Hello, im kasia madera, welcome to outside source. The entire lebanese government resigns as protests continue in beirut, after last weeks catastrophic explosion. Well have the reaction from the ground. Those protesters are very cynical that even getting rid of this government will make any difference to lebanon and bring accountability for that deadly explosion. In hong kong, pro democracy activist and media tycoon, jimmy lai, is detained the highest profile arrest yet under chinas security law. And in belarus, the clashes continue between police and protesters angry at sundays disputed president ial poll. Welcome. We start in lebanon, where just a few hours ago, the entire government resigned. The Prime Minister hassan diab made the announcement. He said the country is facing a massive catastrophe, as well as economic and social collapse. The catalyst for the mass resignation was last tuesdays explosion in beirut, which killed more than 200 people. Thousands are injured and many are still missing. Thereve been widespread protests over the past six days. These pictures are from earlier today, when demonstrators tried to breach the barricades surrounding the Lebanese Parliament building. Protesters have been launching fireworks towards police, who have responded with tear gas. And these are some of the latest images. Protests are expected to continue into the night. Earlier today, this was hassan diab on his way into a cabinet meeting. Several cabinet ministers had already quit their posts. Heres what the Prime Minister said after the meeting. Translation i announce the resignation of this government. May god protect lebanon, may god protect lebanon, may god protect lebanon. Long live you and long live lebanon. Heres the reaction of maha yahya, who is the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in beirut. It was inevitable. I mean this government was already a lame duck government before the explosion happened. After the explosion, it has. I mean, the handling of the explosion has been marked with confusion, people are complaining state institutions are nowhere to be found. It is people helping each other. The social solidarity has been amazing, but state institutions are simply not there, so overall it was expected and i dont think there was any other way but a resignation. Well, after Prime Minister hassan diab made his announcement, he went to hand his resignation to the president michel aoun at the baabda palace. So, a lot happening, lets put it into context. The economists middle east editor clarified via twitter. Lets get more on that, from kareem sha hayeeb, a journalist in beirut. The next step right now is the formation of a new cabinet, but who forms the new cabinet . She it is up to the president himself, following consultations with the parliamentary blocs, which are ruled by the major parties, so many are cynical and they are expecting another reproduction of this current political class, but the question is who is it going to be . Lebanon failed to successfully negotiate with the imf. The International Community is no longer as lenient with lebanon as before, so who is this new Prime Minister going to be . What is his new cabinet going to look like . And will it be good enough for both the political class, and to appeal to both the disgruntled population and the International Community . Quentin sommerville was in beiruts Martyrs Square for the announcement, here he is. Celebrations here in beiruts Martyrs Square, but if you just look over here you can see the riot police have been deployed. They then fired tear gas to remove the protesters, who fell back and those protesters were very cynical that even getting rid of this government will make any difference to lebanon and bring accountability for that deadly explosion, which happened just a couple of blocks away from where i am in the port. Quentin sommerville there and earlier in the day, he was speaking to people whove lost everything in beirut. Inch by inch, lebanons government is coming apart. The explosion here has unleashed a new fury on the streets. Even among the tear gas, these protesters can almost smell the governments downfall, but they have brought down governments before and theres been little change here. A reshuffling of the same old faces at the top will not solve lebanons crisis. The state is out in force, in a shattered capital, carrying guns, though not brooms. The lebanese are famous for their determination. People here are sick of being left to fend for themselves. Nobody else but the youth is going to help here. And as you see, you can see some people from the government here and theyjust sit and do nothing. Its not fixing. We do a revolution, it doesnt help. We become more aggressive, it wont help either, so what can we do other than clean, at the moment . Some bonds remain unbroken in beirut. This man lived in this beirut flat for 70 years. Just two blocks from the port. He and his wife were here during the explosion. Most of the doors and windows are gone. Is it time to leave, i ask. No, no, no. I stay with the tent here. Gemmayzeh is a tight neighbourhood. A dozen people died on this one corner, and everybody here knows exactly where their neighbours were when the blast hit. But some are in no position to help. The wounds are too raw. This woman was in her car on the highway by the port. She and her husband filmed the fire before the explosion. When we arrived to the hospital, it was like a movie. I had more chance than others because i saw people who lost their eyes. Today shes having plastic surgery. Drjoe baroud is offering his services to the wounded for free. Its my gut telling me that if you can at least offer some kind of expertise to help the people, because if im going to go and work on the streets in five months and see people with bad scars on theirface, im going to feel directly responsible for it. This disaster brought the lebanese people together, but its also tearing the country apart. Quentin somerville, bbc news, beirut. And the secretary general of the united nations, Antonio GuterresAntonio Guterres, has spoken after a virtual briefing of the situation there earlier today. Heres what hes said. At this time of sorrow and prolonged frustration, the anger of the lebanese people is palpable. Their voices must be heard. It is important that the credible and transparent investigation determine the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability demanded by the lebanese people. It is also important that reforms be implemented so as to address the needs of the lebanese people in the longer term. Lastly, lets hear from Hesham Shawish from bbc monitoring. Even though this is a small victory for the protest movement, it is not a Silver Bullet and we are not likely to see a miracle happen overnight. We will see the government continue in a caretaker capacity. President michael aoun has already asked Prime Minister hassan diab to continue until a new government is formed and the president will set a date for parliamentary consultations to appoint a new Prime Minister. If we see a long, drawn out process with the same faces appearing in the new line up, then the anger will remain on the streets, so protesters will keep on demanding completely new figures in the upcoming government. And you touch upon the anger on the streets. We have been seeing it over the past few days, people trying to tidy up after that devastating explosion on tuesday and yet, we have got forces out there who are firing tear gas at them. What is the thinking . How are people reacting to that . That is correct. I mean the Anti Government sentiment is at an all time high. People are furious with the government response in the aftermath of the explosions and hold the government responsible for negligence and mismanagement, and then in terms of the anger that was already on the streets, we saw Anti Government protests since last year, the economy has been in tatters, there have been stringent capital controls meaning that people havent been able to access their savings, people have been facing daily electricity cuts and fuel shortages, so the anger has just been mounting and mounting. And protesters will carry on demanding a complete overhaul of the system and change in government. And change in government. And change in government. Of and change in government. Of course and change in government. Of course we and change in government. Of course we will and change in government. Of course we will contir and change in government. Of course we will contir monitor and of course we will continue to monitor the situation in lebanon. Next, to hong kong, where police have made 10 arrests under chinas new security law. One of them is agnes chow, a prominent pro democracy activist. The other is high profile media tycoon jimmy lai. Hes been detained on suspicion of foreign collusion. And he was led through his office, apple daily, in handcuffs. Were told two of his sons have also been arrested. Sentence reporters live streamed the police raid of his office, the apple daily, a popular tabloid he founded. Its often critical of hong kong and chinas leadership. While hong kong Authorities Say the search is linked to the protest movement, critics have been quick to call it a beijing clampdown and an effort to silence political opposition. Jimmy lai was already facing charges related to anti goverment protests in the territory last year. And were told by a Senior Executive at mr lais company that the timing of his latest arrest is crucial. Well, the boss has known for a while that they were probably going to come sooner or laterfor him. We basically have ascertained the reason why they did it this week was jimmy has a trial coming up in two weeks for another matter. Once he disposed of that matter he could travel again, so i guess that was the time they wanted to pull the trigger. Also, quite frankly, i think they are very frustrated that they have not been able to totally control hong kong and as usual they hold jimmy and apple daily responsible for a large part of that. Pro democracy activists have condemned his arrest. On twitter nathan law a prominent campaigner called it. Another high profile activist, joshua wong, repeated that message. Police were sent to the apple daily headquarters and they even searched on the material of the journalists, which showed no respect. And especially when reuters, the afp and the Associated Press hoped to enter the building to cover or shoot some footage about how police stormed the building, police just allowed beijing local media to enter but refused all of the requests of foreign media. Jimmy lai is a fierce critic of the chinese state. And his story from rags to riches is well known. He was born in guangzhou, a city in southern china. But as a child he fled to hong kong, onboard a fishing boat. He went from working in a hong kong sweatshop to founding a Business Empire thats now worth about 1 billion. Jimmy lais newspaper apple daily was the most read paid publication in the territory last year. It has extensive coverage of the protest movement and has run front page headlines encouraging people onto the streets to protest. Mr lai wasnt shy either. Heres what he told the bbc injune the day the new security law passed in hong kong. This spells the death knell to hong kong because you know, you supersede the basic law and therefore our rule of law. Without the rule of law, people who do business here will have no protection by the law, but only of the officials who have power over them, so hong kong will become china, as corrupt as china, it will be plagued by corruption and what is also very worrying is that without the rule of law, there will not be mutual trust. He was speaking to the bbc there backin he was speaking to the bbc there back in june. Apple daily has vowed to carry on in its latest edition thats just landed in newspaper booths across hong kong. These images of people queing for copies have been shared on social media. Were hearing 350,000 copies have been printed five times more than usual. While thats one perspective, another narrative is playing out in mainland china. State media global times has called mr lai a rioter supporter whose publications have been instigating hatred, spreading rumours and smearing hong kong authorities and the mainland for years. Victor gao is the Vice President of the centre for china and globalization a pro beijing think tank. He has other accusations. I think mrjimmy lai has a notorious record. He is notjust running a newspaper in hong kong. I think his position challenging sovereignty rights challenging chinas sovereignty rights over hong kong, his position challenging the one country, two systems is notorious. And also the fact that he is really colluding with the us politicians in challenging chinas sovereignty over hong kong is on the record. And i think there is great level of expectation that he will be brought to justice, sooner or later. Soa so a rather different perspective there. Also in the past few hours, as weve heard, the pro democracy activist agnes chow has been arrested. Here she is last month standing next to joshua wong. According to pro democracy activists shes been charged with inciting secession. They say her chances of bailare slim. Helier cheung has covered the protests extensively for bbc news. She explains the message being sent from mainland china. Even though the police said they werent there to disrupt apple dailys operations and even so, hong kongs government has always insisted that the International Security law the National Security law only affects a small number of people and doesnt affect press freedom, after todays event you could imagine some people may well be questioning that. And the nature of the arrests, with hundreds of Police Officers raiding their newspaper offices, has been described as unprecedented. Hong kong journalist associations have all expressed concern, saying this seems to be a clear threat to freedom of speech and press freedom in hong kong. Remember, jimmy lai is the most high profile person to be arrested, but not the only one. There are his two sons and also some other activists, including former activist wilson li, who now works as a freelancer for british broadcaster itv, so theres certainly a lot of concern and a lot of feeling in hong kong that this was designed as a warning. When it comes to the paper itself, the apple daily, it is popular, and we saw people already queueing out on the streets to get that first edition. The print run has been increased, so people in a certain capacity showing their support. Yes, and in fact its share price has dipped today at the arrest, but also spiked a lot afterwards as well, where many activists and supporters said we need to support apple daily, lets buy shares in them. In fact, joshua wong said at some point, even if the newspaper came out blank tomorrow i would buy a copy, so it seems people are finding different ways to express their support for the paper and their discontent with the arrests. Our thanks to her for talking our thanks to herfor talking us through that. Stay with us on oustide source, still to come a second night of clashes erupts in belarus between police and protesters angry at sundays disputed president ial poll. A row is growing over the way school exam results have been calculated in scotland after they were cancelled because of the pandemic. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised, saying the government didnt get it right and will announce tomorrow what it intends to do. Pupils in scotland received their results last week a quarter found they had been downgraded from their teachers predictions. Our concern, which was to make sure that the grades young people got were as valid of those for any other year, perhaps led us to think too much about the overall system and not enough about the individual pupil. And that has meant that too many students feel that they have lost out on the grades that they should have had. And also that that has happened as a result not of anything they have done, but because of a statistical model or algorithm. And in addition, that burden has not fallen equally across our society. So, despite our best intentions, i do acknowledge that we did not get this right and i am sorry for that. This is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. Welcome. The entire lebanese government resigns as protests continue in beirut, after last weeks catastrophic explosion. Well have the reaction from the ground. Lets turn to belarus now because we are getting reports that the main opposition candidate on sundays Election Night might be missing. Her staff has told us that they have lost contact with her and her whereabouts are currently unknown. Sviatla na tsikhanouskaya earlier said that she is refusing to accept the results and that she considers herself the winner of the polls. Here she was earlier. Translation the authorities should think about how to peacefully hand over power to us. So far, they have only responded with violence against peaceful citizens. So yes, let me just restate we are getting reports that her whereabouts is unknown at the moment. Those results were announced earlier on monday, given the incumbent lukashenko, giving him a majority and a sixth term in government. This is him casting his vote and he has ruled belarus since 1994, and has been dubbed europes last dictator. None of the election he has one recently were found to be fair by western observers and some of the concerns are also being expressed by belaruss neighbours today. Well, reaction, notjust demonstrations, but also what happened later last night and also in the run up to the elections, it was not a democratic process and we cannot consider this election as free, democratic, transparent. The last president ial so called election, which was in 2015, was by the National Community clearly declared undemocratic and not fair. And we have a solid basis of observation now and looking also at the context where the political opponents were arrested, wireless has also been wireless has also been used to say that these election