A mexican state state takes action on selling junk food to children. But into the Program Emergency food shipments are being prepared the u. N. Is describing the need for shelter as massive 120 schools have been damaged the full effect of choose to night support explosion in the lebanese capital is becoming much clearer its just gone 1 oclock in beirut in the afternoon where the death toll has now been updated to 154 but the search goes on in the rubble in and around the port the number of injured is more than 5000 the World Health Organization says the city is now facing a shortage of hospital beds because of the number of damaged facilities and amid it all the frustration grows 16 port workers and officials have been arrested but the peoples anger is really being directed at the government french president emanuel by. Ended his visit saying there be no blank checks unless theres political reform well its just after 2 oclock here in doha same time in beirut where our correspondent ben its with is also across those developments and bernard before we talk about where you are and what youll seeing the lebanese president has been speaking whats he been saying. Well hes been speaking to local media so in the last half hour or so and he is saying that there will be of course an investigation into the cause of the explosion and that investigation decide whether it was negligence and accident or possible external interference precisely hes saying theres the cause is not been determined yet he says there is a possibility of external interference through a rocket or bomb or other. Now i have to say that certainly at the moment no evidence has emerged of any external at all the video that weve seen from the ports the remains of which are behind me shows a fire then provoking the larger fire but detonated the 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate now what most people here would say is that whatever the cause of the accident 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate should never have been allowed to sit there for 6 or 7 years while when there were multiple warnings of the danger it posed of lebanon the most recent being 6 months ago when an expert inspector said if that stuff is a moved it could flatten the city which it did it has and of course it struck in the city where you are bernard just tell us really whats been going on because without the authorities unable to enable to take charge really its up to the local residents to try and clean up the mess that surround them. Yes since weve been here the been all volunteers with shovels with pickaxes with brushes and spades trying to clean up the mess this building is like tens of thousands of others here in beirut in the way of the shockwave just within seconds really a shock wave hit these buildings every pane of glass blown out every everyone that was in its way injured more than now 150 People Killed 5000 injured in just a 2nd but it took for that short way to leave the port and hit here beirut looks like its been affected by years and years of war and conflict and of course the struggle really for many residents is trying to get food and medicine that really is the priority in a city really that is so decimated is its a wonder where they go for help as you say theyre really fending for themselves. Yeah well before this the states provision of Health Services of anything like that was very very limited already now its completely overwhelmed and people are finding for themselves would be weve seen people giving out food weve seen the Lebanese Red Cross in auction helping where it found 3 hospitals were destroyed by the shockwave so the Health Service is under tremendous stress here but the sort of work the people doing the ngos particulars a lot of local n. G. O. S helping out is pretty short term theres only so long that they have got food that they can give out and help a child with theres a long term problem is a long term problem housing 300000 people whove been left homeless is a long term problem of where to store food surprise supplies when there is more than 80 percent of the nations grain in those silos that have now been destroyed so in fairness with profound in beirut thank you. On to our other top story here on aljazeera and the election victory in sri lanka thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers governing party has taken in the 60 percent of the vote the sri lanka peoples front is led by go to the raja post so you serve as president and Prime Minister along with their allies secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution of the biologic paxo specifically promise to undo the 19th amendment moving back to the presidency wilson and those in colombo with more on the road. For the people of this country if you look talk about sort of brass tacks of constitutional changes procedures to be really honest it doesnt matter and thats what you see translated at the polling booth the fact that the bigger majority of this country at the end of the day shows the rajapakse is because they felt that they do a better job of leading this country and taking it forward so in terms of constitutions when you do talk to people like sort of civil rights activist human rights defenders there are concerns that there might be a reversal in terms of some of the positive changes of that last amendment which strengthen the institutions which reduced and diluted to a little bit to a certain extent the powers of the president in favor of the building behind me and those who sit in at parliament that they had bigger you know better powers but what is envisioned by the rajapaksa is from what weve heard from them on the campaign trail is that they want changes they want a whole new constitution which will allow them centrally put to put forward their program so those are some concerns but to the average sri lankan on the street obviously it doesnt seem to matter he wants safety he wants a cutie and he wants the confidence that hes leaders are in control and thats what seems to be. The main sort of decision when they cast their vote ballot at the polling booth. India has become the 3rd country in the world to record 2000000 coronavirus cases the coded 900 count has doubled in 3 weeks faster than the u. S. Or even brazil which of higher numbers epidemiologist say india is still months away from hitting its peak but the countrys Health System is already feeling the strain from the pandemic and its of problem reports now from new delhi that the worst hit states are seeking help from the government. India recorded yet another single highest day rise in cases more than 62000 cases and the worst hit state remains in maharashtra it recorded more than 11000 new cases on thursday the chief minister of the state is asking the Central Government to pay for more Treatment Centers there are already around 37000. 00 people either in hospitals or in Treatment Centers and there are still reports of people struggling to find beds especially in rural areas which have very Little Health care infrastructure elsewhere in the country cases are rising by around 10000 of those have been saved. The government there says thats because theyre testing more people than anywhere else in the country theyre testing around 50000. 00 a day despite the overall rise that were seeing around the country the Health Minister as always remains positive he says india is continuing to increase testing they are testing around 600000 people a day nationwide he also points to what he says is one of the lowest death rates in the world but we have to keep in mind that less than a of all deaths in india medically certified so its really difficult if not impossible right now if you know how many of the deaths in the country are from coronavirus a state in mexico has banned the sale of sugary drinks and junk food to children to reduce high levels of Obesity Health experts say the break has highlighted the risks of being overweight as reports from mexico city. State legislators in one haka mexico or taking measures to reduce Childhood Obesity. The newly adopted initiative will ban the sale distribution and advertisement of junk foods to minors. Its a 1st of its kind law for mexico which is a world leader when it comes to Childhood Obesity and diabetes. But median though we cant continue to allow an increase in Childhood Obesity and well talk. This is the moment to act Everyone Needs to know how damaging all of these junk foods really are. The new junk food ban in what was announced as corona virus deaths nationwide continue to soar mexico has the 3rd highest death toll from covert 19 in the World InternationalHealth Experts warn that obesity and the many chronic ailments like diabetes hypertension and cancer that often come with it increase the risk of death when a person contracts covert 19 a frightening warning to a country where nearly 3 quarters of the population is either obese or overweight. Legislators and Health Policy experts in mexico see the pandemic has made it clearer than ever that fighting obesity requires a higher priority from the federal government about it all now concept theres been a perpetuation of this perception that obesity is an individuals problem and that in no way does the state share the responsibility but we know today and the evidence shows that obesity is a Public Health problem. While the ban on overprocessed junk food and sugary drinks applies only to the state of what it is being applauded by many Health Leaders across the country including mexicos deputy Health Minister has got this who also heads the countrys coronavirus containment strategy in may he. Mexico is one of the few countries that has reduced Life Expectancy at birth among other factors because of obesity and diabetes the evidence is very clear. Street sellers and shop owners in one haka have protested the new initiative the lawmakers who support the plan say vendors may continue to sell junk food just not to kids. Follow al jazeera mexico city. Well still has hailed as theyre accused of sending a hit squad to canada the Saudi Crown Prince faces a lawsuit in washington d. C. And salvaging whatever they can to floodings knox the. The only threat facing hundreds of families in sudan is they would sit around as. Hello the seasonal rains of pounding south koreas quite specifically around seoul and just societies is a mighty river hand which although big and go to great depths is now exceeding its bounds if you like and flooding even 3 lane highways theres a bit of damage to the south of that where the floods of caused this sort of infrastructure damage in the roadway now has more to come im afraid the orange represents the heaviest downpours likely the next 48 hours or so the lines fairly consistent from mohan thats where the yellow sea south korea and towards northern part of honshu or southern her current or south of that is relatively fine thats are true china as well not bone dry but relatively speaking beijings a big city 3 humid degrees welcome rain no doubt and almost you can follow your eye line back through here 2 fairly active weather both here in the arabian sea where in karate a months worth of rain fell last night yes east of where place but when these things happen you tend to get flooding and thats taking some of the energy away from the monsoon is still plenty of rain through maharashtra and down towards carola and the good shes got shadows where youll notice the northeast does not so shows too many deep suns towards our many orange tops but there are a few. Once welcomed now fear. And dividing a nation. Aljazeera explores germanys long Term Economic strategy of pursuing immigrants from the arab world now i feel more german and syrian. A much money does a richer get those people put up thank goodness its been direct one german and american the new germans on aljazeera. All. Of them back i want you all deserve me still run the reminder of our top stories lebanons president says an investigation into the beirut port explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence an accident or possible external interference 16 politicians have been detained as frustration grows over the lebanese governments response to the explosion and. The governing party in sri lanka has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections the sri lanka peoples front is led by the rajapaksa brothers got a bar of mahinda who served as president and Prime Minister. David 1000 infections of purse 2000000 in india with more than 62000 cases reported in the last 24 hours it has the most highest number of infections after the us and herself. China has accused the us of political manipulation to the us president issued an executive order banning business with 2 tech giants it blocks any transaction with the Parent Company of social media to talk and the owner of messenger we chat the sweeping restrictions come into effect in 45 days but talkers threaten legal action trump says the chinese are gathering users data for beijing and pose a threat to u. S. National security may have arent you the u. S. Taking National Security as an excuse frequently abuses National Power and unreasonably suppresses companies of other countries this is an outright hedge a monic act china is firmly opposed to it jim anderson is the chief executive of social flow a tech firm which helps Media Companies there he says a lack of trust between the u. S. And china led to trumps decision. Well i think the big concern has been the chinese ownership by dances a Chinese Company and to talk has gone to Great Lengths to try to assure people that the Chinese Government has never requested dance provide or to provide information certainly not on u. S. Citizens i think the real concern though is the fact that they havent done that yet doesnt mean they wont do that in the future and if the company is owned by a Chinese Company theyre really not going to be able to refuse a request like that from the Chinese Government so actually i think you combine that with the escalating tensions thats been going on on the trade front end of the front between the u. S. And china and that leaves us where we are right now but the big news of course is that microsoft has reached at least a tentative accord to acquire some of the assets of tick tock the u. S. Application Canada Australia new play i believe was the domain the Financial Times today just reported that theyre actually talking about binding and application globally which in some ways would make a lot more sense microsoft is certainly a Big Enough Company to be able to fund that kind of acquisition and to support that kind of Acquisition Global late you know the question is whether right dance is going to want to displace off the u. S. And some other markets from the global you know application and that obviously presents tremendous technical challenges and theres no way that that could could happen in the next 40 days the Saudi Crown Prince is being accused of sending hit men to canada with plans school one of his former top intelligence officials. The alleged target has filed a lawsuit in the u. S. Its been reported that interpol rejected a request to extradite back to saudi arabia because it was politically motivated like how the ripples. Crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon has been painted in the white house but now in papers before a washington d. C. Court hes alleged to have ordered death squads to torture and assessed an 8 opponents. The case is being brought by a former saudi Intelligence Officer saad our japery who alleges the crown prince sent a team called the tigers squad to canada to kill him the Court Papers Say the men were denied entry by suspicious Canadian Border guards this detailed flow chart submitted to the court identifies key members of the assassination squad and others involved including what are described as forensic technicians skilled in criminal evidence removal and their image of the hit squad that is believed to have murdered and dismembered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul in 2018 i know that there are women. All over the world in germany and france somebody notice. Really basic run away from sort of because there. Are questions from the government which is. One of them is omar up the legacy is also resident in canada mentioned in the court filing as another potential target of assassination and who posted this video in reaction to the news the case has been brought in terms of legislation that allows non us citizens to take action in federal courts against foreign individuals who have committed torture and or extra judicial killings in addition side algebra he argues that the hit squad assembled in the United States before attempting to enter canada saddle japanese children now aged 20. 21 are being held at an undisclosed location in saudi arabia as what he describes as human bait to draw him out of hiding last month for senators sent a l