Again im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the disappearance of hundreds of women and girls in peru raising more concerns about Domestic Violence during the coronavirus pandemic. And 75 years after hiroshima the threat of covert 19 forces japan to scale back ceremonies commemorating the victims. Lebanons government has declared a 2 week state of emergency in beirut giving the military full powers a day after a massive explosion devastated large areas of the capital at least 135 people are dead more than 5000 injured and about 300000 have been left without a home officials are blaming vast stores of highly explosive ammonium i. Trait which they say were kept in unsafe conditions at the port from beirut zina holder reports. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion lebanon has ever seen just before sunset on tuesday hi
And remembering the victims of hiroshima japan mark 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bombing that killed 140000 people. Welcome to the program a dire humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beiruts port which is the main route for supplies coming in now the country imports up to 80 percent of its food the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will lead International Help several countries are already dispatching emergency aid from suited fuel to mobile hospitals and medical personnel zealot hotter is in beirut with more on the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid much of the lebanese capital the people behind me these are family members de
Japan remembers the worlds 1st atomic bombs 75 years ago and at this time there are extra precautions. Welcome to the program lebanons appealing for International Help after it was left devastated by a huge explosion a humanitarian crisis is developing 2 days after the blast shredded the heart of its capital city beirut it destroyed the citys poor and more than half of the countrys Food Supplies come through there its top medical equipment was among the items lost in the explosion now a number of countries have already sent help including food fuel mobile hospitals and medics among them france hes president and also arrived in beirut earlier. That really does see the today the priority is aid to support the people without conditions but france has been warning for many months and years that the conditions here demand reform and Energy Public markets to fight against corruption and of reforms are not made in lebanon will continue to suffer and information that officials knew volatile ma
Have contracted covid19. Sri lankans turned out for an election. Lebanons government has declared a state of emergency after a massive explosion devastated beirut. It is putting several officials under house arrest pending an investigation into why 270 tons of Ammonium Nitrate were stored there. More than 5000 people were injured. The death toll is expected to rise as they search for survivors. As many as 200,000 people have been left homeless. The damage may reach between 10 and 15 billion. Hospitals have been overwhelmed and an overwhelming need of blood donations. We begin our coverage from they would. On this disaster stricken city are beginning to comprehend the extent of the damage. It was far more distracted than any explosion beirut has ever seen. Highly explosive material stored at a warehouse caused the last, sending shockwaves across the city, now in ruins. Almost every building has been damaged. Many are dead. Thousands are injured and hundreds hundreds are dead. Is an empl
Again piece it over here in doha youre watching elf to 0 also coming up the u. S. President Donald Trumps Campaign Account is briefly banned from tweeting over a coronavirus pose deemed to be misinformation the same post has been removed by facebook also ahead. 75 years after hiroshima the threat of covert 19 forces japan to scale back ceremonies commemorating the victims. Lebanons government has declared a 2 week state of emergency in beirut a day after a massive explosion devastated large areas of the capital at least 135 people are dead more than 5000 are injured and around 300000 have been left without a home from beirut zina harder reports. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion lebanon has ever seen just before sunset on tuesday highly explosive material stored at a warehouse at beirut port caused the blast sending shock waves across the city now in ruins.