the, the, this is dw news line from berlin, 6 people missing. after the baltimore bridge collapse, i presumed dead, diverse will resume to search for bodies. when daylight returns, the 6 workers were on, the francis got the key bridge, which collapsed after it was hit by a ship. also coming up for the program. according to breaking foot, julian assault has extradition to the united states on hold. the high court demands assurances, but he won't face the death penalty. the

i'm here until berlin. thank you very much for joining us. officials in the us say 6 people are missing or 6 to go missing. rather after the collapse of a major bridge, i presumed dead. the 6 missing men were working on the bridge in baltimore when it was rammed by a ship in the early hours of tuesday, operations to recover the bodies will resume at daybreak on wednesday. maryland governor westmore said the shipment affords losing power just before the crash. the ship made an emergency call that allowed authorities to limit traffic across the bridge. he added that a preliminary investigation suggested that the crash was an accident. now and just to give you a sense of the scale, the francis got key bridge was 2.6 kilometers long, with 4 lanes on average, more than 31000 vehicles crusted every day. and it is a major part of the road network on the us east coast. now there's clearly

a lot of questions that still need to be answered. here's a look at how tuesday's events unfolded. the francis scott cambridge after the single pool flag to contain the ship, smashed into one of its pillows. the collapse of the bridge was caught live by a web broadcast. the ship struck at 1 30 am within minutes. a major search and rescue operation was underway. the now that search for survivors has come to an end with not one of the 6 missing people found 6 workers were fixing potholes on the bridge or the night when it collapsed based on the length of time that we've gone into search, the extensive search efforts that we put into it the water temperature, that at this point, we do not believe that we're gonna find any of these individuals still alive. so

this evening at about 730, we're going to suspend the axis search and rescue efforts. coast guards not going away. none of our partners are going away, but we're just going to transition to a different phase. this video uploaded by ship tracking service shows the vessels pop as it went off costs and into the bridge issue to distress coal minutes before the collision of storage. he said, work has been stopped cause from crossing the bridge afterwards, saving lives, experts say the size of the ship simply overwhelms the support structure. a heavy ship i that will impulse a very large load of many thousands of times when it hit something solid. and the ship is obviously struck the support of the bridge. not surprisingly, the bridge collections, because the support is of i originally flimsy, struck to it when you look at it, it's a us president joe biden said the disaster was an accident and pledged federal funding to rebuild to my attention that federal government will pay for the entire

cost to read your stucky nap bridge and i expect the congress to support my effort . this gonna take some time. the people ball and i can count on. so to stick with them at every step of the way to the pores reopen and the bridges rebuilt. meanwhile, people in the region a bracing for the aftermath. the pulse of baltimore is key to shipping on the us east coast and the collapsed bridge will likely create traffic jams for months or even used to come. dr. muhammed cushiony is a structural engineering professor at the university of south hampton and the okay, i asked him why so much of the bridge collapsed after the impact? the reason that the basic is collapse, the 1st visit is that there wasn't any sheep about it should be back body or in front of the p is a and the reason that you don't have a probably the breed was

a relatively old. i don't know the detail of the, of the breeze and just the my, my observation is based on the videos i've seen on the car, everybody's was quite heavy and menu i'm going to heavy sheep, impacting and coming to college and we do with this peer. so obviously with the fade you but the but the progressive, what else was a, did that, that p, it was a secret failure to point and that when been the p of went away. so the part of the big been down and that on balance force distributed across it that what date and essentially result it's a company called apps of that or, or bridge. so he's, you spoke of a single point of failure there. does that mean that the bridge had some type of design flaw? no, it's not the design flow. it's. it is the way that these uh the, the, the brands, but deputies lots. but the problem was the p. s,

but not designed for the same price. and they didn't have any, any shipping pack value, so that, that's the problem. so if, if the, if the, the breach was that those ppos, if they wanted to take that he did, must be lost. that's a large loading coming from the impact that would survive. but the, but the, but the but not design and it didn't have any shape, just feedback that you said that that was the problem. but if you remove the column on a bridge, so nobody says that before though. now you did mention that the bridge was quite old and we know it opened in 1977. do you think the age of the structure played a role in this collapse? not necessarily. i don't think it has any due to ratio because of the 18 problem. there is a demand problem. as i said, it all comes down to do a big protection of the bridge appear or against is college in the college. and then the ship came back and that was the main main main main reason. so now we're

seeing some pictures. now the bridge i'm just there and we do know that the class records has blocked a major port. do you know the baltimore is the only place where a bridge collapse could block such a major transit way or? no, i mean, this is quite common. how many the youtube you have got to me or re, pertains that has more of the bridges on them or the structures. i mean the police are leaving south. have you ever got to be but it shouldn't. coming to the port, we check to see ready send me the condo for the cargo ships that he's going in and out of the south port and under a couple of major bridges. and they, or they will have this protection the example that we had, we could clearly see in, in the, in the to there was a what we did. these are horizontal and cavan card for the one that be. so they are the bridges. but the typical has big such a lot, lot of towers in teams and the issue on a cook crossing for those tablets, but they have

a shape impact value and they are design just to avoid it twice. so it's essentially the these foundation of the towers away from the sheep and if it keeps coming across, they will hit the battery as before the, when they get close to the p. s. all right, i'm afraid or have to leave it there. that was dr. mohammed kashodi from the university of south hampton, in the okay, thank you very much for joining us. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. the us supreme court appears unlikely to limit access to the widely used abortion pill missile prestone. the court heard arguments on the case on tuesday, but appeared skeptical of efforts by anti abortion advocates. the control back access to the drug decision is expected by the end of june. the european union has agreed to soften environmental regulations on farmers following major protests across the block in brussels. farmers dump newer and the tables on fire on

tuesday to protest against brick environmental protection rules. at least 2 police officers were injured as they broke up the protest with tear gas and water cannons . of the protests ever up to the in hungry after a government critic released audio implicating senior officials and the corruption scandal for political inside or peter muggy are accused in a to prime minister victor orvin of interfering in a graph case. thousands of people march on parliament in budapest, calling for mr or buttons resignation. france has begun evacuating good citizens from haiti as gang violence, rampages across the country. gangs have taken control of much of the capital port on prince as officials struggled to agree on creating a transitional government. still, the power vacuum, their frances defense ministry says there are around $1000.00 french citizens, still on the island bridge, cortez wiki leaks, founder joining us. all. you can not immediately be extradited to be knighted

states. high court judges say they want further assurances about what will happen to him if he is expedited. if us feels provide those assurances over the next 3 weeks, the court will give us off permission to appeal extradition on grounds, including breach of freedom antics of expression or other. and because he might receive the death penalty. now dw corresponded charlotte chosen pill in london, talked us through today's events. as i was put today's decision into a little bit of context have says the royce, to an appeal, a final appeal for june, and it's always been rejected today. that would have been the end of the legal road here for him in the u. k. and would have paid the way for his expedition to the us . what his going to say. he faces a 175 years in prison. something that his wife says would have been tantamount to a death sentence. now instead, today what we've had is something of

a delay on that decision. as you said, that the judges and said that they are taking assurances on several points from the us, including on free speech protections, and that julian assault is wanting to face the death penalty of extra jointed and convicted us as 3 weeks to my. there's insurance isn't if it fails to do so, then a full appeal can indeed go ahead. now this is something of a partial victory full julian. assault is clearly his supporters would have liked to have seen that full appeal grunted today. but what the judges did say was that he has a legitimate prospects with success on 3 of the 9 grounds for appeal. so while it's more of a wait, there is a still clearly some ways to go in this legal possible. a suicide bomber and pakistan has killed 5 chinese nationals after driving a car leading with explosives into their vehicle. the group was headed to

a nearby hydropower project where they were working. their pakistani driver was also killed. no group is claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes and they do increase in tear activity and boxed on the aftermath of a terror attack and pakistan's knowles, a group of chinese nationals were killed. the remains of the car at the bottom of the ravine. it's just one of the many attacks pakistan has faced recently last year, around 700 people were killed in more than 300 tear related incidents. a significant increase on the year before. most of the attacks targeted regions along pakistan's border with afghanistan. pakistani officials blaming the majority of the violence on militant groups based in afghanistan is lama, but accused as the ruling f gun taliban, of giving these groups

a safe haven and accusation. afghanistan's leadership has repeatedly denied this month pakistani strikes into afghanistan, regions increase tensions for the pakistan says it was targeting a group which had attacked it. security forces, but couple claims. the strikes killed. 8 civilians is strikes and not the only way that pakistan is retaliating. it often shuts the border between the 2 countries affecting the livelihood of thousands of skins. so probably last year pockets done asked undocumented african refugees to leave the country, costing thousands to flee will be deported. many now believe that in state of policies that punish f going civilians pakistan should engage with the

taliban leadership in a meaningful dialogue as a way to come to the dangerous threat of terrorism, engulfing the regional entities. reminder of our top stories at this hour at least 6 people are believed dead. the, with city of baltimore, maryland for a cargo ship, crashed into a major bridge, causing it to collapse. marilyn's governor said that the ship called the dalai reported the losing power before the crash. and you had that that initial investigation suggested there was an accident. and a u. k. court has to wait a final decision over the extradition of wiki licks founder drooling us off to the us on espionage charges. high court judges say they'll give him a new appeal unless us authorities provide further assurances. his rights will be protected and that he won't face the death penalty. and with that, you're up to date, but to stay tune doc film is up next,

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