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Added on the 19/02/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Beirut (Lebanon), Feb 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Wael Hamzeh) Relatives of the victims of the Beirut port explosion protested in front of the Palace of Justice, after a Lebanese court decided Thursday to replace the judge in charge of the investigation of the explosion that caused more than 200 deaths and 6,500 injured in Beirut.
The incident on August 4, which saw 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate explode, killed more than 200 people.
Beirut, Feb 4 (EFE), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- Six months after the Beirut Port explosion, the Lebanese authorities began to figure out plans for the future of ground zero of the blast that left over 200 dead and 6,500 injured.The rebuilding of the port, where there is still a large hole caused by August 4 explosion and only one building erected, will cost between $425 and $520 million, according to the World Bank estimations.Before the blast, there was a “master plan” to remodel the facilities, the Port Director Bassem Kaissi told Efe. Those plans are being “reevaluated” in the wake of the explosion.DRONE FOOTAGE OF BEIRUT PORT.
Beirut, Feb 4 (EFE), (Camera: Noemí Jabois).- Six months after the Beirut Port explosion, the Lebanese authorities began to figure out plans for the future of ground zero of the blast that left over 200 dead and 6,500 injured.The rebuilding of the port, where there is still a large hole caused by August 4 explosion and only one building erected, will cost between $425 and $520 million, according to the World Bank estimations.One of the first reconstruction ideas emerged nearly a month after the explosion by Portuguese designer Tomás Reis, who published a series of “concept images” for a future memorial at ground zero.SOUNDBITES OF PORTUGUESE DESIGNER TOMÁS REIS.
Beirut, Feb 4 (EFE).- Six months after the Beirut Port explosion, the Lebanese authorities began to figure out plans for the future of ground zero of the blast that left over 200 dead and 6,500 injured.DRONE FOOTAGE OF BEIRUT PORT. (Camera: WAEL HAMZEH. Editor: MARTA CAPARRÓS/ VICTORIA MORENO)
Quatre patients atteints du Covid-19, hospitalisés en réanimation sur l'île de la Réunion, sont évacués vers un aéroport de la région parisienne par vol sanitaire. Une opération sans précédent par la durée du vol, 11 heures, et le nombre de malades transportés.