women s rights are should down by the taliban firing weapons in the air shortly after this video was taken. we have fox team coverage with ryan in london and david, let s start with you. hi, anita, hi, griff. president biden is telling americans over in afghanistan, do not worry the united states is with you. if you eventually want to leave that country, we will be here to help you get out of that country. the president, as you just mentioned, is in wilmington, delaware at his home for the weekend spending a long weekend. he landed in philadelphia last night after touring hurricane damage on the louisiana coast for most of the day, then choppered down here to wilmington, delaware where he ll spend time with family. he managed to escape the white house and washington d.c. but the criticism of his decision not to bring home all americans continues to follow this president. he broke his promise to americans and he s continuing to break it because there are american citizens
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 and nour. thank you. thank you, kim. it s great to be here. now, how would you describe your lives prior to the blast? i ll 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 up until 2019. before the blast, we had some. the banking crisis and the economic crisis here in lebanon, not to mention the covid crisis, but. and while these were happening, we were
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 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. it s great to be here. now, how would you describe your lives prior to the blast? i ll 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
now on bbc news, women in beirut rebuilding our city. hello, i m kim chakanetsa and today, i m in beirut, the capital of lebanon. on the 4th of august 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 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? i ve 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. we
rebuilding our city. hello, i m kim chakanetsa and today, i m in beirut, the capital of lebanon. 0n the 4th of august 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 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? i ve 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 and nour. thank you.