tv Newsday BBC News November 22, 2022 12:00am-12:30am GMT
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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the desperate search for survivors in indonesia, as a devastating earthquake kills more than 162 people, reducing many buildings to rubble. hospitals in west java province are now overwhelmed, with at least 700 people being treated, here in tents outside of the hospital building. there is a fear, too, of dangerous aftershocks. we'll bring you the very latest on those ongoing rescue efforts. also on the programme...
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iran's footballers have shown their support for protesters back home by refusing to sing the national anthem before their first match at the world cup. ukrainians are facing the darkest days in the war so far according to the world health organization as the country struggles with the description of its energy grid. and as nasa's artemis spacecraft makes its first orbit of the moon, we hearfrom a former astronaut about what life 50 years after the apollo missions. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. rescue workers in west java province have been working through the night to look for survivors
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of a devastating earthquake which has already killed 162 people. the 5.6 magnitude quake struck near the town of cianjur in an area which is densely populated and vulnerable to landslides. we are told the hospitals are now overwhelmed as at least 700 people are being treated with injuries, many of them serious. our correspondent valdya baraputri reports from chianjur. as the shaking subsided, shocked residents stood out on the streets of cianjur to take in the damage done to their homes. it was extensive. by indonesian standards, this was not an especially powerful earthquake, but it was shallow — close to the earth's surface, enough to cause hundreds of buildings to collapse as it struck in the afternoon. translation: when it. happened, i was sleeping, but all of a sudden, my bed shook and i ran outside. houses had collapsed.
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as officials tried to coordinate rescue efforts for areas which are still cut off, the injured were brought to the area's main hospital by any means possible — some carried, others in the back of trucks this hospital is absolutely overflowing with the people injured following the earthquake. hundreds of people are spending the night being treated here in tents outside of the hospital building. there is a fear, too, of dangerous aftershocks. some fear they have lost loved ones.
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translation: my two children were playing in the house, - and i was upstairs getting laundry _ i fell on top of thisl child, but the other one is still missing. my house is flattened to the ground. - two of my children survived. i dug them out myself. so, now, a race to find survivors — in shattered neighbourhoods without power, without water. earthquakes are not unusual here, but this one appears to have been more destructive than most, leaving so many villages isolated, so many lives lost, so many homes to rebuild. valdya baraputi, bbc news, cianjur. the quake had a magnitude of 5.4 and struck near towns i'm joined by troy panto from to save the children indonesia. thank you so much forjoining
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us at a time when your teams must be so busy trying to get two people —— to people who have been hurt. what are people telling you about the situation on the ground?— telling you about the situation on the ground? well, thank you for the questions. _ on the ground? well, thank you for the questions. a _ on the ground? well, thank you for the questions. a lot - on the ground? well, thank you for the questions. a lot of - on the ground? well, thank you for the questions. a lot of our i for the questions. a lot of our impact, at the moment, save the children in indonesia, so we need to ensure the appropriate care and the well—being of the children. because of the race, people have been separated from their parents and caregivers, and hard to find balance during this temporary settlement. lats this temporary settlement. lots of concerns. _ this temporary settlement. lots of concerns, i _ this temporary settlement. lots of concerns, i have _ this temporary settlement. lots of concerns, i have you - this temporary settlement. lots of concerns, i have you pointed out. in terms of the conditions of some of the children, what
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can you tell us about the situation? fist can you tell us about the situation?— can you tell us about the situation? �* ., situation? at the moment, we are still sending _ situation? at the moment, we are still sending are _ are still sending are assessment team to assess the real situations in cianjur. there are still reports, but we are attempting to give a messianism of family and reunification �*s —— a mechanism. and ensuring an appropriate alternative care for children and their long—term care. so, we are still awaiting our team, who are doing the assessments in the locations of.— are doing the assessments in the locations of. what are some ofthe the locations of. what are some of the most _ the locations of. what are some of the most urgent _ the locations of. what are some of the most urgent priorities - of the most urgent priorities right now, do you think, in
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terms of what children need? you've talked about the psychological care that i'm sure they will need going forward, but do they need clean water? is that other supplies, that sort of thing?— that sort of thing? that's correct _ that sort of thing? that's correct. the _ that sort of thing? that's correct. the basic - that sort of thing? that's correct. the basic needs| that sort of thing? that's . correct. the basic needs and also the health care that they need to give their assistance. that's number one. number two is about the accommodations. that's why one of our plan is to send tents for the families in cianjur. a third is about how they can receive the psychological support because we received a report that not much children get the impact of
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disasters in cianjur. tm? disasters in cian'ur. troy pantou. h disasters in cian'ur. troy pantou, thank_ disasters in cianjur. troy pantou, thank you - disasters in cianjur. troy pantou, thank you so . disasters in cianjur. troy i pantou, thank you so much disasters in cianjur. troy - pantou, thank you so much for joining us and i wish you and your teams the very best of luck in your rescue efforts going forward.— luck in your rescue efforts going forward. and there's lots more on the bbc website on this story, including detailed maps of where the epicentre of the earthquake struck and how widely it was felt across the island of java. that's on bbc.com/news, or simply download the bbc news app. the bbc news app. that is of course if you haven't done so already. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. authorities in colorado springs have identified the five victims who were fatally wounded at a lgbtq nightclub over the weekend. in announcing their names, the colorado police chief said he hoped to take attention away from the suspect and re—focus it on the victims.
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the suspect is being held on murder and hate crimes charges. the world's largest book publisher, at least one person has been killed and i7 at least one person has been killed and 17 other injured when a vehicle crash into an apple store in boston, massachusetts. the driver has been taken into custody. lawyers for a woman who left the uk as a team tojoin the islamic state group have told a court that she was a victim of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. she went to syria in 2015 when she was 15 years old and had her uk citizenship removed four years later. a five—day hearing is considering a challenge to it reinstated. the world's largest book publisher, penguin random house, and its rival, simon and schuster, have scrapped plans to merge. the deal would have been worth more than $2 billion. it was blocked last month
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by a court in the us. let's turn to the world cup now and a day dominated by politics off the pitch, as well as the action on it. iran's team refused to sing their country's national anthem in support of protestors back home. meanwhile, england — along with six other european teams — abandoned plans to wear armbands in support of gay rights. that was after fifa said such a move would breach the rules and warned players they would receive a yellow card. england won that match 6—2 whilst wales and the usa drew i—all and the netherlands beat senegal 2—0. lucy hockings has more from doha. it was an incredibly powerful and symbolic moment when the iranian team stood there in silence as their national anthem wrung out across the stadium. they were under a huge amount of pressure from the protest movement at home and abroad to make a statement, and this is what they chose to do in solidarity
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with the anti—regime protesters back in iran. i was speaking to the head of amnesty international, and she said it's very important when fans are watching the match, they realise the possible risk that those players took in making such a statement. i want to tell them to think about the iranian team notjust as not just as the notjust as the bursaries of a football game. not just as the adversaries of a football game, but as young men who have taken incredible risks today. they've taken an incredible risk by refusing to sing the anthem. i want the fans to think about them, because when they have to go back to iran, they could get arrested, they could get tortured, they could get sentenced to death, as many protesters have been. 58 children in iran have died. that cannot be evacuated from the stadium. this is arguably the biggest
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platform in the world that the anti—regime protesters are going to have. there are many iranians with big expectations of their players, and some living abroad who just want these players to do more. i was watching some of the action from people inside the reaction from people inside of iran and social media. it's unbelievable. people are celebrating losing their own national team. so, they were celebrating winning of england team against their national team. why? because they don't consider this team as their national team, they consider it as an islamic republic. remember, it wasjust a couple days ago these went and shook the hand of the president of iran, the same hand that has cracked down hard on those protesters. these athletes have been under a lot of criticism. so, do i think this
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is enough for people or for these athletes to make iranian people happy? i don't know. we'll see what happens next few days, but i think people expect solidarity while teenagers are getting killed in this difficult situation. a massive moment for wales today, who played in the first world cup match in more than 60 years. i've been speaking to welsh football legend, who told us what this moment meant. as welsh people, we are very much our own country- and we are very proud l of everything welsh and everything that the country, as the history, the people, i everything that's part of the welsh set—up i and that welsh tradition. and i know people in. wales are just so proud. when it comes to football — they love their rugby, -
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but when it comes to football especially, _ it's just something that i they're extra proud about. i'm sure it's going - to be exactly the same over this next period. watching whales in the world cup — officials would like everybody to concentrate on the football and what is happening on the pitch. there are still so many controversies here. but on day three, we will see the of the superstars — lionel messi is playing for argentina. we'll have to wait and see if maybe the world's attention for a moment is just drawn to what is happening on the pitch. still to come on the program— we'll tell you why president biden has been pardoning turkeys for the white house.
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president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number ten to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is generally's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. —— germany's. attempts to fly a hot air - balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed i to mind very much. as one local comic put it, it's not hot air- we need, it's hard cash. cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s, it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis.
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this is newsday on the bbc. the desperate search for survivors in indonesia asa devastating earthquake killed more than 160 people. i ran�*s footballers show their support for protesters back home by refusing to sing the natural anthem before their first match of the world cup. —— national anthem. let's turn to ukraine now. the world health organization has warned that ukraine's health system is "facing its darkest days in the war so far". the who says that millions of people in ukraine face a life—threatening winter because of russia's destruction of the country's energy grid. its european regional director, hans kluge, who is in kyiv, said that the organisation had verified more than seven verified more than 700 attacks on ukraine's health infrastructure, including hospitals, since the war began — which he said was a clear breach of international law. he called for a "humanitarian
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health corridor" to be created to all areas of ukraine. this winter will be life—threatening for millions of people in ukraine. the devastating energy crisis, the deepening mental health emergency, constrains on humanitarian access and the risk of viral infections will make this winter a formidable test for the ukraine health system and the ukraine people, but also for the world in its commitment to support ukraine. the country is facing a crisis on top of a crisis, brought on by the war. half of ukraine's intro structure is either damage or destroy. half of ukraine's infrastructure
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damaged or destroyed. this is already having knock—on effects on the health system and on the people's health. put simply, this winter will be about survival. our correspondent jessica parker is also in kyiv and gave this update. of course, temperatures here are getting colder, and that's something that the world health organization was pointing to, especially because of the damage there has been to energy infrastructure, energy needed, of course, for vital health care services. and as well with plummeting temperatures and people less able, potentially, to heat their homes, there are warnings as well that people could be more vulnerable to certain conditions. but they used some pretty strong language in this world health organization briefing. hans kluge, who's the who's europe regional director, was talking about figures that he said the un agency had verified of 703 attacks on health infrastructure since the war began. now, the who's definition and attack is quite broad — it says it defines it as any attack or any act of verbal or physical violence, threat of violence or other psychological violence, or obstruction that interferes
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with the availability, access, and delivery of health services. but they said they had verified 703 incidents of this kind. officials saying, though, in terms of those figures, it's not up to them to define whether those attacks might have been deliberate or not or indeed who may have committed them. but i think a further message, overall, today of the concern about the onset of winter and the impact it could have on people across ukraine, both in the region is occupied by russian forces and those that are not. —— the regions. every year, 200,000 babies are born with club foot, which means they have twisted feet. early diagnosis and treatment yields the best results. but in developing countries, lack of access leaves many people unable to walk without pain. and senegal, were only 20% of cases get treated, experts have
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been perfecting a noninvasive technique that works on older children. at 1a, sirinya relies on his mother to take him to clinic, but she'll do whatever it takes for a son who was born with both feet twisted inwards. he has clubfoot, a congenital condition affecting one in 800. this is how he used to walk. he's always dreamed of being a footballer. translation: some people said he wouldn't walk, - that he was incurable. in school, kids teased him about his feet. one time, he refused to go to class for three days. it caused me real heartache. senegalese medics are among those leading the way in treating older children using this so—called ponseti method. before, a child who'd already learnt to walk on a twisted foot might have been told surgery was the only option, whereas this
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is mostly non—invasive. in another clinic outside the capital, they're identifying cases as early as possible. it was the original idea of this treatment, which helps to manoeuvre the feet to face forwards. the medical team rely on word of mouth to get parents to bring their babies in. translation: so, this child is only 13 days old. - this is her second cast. so, this means she's received treatment from the start of her life. it makes healing easier and the feet are very flexible when they're young. the thing about clubfoot treatment is it's super cheap and actually very easy. it doesn't even need highly—trained doctors. physiotherapists can do it, too. a week later, sirinya is back at the clinic to have the 20th pair of casts taken off. a minor operation was also required to release the achilles tendon. now, each foot is in position.
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the whole idea is to test out everything that it can and should do in advance of people, and the next flight will have people on board.— and the next flight will have people on board. if the next fliuht is people on board. if the next flight is meant _ people on board. if the next flight is meant to _ people on board. if the next flight is meant to have - people on board. if the next i flight is meant to have people on board, what's the ambition here for people in the future? when i grew up, i watched the last apollo landings in high school, and we went to the moon for geopolitical reasons. now, as we go back, although this is an american mission, the piece of hardware was built by europe and it has manikins in research from others countries on board. this took place people on the moon and will be an international effort. it's part of a larger thing. there is something called the artemis accords, which has a star trek ring to it on purpose, where 21 countries have all come
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together to work on this. so, the idea here is, yeah, we've done this before, but for two thirds of humanity, have not seen anybody walk out of the world. this is the first moon programme for them. i don't want to be — programme for them. i don't want to be a _ programme for them. i don't want to be a damper - programme for them. i don't want to be a damper here, i programme for them. i don't i want to be a damper here, but i have to ask and i'm sure many of the audience might be wondering as well — with so many problems on earth, is this really where humanity's efforts are best placed? you really where humanity's efforts are best placed?— are best placed? you can ask that and it — are best placed? you can ask that and it has _ are best placed? you can ask that and it has been - are best placed? you can ask that and it has been put - are best placed? you can ask that and it has been put to i that and it has been put to space people for half a century. but india, a country that has a lot of economic issues, is racing to send probes to the moon and to mars. many countries in the middle east, africa. what you see now is something may be in the west, you and i get a little blase. why is it that these other countries who have never done it so much want to do it? it's a matter of prestige,
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technology and also, it really does have the inspirational and motivational factor on people. it is part of a broader issue where you and i are talking over a satellite, whether they keep us safe, etc. there's a bigger picture to this. going to the moon is also part of what humans do. we want to explore. it's notjust explore. it's not just americans explore. it's notjust americans or russians or europeans, its people in ghana, malaysia and wherever else. to me, that's what's important. president biden has pardoned two turkeys, continuing a tradition of letting some birds off the hook for thanksgiving. this year's turkeys, chocolate and chip come from north carolina. this came one day after president biden turned 80, becoming the first to hit that milestone.— 80, becoming the first to hit that milestone. the votes are in. that milestone. the votes are in- they've — that milestone. the votes are in. they've been _ that milestone. the votes are in. they've been counted - that milestone. the votes are in. they've been counted and | in. they've been counted and verified. there is no bowel
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stuffing, there's no foul play. the only red wave this season is going to be a german shepherd commander knocked over the cranberry sauce this thanksgiving.— the cranberry sauce this thanksgiving. the cranberry sauce this thanksuuivin. ., . thanksgiving. thanks so much for watching. _ hello again. yesterday wasn't the most inspiring of autumn days. for many, it was cloudy and wet. we had some strong and gusty winds, and it felt quite cold as well. that was how the skies looked in staffordshire as the rain came down — the rain even brought a bit of localised flooding to some of the a roads in cornwall and kent. now, so far this month, the wettest weather has been across the eastern side of the uk. aboyne has seen more than double the amount of rainfall this november, and we've seen nearly twice as much rain in shoreham in sussex. the tables were turned, though, on monday, with the wettest weather affecting western areas — lough fea 31mm in northern ireland. now, over recent times, we have seen areas of low pressure move in to the uk and kind of stall as they've
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run up against this area of high pressure that's stayed to the north and east of the uk. that's kind of what's happening at the moment, really. yesterday's area of low pressure still with us at the moment, although it is weakening in situ. we're seeing outbreaks of rain generally turning a little bit lighter and patchy, maybe a little bit of mist and fog over the pennines, cold enough for a nip of frost into rural sheltered parts of scotland, but most starting the day on a frost—free note. through tuesday, across central and eastern england, where we start off on a damp note, it should turn a bit brighter. still showers across northern and eastern areas of scotland, one or two showers running down the irish sea, just clipping pembrokeshire and also devon and cornwall, where it will be quite a windy day. temperatures 7—11 celsius, but not feeling quite as chilly. for most of us, the winds won't be as strong as they were yesterday.
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now, for wednesday, the wind starts to pick up once again, another band of rain coming up the atlantic, this one moving its way northwards and eastwards. it will be followed by a mixture of sunshine and showers, but there'll be quite a lot of showers across western areas as we head into the afternoon. temperatures not really changing too much, about seven again in the north to about 11 or 12 across southern parts of england and wales. we've got more rain in the forecast for thursday. this area of rain looks to be quite a slow—moving band as it extends its way gradually eastwards. could see some localised flooding impacting from that, just one or two areas, and we'll start to see those temperatures just picking up across parts of england and wales, 12—13 celsius the high. into the weekend and next week, it does stay on the unsettled side, the winds turn more to the south—westerly direction, so temperatures just coming up, perhaps 1a over the weekend in cardiff.
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