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The u. K. But the Economic Impact of the pandemic has seen major cities including love that become ghost towns. Good morning welcome this is r. T. International. Condolences are being sent from all around the world to lebanon where a devastating explosion ripped through the capital on tuesday the nation is in mourning as the catastrophe has already claimed lives of at least 78 people and left another 4000 injured. Now we can show you live pitches this is the same right now by routes and you can see the devastation a plane just smoke had been seen still billowing into the skies above the city the damage done to the infrastructure to buildings to vehicles to peoples homes to businesses its evident that the port area of the city has been absolutely devastated the nearby buildings city raced to the ground many of them and this has caused chaos right across the lebanese capital. Given the large number of people injured hospitals are under immense strength facilities already dealing with the
Including london become ghost towns. Have your company day here in moscow this is arctic. Condolences are being sent from all over the world to lebanon or a devastating explosion ripped through the capital the nations in mourning as the catastrophe has claimed the lives of at least 100 people and left more than 4000 others injured according to the countrys red cross. These are live pictures for you from beirut and you can see there are still plenty of smoke in the skyline above the city almost nothing is left of what was a once bustling port area the blast destroyed there by buildings and caused chaos right across the lebanese capital. Yes. Given the large number of people injured hospitals are under immense strike in facilities already dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis were quickly filled beyond the capacity they should place for blood donations and for generators to keep the lights going heres some firsthand accounts from people who experience the shockwave of the blocks. Or you mi
A load workers returning to work in the u. K. The Economic Impact of the pandemic has seen major cities including london become ghost towns. Youre watching our to international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. Condolences are being sent from all over the world to lebanon where a devastating explosion ripped through the capital on tuesday the nation is in mourning as the catastrophe has claimed lies of at least 100 people and left over 4000 injured according to the countrys red cross. Now these are live pictures from beirut its about 1 pm there right now theres almost nothing left of the once bustling port as you can see here the citys governor says about 300000 people have been displaced a blast destroyed nearby buildings causing chaos across the lebanese capital. Given a large number of injured hospitals are under immense strain the field is already dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis were quickly field beyond capacity issue pleas
We have appreciation of the yen which is exacerbating the problem in some senses as it makes exports less competitive. Theres a correlation between the strength of the yen and what happens on the knee cape or its of the stronger the yen gets the weaker the nikkei. Where sing a little bit of that today. The 200 lurched lower, led by those banks, increasing the amount it was going to charge itself for these complaints coming through for customers being a miss sold products. That stock is down and dragged the market down as did the broadsides from the reserve bank. In the four big banks. Australia passing on the Interest Rate they have been instituting. 10 year yields now 1. 59. 16 basis points loss in the last two days. Year. Or the 10 a rally in place as people look for a safe place to put their money. This is the position for gold asures, above 1500 here well. Down a fraction at the moment. The yen appreciating their against the dollar and their ego , perhaps limiting things a little b