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
they confirmed the identities of the bodies recovered corresponded with the flight s passenger list, which had named mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with russian commanders over the war in ukraine. he d since relocated to belarus. you can see him on our screens now speaking a few months ago. live now to bbc monitoring s russia editor vitaly shevchenko. we suspected this was the case, and now we have got confirmation that yevgeny prigozhin has indeed died in that crash? , , , ., that crash? yes, this short announcement that crash? yes, this short announcement by - that crash? yes, this short announcement by russia s| that crash? yes, this short - announcement by russia s official investigations committee came as no surprise to anyone. yevgeny prigozhin and his right hand man as well as a couple of other key commanders from the wagner mercer group were presumed dead following the air crash f
During training drills off the coast of australia. zimbabwe election winner president emmerson mnangagwa rejects criticism from international observers as the opposition declares the vote a gigantic faud . and the metropolitan police deals with a potential cyber security breach at one of its suppliers, involving some personal details about force staff members. hello. we start this hour with some breaking news. authorities in russia have confirmed the head of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, died in a plane which crashed north west of moscow on wednesday.
Three us marines killed after a military aircraft crashes during training drills off the coast of australia. zimbabwe election winner president emmerson mnangagwa rejects criticism from international observers as the opposition declares the vote a gigantic faud . and the metropolitan police deals with a potential cyber security breach at one of its suppliers, involving some personal details about force staff members. hello. we start this hour with some breaking news. authorities in russia have confirmed the head of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, died in a plane which crashed north west of moscow on wednesday.