Thanks very much indeed for being with us. We begin in lebanon, where police have used tear gas to disperse a group of protesters expressing their anger at the government. They had gathered near the parliament, as fury mounts over the way the country is being run and how tuesdays massive explosion in beiruts port could ever have happened. At least 137 people have been killed, many others are still missing and around 5,000 have been wounded. On top of that about a quarter of a million homes have been destroyed. Alanna petroff has more. No time in beirut, outside parliament. Emotions are running high. Protesters throw object s. Security forces fire back with tear gas. Since the deadly blast on tuesday, leading politicians are nowhere to be seen. Residents say the explosion was symptomatic of neglect and corruption in the political system. People are dead. Lives have been ruined. And anger is boiling over. Earlier, when the Lebanese Justice minister came out to the streets, a crowd formed
Colombia, with U.S. help, is providing temporary visas to Venezuelan migrants. Still, financial struggles are leading many to leave for the United States.
Residents in Laval and across Quebec are still in shock over Wednesday's bus crash into a daycare that killed two children and injured six more. Public officials, including the province's premier, are expected to visit the scene Thursday.
Ahmad al-Mostafa can't afford milk for his baby daughter. A Syrian refugee, he has barely been able to feed his family since Lebanon sank into economic crisis last year.
DUBAI, 27th July, 2022 (WAM) President Ivan Duque Marquez of Colombia met with officials representing the Digital School initiative, a global project led by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), as the charitable organisation launched its first Digital Learning Centre in Colombia.
The Centre is part of MBRGI's effort to benefit over 4,000 students in Colombia with access to world-class online learning resources.
Briefing Marquez on the initiative, the MBRGI team shared how the organisation and the Digital School's efforts seek.