Welcome to the program 16 people have been arrested in lebanon as frustration grows over the governments response to tuesdays port explosion among those whove been taken into custody or officials from beirut pulled the death toll is now starting at 149 but search and rescue teams continue to scour the rubble for any survivors there were protests against the government of those the evening crowds also rallied as the french president manuel micro toward the damage streets hes backing calls for a new political order in lebanon Bennett Smith has more from beirut. Weve seen thousands of people out on the streets with shovels pickaxes brushes doing the cleanup because the government isnt we are just across from the main blast site youll see those standing grain silos and so the right of those where the explosion happened is a destroyed ship just beyond that and that everything that was in the way of the shockwave in the few just seconds it took to push out has been hit and destroyed and i am
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A japanese ship that ran aground near the island of greenpeace is warning of devastating consequences. If you disturb it with your sports jason day she is the leader of gold soused major. The p. G. A. Championship. Now lebanons president has raised the possibility of external interference and she has days porque last in beirut michel aoun addressed the nation just a short time ago vowing an investigation into whether the blast was caused by negligence an accident or even a rocket or bomb but the government is facing widespread anger amid accusations of mismanagement and corruption 157 people have now been confirmed dead but it smith reports from beirut. Or on the streets of beirut. Sweeping clearing digging. Theyre filling the gap left by the state. Which is conspicuous by its absence. We had an i. T. Company here times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am in. Los angeles. I see im 30. And both come to me from my 25 years. I work here ill
In their sights triggering lawsuits designed to dissolve the gun rights group. As the people of lebanon grieve for the victims of tuesdays blast the french president emanuel macron has been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion as despair increasingly turns to anger people have been demanding change with president macron adding his voice to calls for urgent reform the death toll from tuesdays explosion has reached 149 but it is expected to rise about 5000 people injured many of them being treated in hospitals that have already been overwhelmed dozens of people are missing and unaccounted for and then more than 300000 people have been displaced from their homes shopkeepers and residents are still clearing up the rubble that litters the streets and homes up to 8 kilometers away from the last. Call for a Transparent International inquiry into what has taken place the french president met with lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from tuesdays blast he was
Have relations between the u. S. And china soured to the point of no return chinese leaders threaten retaliate for the closure of its consulate in texas from trade to security and human rights will the super powers find room for compromise this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im in wrong car its being described by some as a new cold war relations between the u. S. And china and ruffling quickly in the latest spat chinese diplomats have been given 72 hours to shut down their consulate in Houston Texas President Donald Trump accuses them of spying and stealing intellectual property Chinas Foreign Ministry is threatening retaliation for what it calls malicious londa roselyn jordan has more. Its a scene straight out of a spy film employees at the chinese consulate in houston burned documents before theyre forced to leave the u. S. On friday the expulsion of the 60 diplomats and their families is just the latest step taken by the u. S. Against a country it considers a Nati