Medical aid to lebanon hospitals are already under immense strain. Broadcasting live director our studios in moscow this is the R G International im sean thomas certainly going to have you with us lets get right to our breaking news right here on r. T. International a devastating explosion has ripped through lebanons capital beirut government Officials Say at least 73. 00 people are dead and around 3700. 00 injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos in the city. Thats it thats. What. We heard from 2 reporters in beirut all tough and all when hauled away they told us more about the fallout from the devastating explosion. The devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blouse had was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot o
Us to move out we heard that a lot of people in our situation were building shacks here so we came here cleared as you go are doing the same thing. These improvised wellings are crowded and there are no toilets Health Authorities worry about the Living Conditions here could lead to a sharp rise and covert 1000 infections threatening their livelihoods further and thus completing the vicious cycle of poverty and illness. Welcome to the 1000. 00 special im joined on thanks for joining us poor in danger of getting sick and then becoming even poorer too many people are finding themselves in the situation during the pandemic but especially migrants are in a particular bind with the governments of their host countries often taking insufficient responsibility for that this next story takes us to the border between iraq and costa rica. A blue steel fence is all that separates costa rica from nicaragua are here elsewhere concrete posts mark the border. Every morning nicaraguans cross the frontie
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We had an i. T. Company here very times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am and who. Knows. Its a good thing. That i come. From 25 years. I work here. This is the 1st time. I see Something Like that. The government has given investigators just 4 days to come up with a report into the cause of the catastrophe but now they say this small a fire ignited 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate being stored in a warehouse next door. When the Ammonium Nitrate ignited the shock wave instantly crossed the city leaving beirut looking like a place that after just 5 seconds has suffered from years of conflict. Frustration and anger boiled over on thursday night and there were some small protests near lebanons parliament. But most people here have been focused on cleaning up the now. The government says. Reconstruction costs will run to at least 15000000000. 00. This is a country that was already on its knees because of a deep economic crisis and a curren
Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our 2 International Im sean thomas glad to have you with us we start with breaking news right here on our Team International a devastating explosion has hit lebanons capital beirut government Officials Say at least 73. 00 people are dead and around 3700. 00 injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying buildings with a large radius. My. But we heard from 2 reporters in beirut. And owen hall the way they told us more about the fallout from the devastating explosion. The devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blouse had was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are for and through it as lebanons here shima course theres no compar