Battles to contain an oil leak from a grounded ship. International leaders hold virtual talks in the coming hours to raise a day for the lebanese capital that stands the cleanup continues in beirut from tuesdays huge explosion swards of the city were devastated when 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at the port france and the United Nations have set up a Donor Conference to help u. S. President donald trump said hell be joining back or its estimated the blast at the warehouse caused up to 15000000000. 00 worth of damage at least 158. 00 people were killed and rescue workers are still searching for the missing more than 5000. 00 were injured in the explosion which left 300000. 00 homeless. Outrage over the explosion spilled on to the streets of the city on saturday thousands of people rally the games the government the protests to stand in 2 hours of street battles between demonstrates is and Security Forces then a call the reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the fa
Matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. The world to be able to see. The covert 19 pandemic forced governments worldwide to impose look downs early this year. As 1000000 stayed at home for months normal life groundswell virtual holds. That meant a major reduction in air and Water Pollution some animals even reclaimed the stolen habitats. But as some countries start to ease emergency restrictions and governments implement plans to rescue their economies many are concerned the clear blue skies wont last forever. How will the post lock down surge in Greenhouse Gas emissions affect the Climate Crisis. This week we connect with one of the loudest voices urging an environmentally friendly Financial Recovery for the world the executive director of the International Energy agency dr fatty parol talks to aljazeera. Executive director of the International Energy agency a
Contender is eugene v debs, the nations most celebrated world war i protester. This footage captures him on his return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana, following his release from prison by president harding after federal convictions stemming from those were protests, and tonight, we are in terre haute. Let me introduce you to one of the guests who will be with us tonight. His book is called democracys prisoner eugene v debs, the first world war, and the right to dissent. Why do you care about him . He was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing, and important part of the american political culture. Is it interesting as a snapshot in time or did he have a lasting legacy, do you think . I think he and his fellow candidates managed to move the discussion forward in important directions that have affected the development of american democracy ever since. He is of his time but has had a long impact on us as well. We will have time to delv
Protests against his government will be live and had at it. And speculation is rife in spain after former King Juan Carlos left the country while the investigation for corruption. And sport the l. A. Lakers had secured top spot in the n. B. A. s western conference for the 1st time in a decade bron james his Team Clinching the number one seed with a win over the top. We begin with a Global Pandemic countries which are once had coronavirus under control and all struggling with a soaring number of infections and that is forcing governments to reimpose tough restrictions on their citizens in a fit of pain since capital manila and surrounding provinces have gone back into the lockdown public transport has been. Shutdown and some businesses closed and people now need special passes to leave their homes or hundreds of military personnel are being deployed to the australian state of victoria to help enforce isolation orders the state has introduced a number of measures to control its own break
Ever happen to Champions League well bring you all the action. And celebrating one of germanys past our house film makers on them vendor 75th birthday a new documentary takes a legendary director out from behind the camera and puts him in the limelight. Im sumi so much going to its good to have you with us within the past hour the e. U. Commission chief on the line has said she supports sanctions on Television Officials who have violated Democratic Values or abused human rights close to 7000 people have been detained in a Police Crackdown that followed president aleksander look at those disputed reelection earlier the government and started releasing some of those detained during the protests this apparent concession comes as theres growing pressure both at home and abroad and as more disturbing reports emerged of abuse at the hands of security officials. Protesters freed from custody. Many bearing scars. They were detained whilst painting fury at what they see as a stolen election at