Breaker rushes to help a ship frozen in the antarctic sea. We start the bulletin with breaking news from lebanon. There has been a huge explosion, a loud explosion, in the capital beirut. A plume of black smoke rising over the part of the city where many hotels are based in central beirut. Well try to speak to our correspondent in the lebanese capital. Again, there is no information at this point about casualties. Emergency services are rushing to the scene. We see screens of devastation, and reports that the explosion was due to a car bomb. From the pictures we have seen, we can tell its in the center of the lebanese capital. It appears to be closer to where theres a memorial to the assassinated Prime Minister. Again, it is not clear what has happened, but reports of a car bomb in the center of the lebanese capital eyewitnesss have been reported as saying they are seeing a plume of black smoke rising over the part of the city where many hotels are based. We have our correspondent who
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