Breaking news, major Breaking News out of lebanon right now hundreds of people have been injured and an attack thats targeting the pagers pagers of members of the iranian back militant group. Has valla, according to sources arounds ambassador to lebanon appears to be among the injured data according to an iranian news agency, cm has been wiedemann is joining us right now. What do we know about this attack then . This happened just a couple of hours ago, wolf, where there Was a series, perhaps hundreds of explosion small explosions in the southern suburbs of beirut in other areas of lebanon where his bella is present. It appears that these explosions were pagers exploding it simultaneously. These pagers belonging to we believe members of his butler causing hundreds, perhaps more than 1,000 injuries. Weve seen live pictures from the American University Of Beirut hospital where many of the injured have gone lebanese hospitals have called on staff to return to their places of work because
hello. i m kim chakanetsa and today, i m in beirut, the capital of lebanon. on august 4, 2020, a devastating explosion ripped through the city s port. the blast claimed more than 200 lives and thousands others were injured. damage to surrounding properties and businesses was estimated to be over four 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? i ve come to downtown beirut to meet two women who are working tirelessly to rebuild their city. joelle azar is the owner
which is straight after this programme. hello, i m kim chakanetsa and today, i m in beirut, the capital of lebanon. on august 4, 2020, a devastating explosion ripped through the city s port. the blast claimed more than 200 lives and thousands others were injured. damage to surrounding properties and businesses was estimated to be over us$4 billion. many of those affected were small to medium enterprises led by women. it was one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history.
we ll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello, i m kim chakanetsa and today, i m in beirut, the capital of lebanon. on august 4, 2020, a devastating explosion ripped through the city s port. the blast claimed more than 200 lives and thousands others were injured. damage to surrounding properties and businesses was estimated to be over us$4 billion. many of those affected were small to medium enterprises led by women. it was one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history.