Leaders, young people in lebanon tell us they are losing hope that the french president can bring change. Months after the coronavirus was first discovered in the chinese city of wuhan, almost one Million People are confirmed to have died from the illness. He sobering figure highlights the need for concerted global action, as the World Health Organization warms the official figure is likely to underestimate the true toll. We collect information on confirmed cases of covid19. Count excess mortality in those numbers you see every day. If anything, the numbers that are currently reported probably represent an underestimate of those individuals who have either contracted covid19 or have died as a cause of it. Host 33 million infections have been read worldwide. The u. S. , india, and brazil are the hardest it, with 17 million cases between them. Infections are once again accelerating across europe after a summer of lucent resurgence. Tighter measures are being imposed in parts of spain, fr
The hong kongs controversial security door media tycoon jimmy liars accused of could do do with coincidences. And well have the latest on efforts to clean up a Huge Oil Spill along the coast of the richest. And then school golf looks to have a new superstar in the making in only his 2nd appearance as a major championship. Has won the u. S. P. G. A. Championship. Were going to lebanon and an already fragmented political system is at breaking point following tuesdays massive blast which is kill more than 200. 00 people the government is facing increasing pressure to step down 4 members of the cabinet have already resigned the finance minister is the latest to go he joins the minister for justice the environment and information the remaining cabinet is currently meeting with early elections reported to be on the agenda. Well the uns office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has been meeting to discuss the situation in lebanon u. N. Chief antonio has had is has called for a credi
Sanctions on hong kongs leader its police chief and other officials. Help but lost the kenyans who lost their livelihoods because of coronavirus question of why its taken so long. And im really a supporter you ventus sack. Of the telly in champions on knocked out of the champions league. The cleanup of lebanons damaged capital is about to give way to a new show of anger a mass protest against the government and the ruling political classes there is getting underway in beirut is just gone 4 pm local time these are the live pictures coming to us from martyr square at the scene of tuesdays port blast search teams are still looking for 60 people reported missing 157 a confirmed another 6000 were. Injured among those killed the secretary general of the cutty party his funeral was held just a few hours ago where 3 of the party m. P. s resigned they now say they will push for political reform turkey has offered to help rebuild the port as Vice President and foreign minister are both in beirut
Handling of covert 19. Geria begins loosening lockdowns but maintains a nationwide night curfew in banditry where and of mosques. Election campaigning is underway in burundi where the governments accused of downplaying the virus and intimidating the opposition. Protests in lebanon against its economic crisis have turned violent demonstrators defied a coronavirus lockdown fighting with Security Forces throwing petrol bombs and vandalizing banks in tripoli and near beirut people are angry about the promising currency and soaring prices the tory case of the reports. Defying a look down and a curfew protesters attack a bank in the capital beirut the value of them. Money is decreasing at an alarming rate. And a monday the anger at the Central Banks policies and a Political Class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement erupted in a wave of violence across the country. Demonstrators in tripoli in new than lebanon blocked roads and food with Police Officers responded by firing rubber coate
Rate. And on monday the anger at the Central Banks policies and a Political Class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement erupted in a wave of violence across the country. Demonstrators in tripoli in new than lebanon blocked roads and fought with Police Officers responded by firing rubber coated steel bullets which injured protesters on the back of the 2 soldier i swear please stand with us its too much we stand by you but they are killing us we cant afford anything anymore we are starving i sold my fishing boat for pennies enough is enough for 15 days the dollar keeps going up and down i have a daughter in hospital she needs an operation and its ramadan lebanons currency has been depreciating for weeks but in the past few days the near is lost at least 60 percent of its value on the black market the government is hinting that the central bank could be intentionally engineering the collapse as the country struggles with the lack of hard currency and its worst economic crisis in dec