Three years on, what is life like for the people who live and work here . Ive come to Downtown Beirut to meet two women who are working tirelessly to rebuild their city. Joelle azar is the owner of le panier du coin, food store selling Natural Products, in the centre of beirut. And nour tannir is an architect and stylist, who co founded espacefann, a social enterprise, offering affordable workshops and professional courses in Textile Design and traditional crafts. Welcome, joelle and nour. Thank you. Thank you, kim. Its great to be here. Now, how would you describe your lives prior to the blast . Ill start with you, joelle. Prior to the blast, it was an excellent life, so everything was booming, the businesses were booming, even the economy in lebanon was booming. And then, 2019 happened, so we had the financial crisis and then, in 2020, august 4, the big explosion. Nour, how would you describe your life prior to that . I would say the same. The same thing. Things were going smoothly u
Now on bbc news, women in beirut rebuilding our city. Hello, im Kim Chakanetsa and today, im in beirut, the capital of lebanon. On the 4th of august 2020, a devastating explosion ripped through the citys port. The blast claimed more than 200 lives and thousands others were injured. Damage to surrounding properties and businesses was estimated to be overfour billion us dollars. Many of those affected were small to medium enterprises, led by women. It was one of the largest non Nuclear Explosions in history. Three years on, what is life like for the people who live and work here . Ive come to Downtown Beirut to meet two women who are working tirelessly to rebuild their city. Joelle azar is the owner of le panier du coin, a food store selling Natural Products, in the centre of beirut. And nour tannir is an architect and stylist, who co founded espacefann, a social enterprise, offering affordable workshops and professional courses in Textile Design and traditional crafts. Welcome, joelle a
The gunman was carrying a handgun and an ar 15 style rifle while wearing a mask and tactical vest. The sheriff says its believed the shooter acted alone with no evidence that he was part of a wider group. The shooter had authored several manifestos, one to his parents, one to the media and one to federal agents. Portions of these manifestos detailed the shooters disgusting ideology of hate. Plainly put, this shooting was racially motivated, and he hated black people. This is a dark day injacksonville s history. Any loss of life is tragic, but the hate that motivated the shooters Killing Spree adds an additional layer of heartbreak. There is no place for hate in our community, and this is not jacksonville. Ben ryan is a reporter at the scene with a local tv station in jacksonville. He gave me the latest. Its a heartbreaking, heavy and sad day here in jacksonville. The Jacksonville Sheriff, tk waters, confirmed that three people were shot and killed, the suspect also believed to have tur
Rob page will stay on as wales manager despite their failure to reach euro 202a. The countrys fa have ended speculation about his job with his contract taking him until the next world cup. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Investigators in the us have recovered the Data Recorder from the ship that crashed into a major bridge in the city of baltimore yesterday, leading to its collapse. They are hoping it will explain why the vessel lost power soon after leaving the citys port. Six Maintenance Workers who fell into the water when the Francis Scott key bridge collapsed are now presumed dead. Heres our North America correspondent gary odonoghue. Before dawn, beneath the frigid waters of the patapsco river, the gruesome task of searching for the bodies of the six missing Construction Workers began. All hope of now finding them alive abandoned. They had been working the night shift fixing potholes on the bridge when authorities were alerted the ship was veering off course. Yea
Hello, im ben brown, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. Stories, and checking out an unthinkable tragedy thats how the mayor of baltimore has described the collapse of the Francis Scott key bridge in the city. Rescuers are still searching the icy waters of the Patapsco River for people who plunged from the bridge when it was hit by a singapore flagged Container Ship, the dali. Six people are still missing according to the authorities thought to be Construction Workers who were on the bridge filling in potholes. Two others were rescued, one was unharmed, one is being treated in hospital. This was the moment of the collision. You can see the cargo ship hitting a column of the bridge on the left of screen. A report by a us Infrastructure Agency says the vessel lost propulsion and the crew notified the authorities that they no longer had control of their vessel. The Authorities Say there were no structural problems with the b