The leaders of 2 west african nations ivory coast and guinea are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms of tobar. The search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanons deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many lebanese dont blame the people running the port instead theyre blaming the people running the country protests have taken place in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite theyve been backed by french president Emmanuel Mccall hes been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesdays blast is now a 149. 00 and its expected to go up Bernard Smith has more. On the streets of beirut on thursday frances president Emmanuel Mccomas eventually moped by people many of them calling for a turn of french mandate fronts was the clonal power here before independence and his because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanons own polit
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Welcome to the program 16 people have been arrested in lebanon as frustration grows over the governments response to tuesdays port explosion among those whove been taken into custody or officials from beirut pulled the death toll is now starting at 149 but search and rescue teams continue to scour the rubble for any survivors there were protests against the government of those the evening crowds also rallied as the french president manuel micro toward the damage streets hes backing calls for a new political order in lebanon Bennett Smith has more from beirut. Weve seen thousands of people out on the streets with shovels pickaxes brushes doing the cleanup because the government isnt we are just across from the main blast site youll see those standing grain silos and so the right of those where the explosion happened is a destroyed ship just beyond that and that everything that was in the way of the shockwave in the few just seconds it took to push out has been hit and destroyed and i am
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