also in the programme the belarusian sprinter krystina timanovskaya flies from tokyo to warsaw. she was granted a humanitarian visa by poland after claiming that belarusian officials had tried to repatriate her against her will. and in the uk, all16 and 17 year olds will now be offered a covid vaccine. around 1.4 million teenagers will be eligible. we start in lebanon. violence has broken out in beirut as the city marks a year since it was devastated by one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history. over 200 people died when a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. a year on, no one has been held to account, and there s anger. this is the scene in beirut. in the past couple of hours violence has broken out. tear gas has been fired. it s chaos. this was earlier.
in vienna. here s the moment her flight touched down. travels plans were changed at the last minute because of security concerns. the 24 year old and her husband have been granted humanitarian visas by poland. she s expected to travel to warsaw later. on sunday, the sprinter was taken to the airport, against her will, by belarus officials, because she had criticised her coaches on social media. capital beirut to mark the first anniversary of a deadly explosion huge crowds have gathered on the streets of the lebanese capital beirut to mark the first anniversary of a deadly explosion that devastated parts of the city. more than 200 people died and thousands were injured after a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded at the port. it s believed to be one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history. a year on, the families of the victims are still looking for closure, and for those responsible to be held to account. the bbc s carine torbay is in beirut, she explained the level of
has arrived in warsaw. and in the uk, all 16 and 17 year olds will now be offered a covid vaccine around 1.4 million teenagers will be eligible. we start in lebanon. violence has broken out in beirut as the city marks a year since it was devastated by one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history. over 200 people died when a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. a year on, no one has been held to account. and there s anger. this was the scene in beirut earlier. in the past few hours violence broke out. tear gas was fired. here are more pictures of the chaos. thousands of protesters took part in the rally demanding truth about the disaster.
so far, four killed, the scene outside was hectic, it was grown men crying, many people were armed, it s unclear if they were plain clothed policeman or supporters who are just armed. it was very tense, media was very much not welcome there. yeah, that s what it s like right now. the backdrop to this are the huge tensions surrounding the investigation into the port blast. no one has been held to account, 1a months since the disaster. you ll remember these pictures from august last year. this was the moment a warehouse storing over 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded at beirut s port. over 200 people died, 7,000 were injured. there was widespread devastation. families of blast victims have accused politicians of hampering the investigation to escape accountability. while hezbollah has accused the judge of unfairly singling out its allies in parliament. this is the group s leader.
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