what's the solution. what are world leaders or governments missing. up front with me. taiwan's worst train crash in decades the number of dead is rising and some people are trapped. there and given al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. several people have died in a fire near a revered a refugee camp in bangladesh. we got addicted and. tried really hard to. break that addiction. george floyd's girlfriend

testifies about their drug battles of the trial of the former policeman accused of his murder. the u.n. says more than half of cameron's women and girls have experienced sexual violence with accused of using rape as a weapon of war. at least 48 people have now been confirmed dead in a taiwan train crash came off the tracks inside a tunnel just north of the city of the n carrying about 350 passengers shell about us as the latest. in the. rescue a scramble to reach people trapped after this train came off the tracks on friday morning the front of the train had passed through a tunnel when it derailed the back carriage is still inside the tunnel with the brunt of the damage. this woman yells carriage for courage for

has everyone come out there were 350 passengers on board when it crashed and portable judy you could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped it and i didn't i held on it and such you don't know we're fine but some of the passengers in our compartment were injured. risk us struggled inside the narrow tunnel trying to reach. the injured from inside the crumbled carriages the train's roof became the main access point for rescue is and for passengers to escape oh oh god. was killed there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the aisle side and i was thrown to the floor initial report suggested the train slammed on its brakes after a truck fell from a cliff and landed on the tracks its taiwan's worst train disaster in over 3

decades the last major rail crash happened in 2018 when an express train derailed killing 18 people the accident came on the 1st day of the 4 day 2 sweeping festival an annual event where people travel to their hometowns to see family and worship at the graves of their ancestors shelob ellis al-jazeera. adrian brown is monitoring developments and joins us from hong kong adrian this is a developing situation what's the latest. well kim this accident happened just after 9 am local time so what about 8 hours ago and ever since then a frantic rescue operation has been taking place the focus of that operation the tunnel where at least 4 carriages folded into one another after the train struck an object as it entered the tunnel now it's very difficult for emergency workers because the tunnel is very narrow it's just a single track railway line in that part of taiwan so it's been very hard for them

to actually just move around now some passengers managed to get out by basically smashing the carriage windows others managed to get out through access points in the roof now that we know according to taiwan's central news agency that some 232 people were able to walk away from the train after it became derailed and according to the agency 48 people are now confirmed dead and a 118 injured this is without doubt taiwan's worst rail accident the last really bad one was back in 1981 when 30 people were killed now this area is one of the most beautiful in taiwan it's extremely scenic but it's also very very mountainous which of course has been making it difficult for risk you teams to get there but taiwan's government has been throwing everything at this soldiers

police fire crews and bunions crews anyone who can help is there helping in this national tragedy now the railway is actually owned in taiwan by the government and a short time ago a spokesman for taiwan's ro ways confirmed he said that the accident was caused by one of its service fear cools falling from a work site on to the track and then falling near the entrance to the tunnel he could knicks. plane how this vehicle sled slid down onto the track but he has confirmed that that is how this accident was was cool so that clearly is going to be the focus of a big inquiry what is so tragic is that this accident has happened as chinese people not just in taiwan but around the world planning to mark what is known as the ching ming religious festival and this is when people return to their homes to

visit the graves of their ancestors and it's fair to assume that many of the people who were on mount train were planning to do just that ok adrian brown so now thank you 3 people are confirmed to have been killed by a fire near a refugee camp in bangladesh it broke out in the early hours of the morning and has now been brought under control it happened less than 2 minutes after a huge fire nearby which destroyed thousands of tents killed at least 15 people. very has the latest from the capital dhaka. well this happened somewhere our early morning local time 430 in a bazaar which is just into the. refugee camp now this is a bazaar we have visited before there are a lot of local host shopkeepers as well as throwing out the shop there for dry fish grain vegetables fruits and other stuff many of them actually own small shops there so so far we can come from officially at least 3 people are dead their bodies were

found we don't know if there's any more dead. people that there's a big sign in there owing a refugee camp i've been talking to many of our contacts in the temple last several days there's been smaller incidents off fired from from last incident on. march 22 which was devastating tens of thousands there 15 killed now they're saying the smaller incidents of fires were not deadly few houses rather were burned but they're concerned that this is becoming an ongoing trend it could be an arson it could be something else but there is been one growing a lady was arrested and detained because she was caught during an arson attack so this is a major concern there's been. there's been fire in january. a major cause for concern and also many of their anger has been shifted.

yesterday few 1000 growing as were taken there there's already 14000 there. told for its girlfriend has spoken about the company to take courtney ross testified on the 4th day of the trial of a former police officer accused of floyd's drug use is expected to become a focus when the defense presents its case links gabriel and his own to reports from minneapolis and a warning some of the picture may be disturbing. this image of george floyd adopted by the black lives matter movement after his death is recognized all over the world as a symbol of police brutality and it is based on a selfie kind of this. that's according to george girlfriend courtney ross who was the 1st to testify on day 4 of

the derek show of and murder trial. in her often emotional testimony she described how the pair met in 2017 when floyd was working as a security guard upon questioning she also described how they fell into addiction. of. mine was. it was an apparent attempt by the prosecution to get ahead of a central plank of chauvinists defense team's argument that it was the drugs that killed george floyd and not the officers more than a 9 minute choke hold in their defense attorney eric nelson questioned ross about a drug overdose floyd had in march as

a court session was ongoing ben crump the floyd family attorney released a statement saying in part we fully expected the defense to put george's character and struggles with addiction on trial because that is the go to tactic when the facts are not on your side we are confident that the jury will see past that to arrive at the truth. the jury later heard from paramedics part of the team who arrived at the scene to treat floyd they testified when they arrived show up and still had his knee on floyd's neck and that floyd was unconscious in a living person there should be a poster i do not feel on i suspected. at the moment that you're checking for this crime and haas and the os are still out there and on top of mr white. yes the trial is moving into a new phase instead of heart wrenching testimony from eyewitnesses like what we've

heard most of the week the trial is now shifting into fundamental questions like how george floyd died exactly when and who or what is to blame gabriel's on doe al-jazeera minneapolis. united nations report says more than half of all women and girls in cameroon have been victims of some form of sexual violence and rights groups warn armed forces on are using right as a weapon of war. jamie lee claris lives in maru in cameron's far north region where boko haram is stepping up its attacks but she says it was a neighbor who came to her home and raped her she was 12 at the time when the family found out she was pregnant the baby was taken away from her and jimmy was abandoned . in the world. that my parents choose me out of the house i became a stain for them a source of shame and so close my eyes and hid in the forest according to the u.n.

more than half of women and girls in cameroon have suffered from emotional and sexual violence rights groups say rape is a crime that goes unpunished especially in conflict areas of the far north and the english speaking regions armed groups like booker and security forces have been accused of using rape as a weapon of war the girls themselves are treated as subjects of suspicion you know they they've bought what's called bad blood back into the community it's a big mountain to climb sometimes to get the girls accepted and their children to. consider does as really something to keep on ostracize my room i escaped after being abducted by boko haram fighters who repeatedly raped her and then forced her into marriage where she gave birth to 3 children because of the identity of their father will not recognize them or register them as citizens without documentation

the children cannot go to school. and i found a book was horrible life and here is not easy because of who the father is my children cannot have an education it's a constant battle for us to be accepted by society but i will fight for my children . despite the challenges in child both my room and jimmy have suffered they are trying to rebuild their lives in a country where rape has become not just a weapon of war but a way of robbing young girls of their childhood and their future nicholas hawke al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera india expands its vaccination program some of its poorest people still aren't being an all connected we'll tell you why. 100 years since its birth that pays tribute to the controversial composer revolutionise and though.

more heavy showers across southeast asia as per usual starts to say some rather wet weather also developing around the nicobar islands and the adamant islands a little area of low pressure developing hc which is some flooding rain in across the region for much of southeast asia see usual rash of showers there malaysia seeing some big downpours well too bad in the philippines on saturday lossie fine and dry here with some lovely sunshine coming through but not quite so lovely for the south into nature seeing some heavy downpours and those showers continuing into sunday notice by sunday a little circulation just spring up towards the far northwest of australia that could develop into a tropical lowcock or some wet weather some flooding around the pilbara around the kimberley as well so northern parts of australia we could see want to 2 showers

coming through but for much of us it is fine and dry got a big area of high pressure down towards the southeast keeping it settled and sunny here but around high we are drawing those winds in from the open waters and that will face some showers into that eastern side of queensland as we go on through the next couple of days some of these areas of course already affected by flooding in recent times a saturated ground here that western weather will punch as well little further westwards by the end of the weekend. in some time i can swear students are being bullied abuse and humiliation by their teachers one o one east investigates thailand school scandal on l g c. if you want to help save the world. into your own.

the all. the world. you're watching are just there are a reminder of our top stories this hour a train has derailed in taiwan of killing at least 48 people and injuring dozens rescue workers are trying to free trapped passengers taiwan's it was trying to solve to 3 decades. 3 people are confirmed to have been killed in a fire never had a refugee camp in bangladesh it happened less than 2 weeks after 15 people died in a bigger for. george floyd's girlfriends testified about the couple struggles with

opioid addiction she spoke on the 4th day of the trial of a former police officer accused of his murder. there are reports that 3 suspected rebels have been killed in a gunfight in indian administered kashmir locals say indian security forces raided a village near pol wal-mart in recent years there have been accusations that forces have blown up or set fire to residential buildings where rebels have taken shelter . a build up of russian forces that ukraine's border is causing concern for kiev and its allies and verified social media video appears to show military equipment moving toward areas bordering ukraine including in russian annexed crimea the u.s. has warned russia against intimidating its neighbors. our concern is predicated on russian escalations and aggressions in eastern ukraine of course we would be concerned by any attempts on the part of the russian federation to intimidate its

neighbors and our partners of course ukraine. is among them but the kremlin says it's free to move its military assets around whenever it wants and foreign minister sergei lavrov says of tension is rising in eastern ukraine it's don't russia's fault and you just want to to put our you know the united states addresses ukraine through the lens of geopolitics ukraine close to russia makes russia great russia lift without ukraine is of no global importance i'm leaving the truthfulness of these ideas on the conscious of people professing them as well as their ability to appreciate modern russia president putin said not long ago but the statement is still relevant today for those who would try to start a new war and don't boss will destroy you crime. well here's a short timeline of events leading up to this point in ukraine in favor 2014 the so-called by don revolution so the russia friendly president the to get a coach deposed and the opposition taking paul the next month russian forces

annexed crimea from ukraine prompting a series of western sanctions in april 24th progress in separatist seas parts of the east and beyond us starting the military conflict in ukraine in 2019 t.v. comedian lot of the lewinsky is elected crane's president he and russian president putin agree to exchange prisoners and commit to a ceasefire more recently a ceasefire would donetsk separatists was agreed to in july but that's close to breaking as ukraine acknowledges an escalation in fighting there. well paid to have is a political commentator in kiev and executive director of the eurasia democracy initiative he says the buildup as partly an effort by putin to distract russians from domestic issues this is we are distracted by look at change the narrative we saw that in 2013 and 14 and it's happening now again what i'm encouraged by despite the fact

that this is a serious escalation and there's no doubt is that the russians are provoking both sides and i mean by both sides russia and nato have been signaling that they're prepared to meet each other by force nato has said that it's bolstered its presence in the black sea area and russians have massed their troops around and made clear that these are exercises on the east of the northern border of ukraine and crimea which means that it's in their statement to do it out there i hope this means that our pull out rate will be prevented but once again put in a signal it is not happy if you want to do change the situation in ukraine but we he wants to get all of the present immediately mr selenski has not as pliable as lattimer when they expected him to be inexperienced as he was coming into politics from a completely different area the area of interest in the missile is he has actually

shown some courage and some decisive in this piece of the when he went after the draw russian media empire belonging 'd to one of russia's latin it wouldn't confidence in ukraine closing down the row russian t.v. channels and severely weakening the influence of pro russian never create. prime minister margaret thatcher has now released survived a vote of no confidence which would have forced him to resign however a motion of disapproval has been passed accusing ruto of not telling the truth about coalition talks he said a position for a vocal opponent had been discussed the documents later emerged contradicting his statement. a ship carrying 1200 people who fled violence and all the mozambique as a arrived at the port town of family members who were waiting outside the port to see if their loved ones were among the group stormed to the northern city of palma

a week ago killing hundreds of people. military is fighting to retake it. that 'd i don't know about my son i don't know where he is nothing i haven't been able to eat for a week. and. i'm so tired it was 7 days in the bush is i'm so tired we cross paths several times with the bandits the situation is really bad many are dead. the head of the suez canal already says egypt expects more than a $1000000000.00 in compensation of a cargo vessel block's the canal for nearly a week he says the amount should cover the cost to dislodge the ship losses because of stalled traffic and loss transit but he didn't specify who would be paid the ever given is owned by a japanese firm operated by a taiwanese company registered in panama. india has seen its

largest rise in corona virus infections in 6 months with more than 80000 recorders in 24 hours the government is stepping up efforts to inoculate as many people as possible vaccines are now available to anyone above the age of 45 the aim is to vaccinate 300000000 people by the end of july. everyone should get vaccinated it's absolutely safe as the vaccination campaign now includes everyone over 45 they should get the shots but livy is closing its border with brazil and through the later south american country to increase travel restrictions to stop a rise in corona virus cases of concern about the spread of the more infectious variant 1st identified in brazil living off the putting border towns under lockdown or it's been detected chile is closing all its borders for the month starting monday. graves are being emptied in brazil largest city to make room for

a soaring number of covert $900.00 victims older remains in sao paulo are being moved to other locations officials insists it's standard practice but it's taken on renewed urgency brazil is reporting the highest number of deaths since the pandemic began on average about 3000 people died each day this week the share is inaugurating a new president its 1st democratic and peaceful transfer of power the new leader who is facing a number of challenges to stabilize his country on wednesday the government said it stopped what it called an attempted coup by soldiers at the presidential palace. now live from capitol hill so this of course follows post-election violence an attempted coup as we've mentioned it seems that a new president is in housing a very volatile situation. already the situation was bad.

think about the attacks by boko haram on the border with nigeria the armed groups are crossing in from mali and broken a fossil to a. plan to economic crisis the poverty levels and instability that we just witnessed a few days ago now a lot of people here in the believe that that poor attempt was targeted not at all how much use of whose power or whose cheney are in office expires today but doesn't want to stop him from taking office now he's coming into that role with a lot of problems on his hands structure of structure country the 4 lines are so deep here that he will struggle to deal with not only the security challenges economic and political challenges but also to reunite and believe in themselves this is a country that's struggling with very high poverty level levels but there is some solidarity from the international community as he takes office today we've seen

a lot of heads of state and government diplomats and even the united nations by the way just to go in and insisted that a transitional government must take place and of course the due process of democracy should be allowed to hold in egypt now regarding the court turned many officers have been arrested but what we hear is that the. hour ahead of that coup attempt is still at large. us through what is happening today the events at the inauguration. exactly as these sort of when you have started we have seen diplomats arriving we've also seen heads of states and governments arriving and very shortly we expect the president elect as well as the sitting incumbent president who leaves office today by the way to move in under swearing in takes place immediately after the transfer of power but i'm assuming the responsibility of executive responsibility is to lead this country and from there the hard work starts. thank you for the interest there in the army.

concerts across argentina are marking 100 years since the birth of tango legend piers all of his unconventional approach was criticized during his life now 19 years after his death his legacy is being celebrated today is about reports from when a side is. this is one of the most famous dangle songs worldwide. of you honey no it was written in 1989 by compulsory act of to beat farewell to his father's. argentine a celebrating 100 years of utter b.s. when asked birth with series of concerts and shows in the city of oneness i used. to get into the beatrice is your wife says this is the 1st time the city has paid

tribute to his music. in the beginning he was at war with the city of port his iris don't forget that tango is from born as arias alongside heroic why he said he played music from the city he wanted to revolutionize music he wanted people to know there was more than 3 times for in the beginning he was more respected in europe than in argentina but people here looked at europe and saw him. museums and theatres in the city by putting his musical life on display early on in his career after p.s.o. left music arrangements were criticized by traditional italian musicians some even accused him of killing and walking over to elements of jazz and classical music and created what is now known as more work than it became so successful that he's music is now known around the globe. yes i was born in the province of one of scientists but he's father moved to new york city. it was there where he was given

his 1st abandon iana and since then he never stopped playing it. he rolled over 900 songs to take tango to one you will never. be as tall as music has been played in many of the world's top theaters. and in films and royal weddings. and was a close friend of the my fiddle and also his manager he says took tango to the 21st century. story that also comes after on the basis of don't go manages to create a new universal laws which that everyone understands and feels and you can hear it in so many different scenarios and on the 2nd note of a song you know it's built to a lot he was special and elevated tango vocal. but. his music

is now part of what a sight is a city that he may beginning rejected him but that today celebrates his art. it is have to see that when a site is. you can find much more on our web sites the address for the next is al jazeera dot com. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories a train has derailed in taiwan killing at least 48 people dozens of people were trapped in egypt taiwan's worst train disaster in 3 decades adrian brown is across developments from hong kong a frantic rescue operation has been taking place the focus of that operation the tunnel where at least 4 carriages folded into one another after the train struck a knob.