Week on from the beirut blast cleanup efforts reveal the extent of the damage. Growing concern over russias Coronavirus Vaccine germany says the product must be safely tested before being made public. At reports of a social media posts considered offensive to islam sponsored violent protests in southern india. And in sports the European Champions League returns to action with an all new 4 much 8 same dream portugal for knock out so one of them that will decide this season is once. We begin this news with the latest fallout from sundays disputed president ial election in baylor reuss state media is reporting that several protest organizers have been to rest is in minsk brings the total number of opposition supporters to tame to more than 4000 the country could now face sanctions because of suspected. Vote rigging a violent crackdown on demonstrators is e. U. Foreign ministers are expected to be on friday to discuss what action to take thats take you live down to bins as you saw just your assistant boss is there for us a step where are you whats happening. Im out of the Financial Center here in minsk and ive been told that around 2000 people have been detained here at the moment people are shouting up behind me saying shame on you police theyre very angry people are crying here money mothers are here grandmothers looking for their children who have been detained many of them have been just taken from the streets sitting on the bench or just standing at a bus stop and the police came and took them away some reports are also saying that the judges have been brought into it is the tension time to give the speech trial so they get the sentences for a couple of weeks we spoke to a 17 year old boy who was just released he showed us his bruised the back he was badly beaten and he said he was just sitting with a friend in the city center on a bench he also said that he had to kneel for 7 hours inside to Detention Center and he heard other people around him being beaten was the government saying about why its mounting this heavy handed response. Look at shankar so far been saying that these are drunks people who have been dictated by a broad so that he doesnt take this mass protest seriously what ive been saying is this is a very widespread movement from only years of the population whole families bringing their children to the streets showing their anger about what they see is a rigged election so its a its a hard handed approach here by the government from the 1st stages a few hours after the polls close there have been badly beating these people on the streets its a very widespread protests so people come up and theyre mediately being detained its a very serious and dangerous situation people are very scared here because also in belarus there is no history of this kind of of of crackdown and also not of this kind of mass protests and what about the threat of sanctions does that hold any sway with the government well so far look at shankars never been very impressed by sanctions of course bellows has been on the e. U. Sanctions before some sanctions were lifted in 2016 also europe has been quite slow in their response or people are telling me here only on friday there will be a meeting and if thats going to have any effect thats of course a big question but on the other hand people are asking for the International Community to Pay Attention to whats happening here of course we were faced by a Serious Company communication blackout the internet was down for many many days so they really urging the International Community to Pay Attention because theyre worried theyre not really seeing whats happening here and how serious the situation is 0 stedfast reporting live from minsk many thanks. Now to lebanon where talks are underway to try to form a new government its hopes that a Prime Minister and cabinet will be named by the end of the month after the government stepped down over last weeks explosion cleanup efforts are continuing with tens of thousands of homes damaged and more than a dozen schools destroyed on tuesday a visual was held to all of the more than 200 lives lost in the blast aljazeera said a heart a report style from beirut. A moment of silence for the dead the wounded and the missing Church Bells Rang alongside the muslim call to prayer for a few moments at least this deeply divided and broken nation came together. Lebanon remembered a moment that changed the lives of so many people its been a week since the explosion of beirut port destroyed lives and homes just meters from the blast site people gathered to demand justice and accountability so all those in power knew about the explosive supports and they risk the lives of the people the should be an International Investigation because we dont trust the lebanese investigations lebanese authorities including the president knew there was a large stockpile of Ammonium Nitrate at the port. But the 10 firefighters who died in the blast were not aware of the risks when they were sent to put out a fire of unknown origin were up against incompetence were all up against corruption were up against all that system that got us where we are today and its the whole system that is wrong its also the thing that is flawed we want bury our dead before we bury their corruption before we bury them the blast deep in the already dire economic crisis which pushed half of lebanons 5000000 people. Into poverty aid agencies are distributing food and medicine filling the void left by a government that has long failed to provide basic services the state is close to bankruptcy this is all that it got from the doctor and the hospital no one support. Thats why. I lost my job. And i lost my home and i lost my god from schools private hospitals were owed billions of dollars by successive governments which left the Public Sector ill equipped and underfunded i just want to say to the International Community if you want if you can help these situations that really. Were substituting. The country and the governments role towards its people it will be very interesting step the government has now resigned as though it will remain as a caretaker ministration until a new cabinet is formed these people want what they call an independent salvation government but there are others who still support the sectarian system that they believe protects that they want a National Unity government that will bring back the same political elite. That is what people fighting for a new country fear they have the will but not the tools to bring change. French president. Is leading an International Initiative to solve the crisis he says lebanon needs fundamental change and a new political order he didnt elaborate. Beirut one of secure life out of beirut. Where are you whats happening. It in this is the school of the 3 doctors its beiruts oldest and its one of 12 institutions schools damaged or almost destroyed by the explosion this is the courtyard of this 185 year old building its currently being secured or cleaned up rather by a french team here taking down this metal structure on the top which had been built to withstand earthquakes dont been in place for a year or so it wasnt able to withstand the shock wave of course the challenge for all of these institutions and buildings and homes and businesses that need rebuilding is getting funding and getting hardware is getting glass and its getting bigger Building Materials that they need all of it has to be imported that are they need dollars because the countrys Banking System has collapsed people cant get access to that accounts to release the money that they need the only way they can start rebuilding here is with International AssistanceInternational Community is not going to release those funds until it sees a new cabinet that is not dominated by hezbollah and its allies so thats where are the moment a political process of trying to create a new cabinet this internationally acceptable that can release the funds to do the essential rebuilding work that you see here right this school is one of many. That were damaged in the explosion. Yeah this was one of the dozens schools damaged in the explosion and the problem for education here in lebanon similar to many parts of the world is that children had already been off because of covert 19 there had been a lockdown here before but blast that sort of dissipate in that as a consequence of the blast as people clear up but schools are being closed they were openly hoping to open here in the 1st week of september earlier than normal a bit could to catch up on time last year and cove it is certainly not going to open on the 1st of september is going to be several months i have to say that the principal told me she thought they could be open in several months it seems optimistic but again i say thats why they need funding quickly to be able to import materials to get on with rebuilding quickly to try and get life going again 18 i was there as birds with reporting live from beirut but many thanks indeed. This is the news hour from aljazeera still to come on the program its deepest economic slump on record the u. K. Plunges into recession because of the coronavirus. But all right curfew 3 days of violence in a city in sudan leads to heavy restrictions. And in support for the women serino williams plays her 1st competitive match in 6 months. Germanys health says that hes skeptical of russias Coronavirus Vaccine on tuesday russia became the 1st country in the world to give regulator a approval to a covert buying team vaccine president Vladimir Putin even said that his daughter had received it germanys u. N. Sponsored that the vaccine hasnt been sufficiently tested a sufficiently tested and could be dangerous lets get more of this from of serious dominic berlin dominic what more did the minister say. The point that hes trying to make agent is the skepticism which his ministry which he and the scientists in berlin and in and in this country feel about what they consider to be the haste with which the russian government has put out this vaccine and said that this vaccine is going to be made available to to the population at large within a few months so to speak a great degree of caution coming here mr spann saying that the problem with rushing a vaccine out which hasnt been shown openly to be safe and to be effective against the corona virus is something which he fears he fears could kill off the efficacy of vaccines generally Going Forward the point theyre making therefore is that they need to be able to see the data upon which the russian government has based its assertions. That this vaccine is good to go as it were and because the German Government says it hasnt seen this data it hasnt seen the peer Group Research which is essential to any viable vaccine it cant really say its a good thing that its that it should be the people should be Going Forward with it contrast what the German Government is saying with what certain other governments are saying a suggestion that the governor of a large state in brazil is going to be in meetings on wednesday with the ambassador the Russian Ambassador in brazil about what might be able to be done there but even in brazil there are Certain Senior officials who have expressed grave reservations as i say about the haste with which the russian government is proceeding to marketing this vaccine as something that large chunks of society will be able to use anytime soon as i say the most important thing here is the germans are being very cautious they themselves have their own research into vaccines theyve put a lot of money in into wards but they are saying what needs to be done here is proper Peer Research and open research where other scientists are able to analyze what the germans have done what anything to victim has done that says its found a vaccine so that it can be verified and falsified and because they say they havent been able to do that that explains that the caution with which they are viewing whats going on in moscow. Dominic kane reporting live from berlin dominic many thanks indeed investigators in new zealand say that imported phrase have been the source of the 1st locally transmitted corona virus cases in more than 3 months its largest city opened is now back in lockdown after 4 cases were diagnosed this week 4 other suspected cases are being monitored and the government is considering delaying next months general election. Now while primary focus of course is on the response in these immediate stages over the next few days we do need to ensure that we giving ourselves as much flexibility as possible to deal with what we loon over the next 72 hours palin and dissolving doesnt mean that if we needed to convene powerman for any reason we wouldnt be able to do so weve before decided it would be prudent to defer the dissolution of parliament by at least a few days to preserve all options for if if needed reconvening comment or if needed for that if this is all of the date of the general Election Strategy or has recorded its worst day of the pandemic 21. 00 people have died in the past 24 hours in the state of victoria hong kongs biggest carrier says its record of the loss of 1270000000. 00 in the 1st half of this year Cathay Pacific has been badly hit by political and economic turbulence of the past year a slump in passenger demand caused by the pandemic has grounded its International Flights cargo business is now generating more revenue than passenger flights the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the u. K. Into its deepest economic slump on record Gross Domestic Product collapse by more than 20 percent between april and june the height of the lockdown the british economy is now officially in recession for the 1st time since the 2008 financial crisis but there are already some signs of recovery g. D. P. Recovered slight the in june restrictions began to ease. We talking about this a few months ago i said the hard times were coming and todays figures show the hard times theyre here hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs and sadly many more will but i will say to people although tough decisions lie ahead for all of us no one will be left without hope or opportunity a spring in gareth leather senior economist with Capital Economics in london gareth what do you make of this this whopping 20 percent drop in g. D. P. Well this figure is shocking but theyre also not a surprise either the economy was locked down. Most of the fall of april in most of may as well and when that happens is no Economic Activity taking place and so the figures are a surprise i think the key point to make though is that the economy actually grew in may and june is probably going to rebound Even Stronger in july so that the recovery is already begun but it still means that g. D. P. Now is about 17 percent below its precrisis level you know weve got green shoots of recovery as you say but there are other factors as play a play here for the british economy not just the pandemic. Of course youve got the brakes it uncertainty as well so that i think will weigh on sentiment especially if we dont get a trade deal with the European Union within the next few months but its important to know that its going to be a long and difficult recovery for the u. K. That got us easy bounce back as it were as senses reopen the they were previously closed because theyre locked down but youve got headwinds now. Rising unemployment youve also got social distancing that will need to remain in place for quite some time and all that is going to bring to what extent though if even if there is a trade deal with the e. U. Reached by the end of this this year to what extent is britains exit from the European Union. A huge trading block going to hamper its economic recovery i think you very much depends on what the terms of the deal are the concern obviously in Financial Markets is that you get no deal breaks in the european and the u. K. Drops out of European Union all all together i think provided that doesnt happen the worst case are doesnt happen there will be some relief that businesses will get a period where they can them where they can work out of the new regulations and so we went see it being as bad as it were otherwise to what extent the u. K. Is economic problems selfinflicted i mean the pandemic itself was unavoidable but but leaving the European Union certainly wasnt and not extending the transition period was was perfectly avoidable given the pandemic would that have been. The rise and proper thing to do with hindsight. I think mistakes and with the pandemic were made very early on that the u. K. Was quite late to knock down a week or so after other countries in europe and that meant spread much further which meant that the lock down had to last for longer the other concern for the u. K. Is the guards the coronavirus is that weve got a lot more sectors of the economy that are vulnerable to social distancing Services Hospitality account for a much greater share of g. D. P. Than in a place like germany which is more manufacturing orientated and so because of that i think its going to be a lot harder for the u. K. M. To get back to its precrisis level is probably going to see one o