Dying in their cars from close at 19 because overwhelmed hospitals are turning them away. To our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we are following breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut tonight where the government says at least 50 people are dead after 2 massive explosions. The initial blast in the citys port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away more than 2500 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries many others are still trapped in their homes the cause of the blast is being investigated security its. As you say old explosives and fireworks were being stored in a warehouse at the port lebanons Prime Minister has appealed for help from the International Community. For more now we want to go to your home paul he is with the think tank 100 both foundation and he heads their office in very rooted so good to have you on the program i know today has been a very difficult day
Come november. With the data. Because i believe the tomatoes do us all or. Our current press. Im boring golf its good to have you with us we are following breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut tonight where the government says at least 50 people are dead after 2 massive explosions. The initial blast in the citys port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away over 2500 people have been taken to area hospitals with injuries many others are. In their homes because of the blast is being investigated Security Officials say over explosives were being stored at the port lebanons Prime Minister has appealed for help from the International Community. Harrowing accounts of the explosion have been coming in from across beirut heres how one eyewitness described the moment the blast struck i was driving around the area of where the explosion cured so we saw the smoke happening and we asked people what was going on they said there was initially a 1s
Rival demonstrators. And the plan for these creatures to roam free in britain again for the first time in 1400 years. The u. N. Security council is in a closeddoor meeting to discuss the situation in yemen. Theyre debating a russian proposal to halt the fighting there and allow humanitarian aid to be brought in. First lets look at what is happening on the ground. The port city of aden has been the scene of intense fighting. Much of it has centered around the crater district. And to the east lies the port city of mukalla on the outskirts of that town fighters linked to Ali Abdullah Saleh. The streets of aden have become a battleground. And the people of this city are caught in the cross fire. Aden has been without water for the past 20 hours or so. Also supplies have been cut off from the district of crater after going through an intense battle on thursday. This is getting more difficult in hospitals as well where doctors have these shortages of supplies that cannot treat the injured. A
Qatar and Saudi Arabia have condemned the Israeli parliament for its effort to brand the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, as a "terrorist group," as condemnations continue to mount over the move.