Country that it appears the blast was caused by a highly explosive material and clearly it was highly explosive material because the lebanese capital shook. Buildings. Kilometers away 3rd glass shattered people in the streets they were crying. There was really panic everywhere it was very difficult to move from one area of the capitol to another because everybody just wanted to get home as quickly as possible because they did not know what happened and they were worried that there would be further explosions 1 so beirut was rocked by a massive explosion just over 2 hours ago Lebanese Security saying highly explosive material in a warehouse in beirut port confiscated material in the words of the head of Lebanese Security which is going to really raise a lot of questions authorities will have to answer a lot of questions on what this material was doing at beirut ports how was it stored at the root ports and whether or not it was stored in a safe manner clearly what we saw today that it w
Victoria state and announces fines as high as 14000. 00 to stop people breaking coronavirus isolation orders. And intense speculation over the whereabouts of spains former king after he announces hes leaving the country. And i would begin with our breaking news out of lebanon where a massive explosion has shaken the capital beirut 27 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese Health Ministry Says around 2500 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in an area of the citys port which housed highly explosive material that had been confiscated. Shock waves are felt for several kilometers and buildings within a large radius of the site have been severely damaged the red cross warns many others are still trapped in their homes the cause of the blast isnt known lebanons president has called for urgent defense counsel talks israel has issued a statement denying any involvement and france and iran both say theyre ready to help lebanon in any way. People who were
Good in the day i was filing a story on how the price of bread was doubled but how are these people going to deal with the situation now what do you find a buyer is ok i havent yet met me but i havent yet. I dont know if there are any casualties yet or not because im right on the my house but my entire house was blown apart theres nothing that i could actually pick up from there other than my phone luckily i found my phone and i thought my father thought one does with me here on the streets right now also on the job trying to phone trying to talk to people and understand what happened all the journalists not collecting at the st paul outside the red cross a lot of people trying to go in i have a good managed to get to the building 6 because i dont know whether its been bones or not just people around me leaving everywhere complete chaos i being you know one doesnt want to sort of talk about whos done this yet but this should be hovering up all hovering above the skies over the love of
Opponents of trying to organize a massacre as voting begins in what could be his toughest election in years. On the hummus with all the sporting glue it is raining us open champion rafael nadal pulls out of this years tournament citing concerns over the corner virus pandemic. To begin with our breaking news from lebanon and the massive explosion that shaken the capital beirut 70 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese Health Ministry Says around 3700 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in a warehouse at the port which had been housing 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate the 6 years lebanons president has branded that unacceptable the cabinet is expected to declare a state of emergency in beirut when it holds an emergency meeting on wednesday into monohan report. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital the blast sent shock waves across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds. The streets were filled wit
Violent protests following the weekends Election Results. And we take a look at the coastal city in bend in thats restoring monuments from the slave trade era. Its exactly one week since a massive explosion devastated lebanons capital now crowds in beirut have gathered near the site of the blast for a vigil. A minutes silence was held for the more than 200. 00 killed and their names each read out on out crowds walk through some of beiruts worst hit neighborhoods marching to would be parliament the blast injured thousands of people in the hundreds of thousands homeless. Protest is now gathering outside the parliament have been trying stones and debris toward the building these are live pictures it comes off to lebanons Prime Minister and president had reportedly been warned just last month about the dangerous material being stored at beiruts Port Security documents seen by the Reuters News Agency say leaders were told the 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate could destroy the capitol if it exp