On a better path so i think right now its going to be about you know counting the losses and i think we havent scratched the surface yet have a good start to many thanks have. Found out of beirut reports it is 1800 hours g. M. T. Hello im Adrian Finighan this is aljazeera if youve just joined us theres been a huge explosion and lebanons capital beirut at least 10 people have been killed Lebanese Security Officials Say the blast was triggered by explosive material that was stored in a warehouse in the force area which is at the heart of the sense here lebanons president has called an emergency meeting of the Prime Minister has called a national day of mourning on what the state the head of the Lebanese Red Cross says that hundreds of injured people have been taken to hospital but that many people are still trapped in the homes the cause of the blast is still on clear at the moment israel however has issued a statement denying any involvement. Omar shelby is a criminal justice analyst he
Data with police. Brazils president shuttles are not always tested again for covert 19 as the situation in his country gets worse. Tarantula rain hampers relief and rescue efforts in southwest japan where floods have killed at least 50 people. And with your sports including a formula one comeback for Fernando Alonso and in american football Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahoney signs a deal to give him the highest contract in the history of professional sports. The u. S. Drone strike in january that killed a top iranian general hossam so the money was unlawful thats the conclusion of the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings. Says the killing went against the u. N. Charter in january the white house said the attack on samani was carried out at the direction of u. S. President donald trump and was aimed to deterring future attacks allegedly being planned by iran our diplomatic editor james bays is at the United Nations and has more on the report. Well its
China wants the u. K. To back off as britain talks of offering citizenship to millions of hong kong residents. Im joining us roscoe with sports has more on fleet speak out about Racial Injustice and formula one confirms this plan to start its season with 8 races in your district coronavirus restrictions in place. The u. S. President is again fanning the flames of Police Brutality protests as the last of night long curfews ends in the u. S. Donald trump says his administration has done more for the black community than any other president in a series of tweets hes attacked Media Networks that have been critical of his response to aids days and nights of demonstrations following the death of george floyd while in Police Custody and one of his tweets law and order is all he says well lets go straight to our White House Correspondent kimberly halakhah that has been relatively quiet in washington overnight whats the mood like there this morning. Yeah it has been relatively quiet things are
And the nasdaq is indicated up by 66 points lets take a look at whats happening in the treasury market the other thing worth watching, wti, crude oil prices. Last i saw up another 7 to 31. 51, so seeing wti above 30 a barrel the tenyear note is yielding 0. 64 . Andrew thank you, becky. Hope everybody had a great weekend. We have an update as we do every morning these days on the pandemic lets give you the total numbers right now. Global cases have reached 4. 7 million with 1. 4 million right here in the United States. More than 90,000 people in the United States have now died from this virus changes are coming to our nations airports as well. The tsa reportedly preparing now to check passenger temperatures at about a dozen locations as soon as this week. Airlines have begun urging the government to take steps in an attempt to keep potentially sick people off planes and make travelers feel more comfortable flying again, which is going to be so crucial not only to everybodys health but t
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