is a winter storm warning in place until 10 pm. Be prepared if youre heading out. It is going to be treacherous. Snow on the highways. Here at home we have an advisory that will move into place 10 pm and last until tomorrow afternoon. We have another storm coming our way. It is not going to be much over the next few days. The details of what we can expect we take