the, the, this is due to the news life from berlin, a powerful earthquake rocks tie, watts to tremor hit near the eastern set. you ask why the n bringing done buildings on nothing. i power local media, say several people are believed to be trapped. also coming up israel cause the strikes that killed international aid workers in gaza, a grave mistake. israel's army chief says the instance was the result of a misidentified occasion under complex conditions and shouldn't have happened. the

amount of remote walk into the program. a strong earthquake has hit tie one causing damage, nothing of power to tens of thousands. the quick was centered near the city of while in on taiwan eastern coast. at least 2 buildings there have collapsed and there are reports that some people are trapped. the time are also prompted initials, tsunami warnings for taiwan, the philippines, and japan to the database. james schafer and our east asia bureau and ty pay is following the story for us. a short while ago, i asked him for an update about the damage and any victims in taiwan wells. i have already been several pretty strong off the shock since this may know is craig struck at around 8 am local time this morning or thursday, so far as saying that it has been one desk confirmed in the eastern city of holland with another 50 people. so injured, this is the city on the east coast of taiwan most closer to the epi center. and also reports of people trumps in buildings as authorities work to rescue them. this

is really the part of taiwan when most of the troubling images are coming from. we've seen images of land slides taking place in the eastern part of taiwan as far as the council type pay where am is concerned. buildings are shaking pretty pretty violently, but it's so fun, no reports of damage, a metro assistance or from working again. so it will really be the eastern part of taiwan, where, where authorities are working as it relates to the semi conduct your industry. this is something that obviously people will be really concerned about giving the tie one producing so many of the wells, most of on semi conductors. c, s, m. c that, that major company in taiwan has started fall side. there was an evaluation on verified series, but um, operations remain normal. i know patient seems to be on a site and sort of fall by this quake. that's still such a huge impacts across the whole country and not even just taiwan. other countries have also issued sonoma warnings, right? yeah,

that's right. in the media off off of the creek rehab soon. on the warnings coming from japan and also the philippines and some of these items it's really important. the japanese islands are really close to taiwan. some just a few 100 kilometers away from taiwan, the mainland. there was some reports in, in really in the, our, off to the south quake that something on the ways that hit those most south western islands. and those do not mean warnings in ok now of the south west and pretty center of japan has now been lifted. i'm flights always hunting. it's a normal again, no reports of casualties or severe damage. but again, given that we're seeing these really strong off the shots happening really, i'm every hoffman iris or at the moment they are getting people to remain cautious . i'm given not the right of office jobs, could also trigger noticing on me in japan and who's on the philippines. yeah, of course, but i mean, the region isn't exactly a stranger to earthquakes, right. are people generally pretty well prepared?

yeah, taiwan is, is very used to this type of, of seismic activity. many of craig's take place every year. we'll do this as cost is $1.00 of the strongest ones that's taking place. and in 25 years, people are pretty used. so this type of activity that happened some very significant equations, high ones history, which led to a lot of casualties. one of the major ones, they're placing 1999 where more than 2000 people were killed and some 50000 buildings were destroyed. and since now period of time $51.00 has done a lot to enforce straight to regulation of crate proof buildings. and so even when we see of craig's, of this, of this magnitude, the majority of buildings are able to withstand that, that level of shaping. so ad taiwan is used to this a pretty well world machine springs into action when this type of us crate does take place. and we're seeing that come into force now with the government sending more military personnel to the eastern part of taiwan to assist with operations,

dw correspondent james traitor and ty pay. they say that there, thank you so much. i to well over 2000 i with the head of the is really military says an error strikes that killed 7 workers from the child to group . world central kitchen was a grave mistake. ideas chief had c. hey, ladies said an initial investigation indicated the strike resulted from a ms identification under complex conditions. and that it shouldn't have happened is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel deeply regret at the strike . this makes shift kitchen in dropbox is now closed. what is centered kitchen has bought its activities in casa, often is wireless truck. the conway of 8 book goes, displays philistines, heavy lead to light on poor data provided by the us charity. so while the central kitchen not enough,

was feeding many people in providing them with on board. okay. without it, people won't know where to turn. so they will definitely be a lot of funder prices. you are a salesman who works. it footers taken off to the tech, showed to bunch out. i'm like the he goes featuring the and your logo has villas and i'm like, but he go to and you'll see the fields were traveling to us. so we'll call the d conflictions zone and had gone to the moments beforehand that is riley are taught to use the victims of us citizens of australia, the us, canada, poland, and button on the scene in both also could what leaders have condemned the strike. this is completely unacceptable. these is riley government has accepted responsibility for the saying there is

a need for i saw an investigation into what happened here and prime minister netanyahu committed to that this was military. jesus, miss, i didn't duplication led to the 800. why being hit this incident was a grave mistake. it is that there, well, we've come us now with the people of guys. we are sorry for the i need the tension of the home to the members of that been u. c. k. all over 200 humanitarian aid workers have now killed in the war and cause us fueling in good and cause but his right and the best to protect civilians. kate phillips for us. so is vice president of global policy and advocacy at the annual nursing court. i asked her, what impact this era strike would have on guessing much needed aid in 2000? this will be yet another barrier to getting aid into the people in the office

strictly desperately needs. this insurance strike is a tragic illustration of the, the, the security barriers that humanitarian organizations have been raising for the better part of 6 months. now they're effectively no safety guarantees for humanitarian aid workers, which have led to roughly 200 people being killed, including the 7 with world central kitchen over the last day. and unfortunately, this has been a feature of this complex and, and has me humanitarian operations in gaza. among the deadliest in the world in terms of humanitarian work or safety, this has proven to be one of the most difficult places to work. and it has really been a real barrier to getting assistance with the people who desperately need it in gaza . and with world central kitchen, not having suspended their operations on,

on the as well, and other relief group not being allowed to operate in some areas. what aid is actually guessing into casa, right? not, is the answer. your question is, is very little. even if we're not facing all of these challenges, which are of course, the safety and security issues, which we're discussing here around the strikes on the world. central kitchen convoys, there is, there are a number of bureaucratic restrictions, slow entries of a going into gods or destroyed infrastructure, making it difficult to deliver aid and a number of other factors that have basically created a gauntlet to getting assistance inside of gauze dash. but it is also not able to replace the basics of life, which had been cut off in the siege of the cops district since october 7, meaning the cut off of the clean water, electricity, telecommunications, and other things that are vital to people being able to live and as

a result of the siege of gaza and the fact that there are these difficult conditions that have been put in place for the delivery of aid, we now see 1100000 people, that's half of the cost as population on the bring to famine so if we want to see the tide turned on these fan and conditions, we need to see a dramatic change and the security conditions. and also the way that aid is allowed into the cause of stress, which is why we are calling very firmly and loudly for uh, for a ceasefire. because we see it as one of the only ways that we could deliver aid out of scale that would matter in this environment. yeah, of course. okay, so it's for us. so vice president of global policy and advocacy. mercy cor. thank you so much for talking to us on dw, thank you to. well, let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world. synagogues new president

bus 00, my say has been sworn in the 44 year old former office ocean, vigorous sweats last month selections on pledges of radical reform just 10 days after being released from prison. several african leaders attended the swearing in ceremony. turkish officials say at least 29 people have been killed and several others badly injured in a fire at a night club and assembled. the club was closed for renovations, and the victims are believe to be construction workers. authorities are investigating the cause of the police police in finland say a 12 year old child has died and 2 others have been seriously injured after shooting at a school in the science of the country. officers say another 12 year old student opened fire as the secondary school in the city of santa, just outside the capital, helsinki suspect was later arrested. and finally, die hard finds of

a las vegas landmark have been bidding farewell to one of send cities, most faithful tons. the tropicana hotel and casino made famous and movies and tv shows has checked that its last overnight guests before succumbing to the rectangle . later this year, at the end of an era for an american icon, loyal customers joined staff in saying good bye. as las vegas as landmark, tropicana casino and hotel closed its doors for good. when it opened in 1957, it was the place to stay in vegas. even james bond checked in the 1971 film. diamonds are forever. the truck cannot boasted all the latest amenities we had. a lot of people come here. they love tropicana. i was talking about the swimming are amazing. we had one of the best who's in last thing is when i started working here, everybody there were trying to work here was like, you work at the top of general,

how do you get in there? as newer and bigger mega research spring up in vegas. the tropicana retained an error misspelled you, but even his biggest fans acknowledge the times have changed. it's a whole different city. it's vegas reincarnate self every 12 years, which is re makes itself and we mixed. i've been coming here personally since the eighty's. and i've seen all the changes, the tropicana complex is set to be demolished later this year to make way for a new sport studio. part of las vegas as latest efforts to re brand itself as a sports venue. well, just before we go, people in japan's capsule tokyo have been seizing the chance to behold the countries faint cherry blossoms ahead of potential range that could cause the flowers. default residents enters to light, came out to see the blue main cherry trees before the rains were forecast to arrive . the tradition of viewing cherry blossoms is known as a cora and draws huge crowds each year. blossoms in tokyo arrived later than usual

this year due to low temperatures since late february to and here is a reminder of our top story. a strong earthquake has struck taiwan, centered near the eastern set you fall in. at least 2 buildings there have collapsed and there are reports that people are traps and the wreckage to quake also triggered initials, tsunami warnings for taiwan, japan and the philippines. the officials say that danger has largely passed on the head of b is rarely military says, an error striking garza that killed 7 workers from the charge of group world central kitchen was a great mistake piece. has an initial investigation indicated. the stripe resulted from a miss identification under complex conditions for all central kitchen has suspended its operations in gaza after the instance. you're watching the w news next is our documentary series was

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