Zimbabwes president defends the crackdown on protests against his government will be live in her. And in sports the l. A. Lakers have secured top spot in the n. B. A. s western conference for the 1st time in a decade but bron james his Team Clinching the number one seed with the win also did you. See. We begin this news hour with the continuing battle against the coronavirus countries around the globe are grappling with the surgeon cases the u. S. Remains the worlds epi center with at least 155000 people dead and of a 4700000 people infected and despite the ads President Donald Trump is insisting that schools reopen a call he once again made on twitter on tuesday but that push has attracted a lot of criticism teachers marched through new york on monday they are angry at a plan for mayor bill de blasio to open schools even with restrictions. Well democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has tweeted attacking trumps handling of the pandemic he said that at the beginning of july donald
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
Forecasts. The top lines are up. Revenues up 4 if you look at the activities. Despite the impact iag luke to raise 3 billion euros and klm unveils an operating loss sending both shares into the red. Six years of growth wiped out in spain as gdp drops in the Second Quarter but the French Economy shrinks less than expected down 15. 8 . Happy friday welcome to street signs. Weve got a lot of earnings to get to lets talk gdp first weve heard from france and spain. Now numbers from italy preliminary q 2 gdp slank quarter on quarter less expected a value. Theyve advised their q 1 estimate of 5. 4 contraction quarter on quarter and 5. 4 year on year. Slightly worse than anticipated. Q 1 marginally worse but q 2 better than expecting. An unprecedented slump for italy but the takeaway better than analysts had feared. Not quite as grim as the market had been bracing for looking at the euro gaining ground currently trades around 118. 77 we have the france and spain numbers. Spains economy shrunk
The u. K. But the Economic Impact of the pandemic has seen major cities including love that become ghost towns. Good morning welcome this is r. T. International. Condolences are being sent from all around the world to lebanon where a devastating explosion ripped through the capital on tuesday the nation is in mourning as the catastrophe has already claimed lives of at least 78 people and left another 4000 injured. Now we can show you live pitches this is the same right now by routes and you can see the devastation a plane just smoke had been seen still billowing into the skies above the city the damage done to the infrastructure to buildings to vehicles to peoples homes to businesses its evident that the port area of the city has been absolutely devastated the nearby buildings city raced to the ground many of them and this has caused chaos right across the lebanese capital. Given the large number of people injured hospitals are under immense strength facilities already dealing with the
Including london become ghost towns. Have your company day here in moscow this is arctic. Condolences are being sent from all over the world to lebanon or a devastating explosion ripped through the capital the nations in mourning as the catastrophe has claimed the lives of at least 100 people and left more than 4000 others injured according to the countrys red cross. These are live pictures for you from beirut and you can see there are still plenty of smoke in the skyline above the city almost nothing is left of what was a once bustling port area the blast destroyed there by buildings and caused chaos right across the lebanese capital. Yes. Given the large number of people injured hospitals are under immense strike in facilities already dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis were quickly filled beyond the capacity they should place for blood donations and for generators to keep the lights going heres some firsthand accounts from people who experience the shockwave of the blocks. Or you mi