A tobar. No more junk food for children in a mexican state tackling obesity in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanons deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many lebanese dont blame the people running the port instead theyre blaming the people running the country protests are being held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite theyve been backed by french president in 91 hes been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesdays blast is now at 149. 00 its expected to go up by one and smith has more. On the streets of buried on frances president. People many of them. French mandate front was the clonal power here before independence and its because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanons own political leaders mokhtar on its been able to offer practical support in the terms o
The coronavirus pandemic in india cases past 2000000 were live in new delhi. And donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from business with the chinese owners of 2 popular apps. Welcome to the program its an election victory thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers in sri lanka the governing party has recorded an overwhelming victory with nearly 60 percent of the votes these peoples front is that by go to by and hinder rajapaksa who serve as president and Prime Minister along with their allies that has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution lets bring in our correspondent in Alpha Landers whos been following the election and the vote count its in colombo force me now a huge mandate really and an opportunity for really the country to see its constitution change how soon could this happen. So were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that th
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
A mexican state state takes action on selling junk food to children. But into the Program Emergency food shipments are being prepared the u. N. Is describing the need for shelter as massive 120 schools have been damaged the full effect of choose to night support explosion in the lebanese capital is becoming much clearer its just gone 1 oclock in beirut in the afternoon where the death toll has now been updated to 154 but the search goes on in the rubble in and around the port the number of injured is more than 5000 the World Health Organization says the city is now facing a shortage of hospital beds because of the number of damaged facilities and amid it all the frustration grows 16 port workers and officials have been arrested but the peoples anger is really being directed at the government french president emanuel by. Ended his visit saying there be no blank checks unless theres political reform well its just after 2 oclock here in doha same time in beirut where our correspondent ben
A hit squad to canada the Saudi Crown Prince faces a lawsuit in washington d. C. And donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from doing business with the chinese odor to talk and we chant. Welcome to the program its an election victory thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers in strength for their governing party has recorded an overwhelming victory with nearly 60 percent of the votes the sri lankan peoples front is led by god to buy and Mahinda Rajapaksa who served as president and Prime Minister along with that allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution. Parliament is expected to convene for another 2 weeks nelson and desist from the strong can come for the colombo. Were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come to