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welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: rescue efforts in indonesia as a powerful earthquake kills dozens of people and injures hundreds more, overwhelming local hospitals. hundreds of people are spending the night being treated here in tents outside the hospital building. there is a fear also of after—shocks. iran's footballers show their support for protesters back home by refusing to sing the national anthem before their first match at the world cup. a woman awomana a woman a woman was in the stands with poster saying woman, life in freedom in
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solidarity with protesting back in her country. for many here, this was more than just a football game. there have also been controversies over pro—lg btq armbands, fifa's own ticketing app — and plenty of action on the pitch. we'll bring you up to date with everything happening in qatar. also ahead: a revolutionary new way of helping children born with club feet — it could help tens of thousands of people to walk more easily. the thing about clubfoot treatment as it is super cheap and very easy, doesn't even need highly trained doctors, physiotherapists can do it. and as nasa's artemis spacecraft makes its first orbit of the moon, we hear from a former astronaut about why 50 years after the apollo missions, this really matters.
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in south east asia, where officials in indonesia say the number of people killed in an earthquake is now 62. it had previously been reported that 162 people had been killed, but authorities say that number is unconfirmed. there are fears the death toll could continue to rise, however. many hundreds have been injured. the epicentre of the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 5.6, was on the island of java, not far from the capital, jakarta. one of the worst affected areas is chianjur — a densely populated part of the island. from there, our correspondent valdya baraputi reports. have you found her? 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 —
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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. 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 and in a constant, chaotic stream of ambulances. with aftershocks still being felt, they were laid down on tarpaulins outside the hospital, with nurses treating them as best as they could. translation: all of our medical personnel, - including those on days off and not on shift, have come on duty. this hospital is absolutely overflowing with the people
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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. translation: my two children were playing in the house, - and i was upstairs getting laundry. i fell on top of this 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.
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let's take a look at the latest pictures coming out of the affected area. the aid agency world vision provided these images, showing damage to homes and schools. the agency says many buildings were not well constructed, and were ill prepared to deal with a disaster of this magnitude. it is just after 9am there. we can cross to indonesia now and speak to yuventa from the aid agency world vision. what is the latest on what we are very saddened because yesterday it happened we are finding more victims more affected people, the number is increasing. lip affected people, the number is increasing-— increasing. up to today 162 eo - le
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increasing. up to today 162 peeple died. _ increasing. up to today 162 people died, we _ increasing. up to today 162 people died, we are - increasing. up to today 162 people died, we are really| increasing. up to today 162 i people died, we are really sad the majority of them are children, more than 2,800 houses are very damaged, many of the schools impacted, more than 300 people really injured, 13,000 people are displaced right now. 13,000 people are displaced right "ow-— 13,000 people are displaced riaht now. . ., ., ' ~ right now. that death toll 162 eo - le right now. that death toll 162 peeple coming _ right now. that death toll 162 people coming from - right now. that death toll 162 people coming from local - people coming from local officials, the national disaster agency says only 62, i say only, that are still lots of people will but much more than 62, is there quite a lot of confusion between rescuers and authorities? i think to venter, we have lost you, i don't know if you can still hear me. what is the picture between the rescuers on the ground when it comes to confusion over who is co—ordinating things and death tolls? i think,
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co—ordinating things and death tolls? ithink, we co—ordinating things and death tolls? i think, we have lost the sound, we will try and come back to you we will move on for the time being, juventa. we will come back to that story. let's turn to the world cup now, and monday was a day dominated by politics off the pitch — as well as the action on it. starting with the results — there were three games. the netherlands scored two late goals to beat senegal — putting them alongside ecuador at the top of group a. england scored six, beating iran — leaving them top in group b after the first round of matches, because a late equaliser for wales gave them a draw with the us. but there were some issues with ticketing. these fans said the official app, which should've helped them get into the match between iran and england, wasn't working properly — and many were not inside the ground when it kicked off. in a statement, fifa called on ticket holders to check the email accounts they used to register with the ticketing app for instructions
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and to visit the stadiums ticket resolution point if they needed more help. but perhaps the biggest talking points came with the players and what they didn't do. england's captain harry kane, and his welsh counterpart gareth bale, both reversed their decision to wear this — the one—love armband — after fifa said they would be booked if they did. homosexuality is illegal in the host nation qatar — fifa said it would allow captains to wear a �*no discrimination�* armband instead, if they chose to. and then more politics as iran came on to the pitch, and lined up for their national anthem before their game with england. but instead of singing, the players stayed silent, in what's being seen as a gesture of solidarity for anti—government protesters in their home country. none of the players have commented formally. iranian state tv cut its coverage of the anthem and switched to a previously shown wide shot of the stadium.
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with the latest from doha, here's shaimaa khalil. it was impossible to escape the politics of this game. and the most extraordinary moment came from iran's players, refusing to sing the national anthem, a move that could have serious consequences from them because it appears to side with the anti—government protesters. the players have come under a great deal of pressure and criticism lately for not showing enough support. even before the kick—off, emotions were high — many with a clear message about why they were here. i'm not cheering for the islamic republic, i'm not cheering for them because they're representing islamic republic. i'm here to support my country, my homeland, iran. at the moment, the regime, they are killing kids, they are killing children. i'm not coming here to support them. i we are just coming here to be the voice of people in iran. . since the protests started, more -
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than 400 people have been killed. _ the match itself was disappointing for iran, but the country's political turmoil could also be felt throughout. there were gestures of defiance, with the slogan of the protests, "women, life, freedom" written on this iranian flag. while most iranian fans cheered relentlessly for their team, some others could be heard chanting "bisharaf", which means "dishonourable" — a word used to criticise the security forces. a woman was in the stands with a small poster saying "women, life, freedom," in solidarity with protesters back in her home country. for many here, this was more than just a football game. today anti—government protests continued, as did the violent crackdown against those taking to the streets. human rights activists say 400 people were killed and thousands arrested since the protests started in september, triggered by the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini. she had been detained for allegedly not wearing her
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headscarf properly. her death became a crying call against the oppression of women. the reverberations of this movement have been felt across the globe, and now they've echoed here, on one of the world's biggest stages. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, doha. much more on the world cup from our teams there throughout the tournament and you can keep up to date with all of the action, and read up on the background to the matches and much more on our website. just log on to bbc.com/news — or go via the bbc app. more now on our main story this hour — the devastating earthquake in indonesia. we've re—established the line to jakarta, tojuventa from the aid agency world vision. what kind of aid to people on the ground need? what kind of support do they need at the moment?—
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support do they need at the moment? , ., , , moment? the primary need is the medical aid _ moment? the primary need is the medical aid because _ moment? the primary need is the medical aid because many - moment? the primary need is the medical aid because many people| medical aid because many people are injured, we also need tarpaulin, we need water, food, they cannot bathe at their home right now. we they cannot bathe at their home riaht now. ~ , , ., , right now. we see these images of buildings _ right now. we see these images of buildings devastated, - right now. we see these images of buildings devastated, java - of buildings devastated, java is one of the biggest islands in indonesia does have a number of hospitals, what kind of condition are they in, what is the infrastructure like? in cianjur. — the infrastructure like? in cianjur, now because there are so many people injured, the hospitals are really full, they are also getting medical aid, at the centre, from the government, i think the infrastructure many roads are actually closed, so access is really hard, it's very
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difficult to go there because of the land slide. it's also very difficult to get aid to the affected area in cianjur because of these conditions. what are your teams prioritising on the ground at the moment?— the moment? our staff is already going _ the moment? our staff is already going there - the moment? our staff is already going there we i the moment? our staff is l already going there we are bringing some medical aid, tarpaulins to go there, we also are doing assessment together with the government to know what kind of aid that will be really needed as soon as possible and we will send our medical aid and also other aid needed to the affected area. juventa, from world vision, joining us from indonesia. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: warnings of a life—threatening winter in ukraine, because of power shortages. we'll have the latest
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from kyiv. 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 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world". angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, - easily securing _ the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot—air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed 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 19605. it was an alliance
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that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: rescue efforts in indonesia as a powerful earthquake kills dozens of people and injures hundreds more, overwhelming local hospitals. iran's footballers show their support for protesters back home by refusing to sing the national anthem before their first match at the world cup. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has called on his country to try to limit its use of energy, after what he says has been systematic damage to ukraine's energy grid by russian attacks. there have been what he described as unscheduled power cuts due to what he says is a higher level of consumption than can be provided for.
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translation: of course, energy workers, translation: of course, energy workers. utility — translation: of course, energy workers, utility workers, - workers, utility workers, rescuers and everyone involved are working at their maximum but the systematic damage to our energy network by the attacks of russian terrorists is so significant that all of our people and businesses should be very frugal and try to spread consumption across the day. mr zelensky�*s appeal comes as the world health organization warned that millions of ukrainians face a life—threatening winter because of those power shortages. the who says it's also verified more than 700 attacks on ukraine's health infrastructure, including hospitals, since the war began. half of ukraine's energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed stop the 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.
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let's put that into context now, here's our correspondent in kyiv, jessica parker. what officials are saying is these attacks, as they put them, include health services, medical supplies as well but that it medical supplies as well but thatitis medical supplies as well but that it is not up to them to define whether that damage might have been deliberate or not or indeed which side may have committed it but more broadly as well, something the who was talking about is how the colder temperatures are sitting in as we get into winter, and the damage to the
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energy infrastructure is of course also of concern given how vital it is to provide energy to health services and the who's regional director for europe was also speaking about how those core temperatures can cause lead to respiratory infections people across the as well is a number of other conditions so the who really trying to blag as others have those concerns about what winter could mean notjust for the conflict but actually the health of people in everyday ukraine as well. i want to tell you about this story now, where every year 200,000 babies are born with clubfoot, which means they have twisted feet. early diagnosis and treatment yields the best results. but in developing countries, lack of access to treatment leaves many people unable to walk without pain.
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in senegal, where only 20% of cases get treated, experts have been perfecting a non—invasive technique that works on older children too. here's our global health correspondent, naomi grimley. 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
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who'd already learnt to walk on a twisted foot might have been told surgery was the only option, whereas this 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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he'll need physiotherapy to learn to walk again. but look at the progress on his feet. that dream of playing football is coming within reach. naomi grimley, bbc news, dakar. nasa's artemis spacecraft has arrived at the moon, and begun its first orbit. these are pictures from space. the capsule is flying above 130 kilometres above the lunar surface and was out of contact for 3h minutes as it passed the far side of the moon. former astronaut chris hadfield, whose 20—year career in space saw him command the international space station, gave us his thoughts about what the artemis mission means for future space exploration. it's been a long time since a
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vehicle that could carry people was that close to the surface of the moon. to me that is hugely exciting. when i was a boy, that's when people first went to the moon so exploration and settlement, it always takes time. to me it is wonderful that we have the technology now to be able to get that close and the doors that it is opening stop in some of those images not only can you see the surface of the earth but you can, the surface of the moon, but you can look back and see the entire earth as one place. just an amazing perspective. dr ken kramer is a research scientist and founder of the space up close website. hejoins us now from florida. good to see you. you were at the launch, how was it? it was absolutely _ the launch, how was it? it was absolutely spectacular. - the launch, how was it? it was absolutely spectacular. we've | absolutely spectacular. we've waited for this moment for the years since the end of the apollo programme with apollo 17 astronauts, so it was wonderful to be there, electric in the air stopping this sls rocket is more powerful than apollo by about 20% so it was extremely
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loud and it turned night into day, literally stop it was so bright it overwhelmed all our cameras but it's got our dreams going back to the moon and that is really important for the future quite you mentioned the future quite you mentioned the future and tell us more about what this means for future travel, why this is so important? this mission has to succeed, the rocket has to succeed, the rocket has to succeed and orion has to succeed and orion has to succeed because there is only three mannequins on board, no people stopping the next mission item who will have four people but that can only happen if this mission goes perfectly. so the primary objective beyond launching the rocket is to orbit around the moon and bring the orion capital back to earth. is going to hit the earth. is going to hit the earth at 25,000 miles an hour and then it will descend through the atmosphere, slowdown three parachutes and land safely in the pacific ocean off the coast of california and they want to recover that capsule and see how it did and that is the
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primary objective. recover this capsule so that we can send astronauts next time, in about two years, 202a. astronauts next time, in about two years, 2024.— two years, 2024. that sounds like a bit _ two years, 2024. that sounds like a bit of — two years, 2024. that sounds like a bit of a _ two years, 2024. that sounds like a bit of a bumpy - two years, 2024. that sounds like a bit of a bumpy landing, | like a bit of a bumpy landing, what is it we hope to get out of the artemis mission? well, it is going _ of the artemis mission? well, it is going to _ of the artemis mission? well, it is going to hit _ of the artemis mission? well, it is going to hit the _ it is going to hit the atmosphere at 25,000 miles but when it actually splashes down in the ocean it is just a few miles an hour, the parachutes in the atmosphere actually slow it, but it is coming in faster than the space shuttles which are about 17,000 miles copy so what this will do as it will prove that the orion capsule is safe to send humans on, so that will set up artemis two which will set up artemis two which will circle around the moon, orbit around the moon, flyby if thatis orbit around the moon, flyby if that is successful we will lend people on the moon, the first woman in the first person of colour may be a few years after that, maybe as soon as 2025,
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maybe a little bit later. so we want to put our astronauts back on the moon but that can only happen if this mission goes successfully and then set up the next ocean, artemis two, looping around the moon. so eventually we want to have a base on the moon so it is a progression of ever more ambitious missions and in this eventually will lead to mars, sending humans to mars in the 20 305. �* , , , , 20 305. and 'ust very briefly, what is 20 305. and just very briefly, what is point _ 20 305. and just very briefly, what is point in _ 20 305. and just very briefly, what is point in this? - 20 305. and just very briefly, what is point in this? we - 20 305. and just very briefly, | what is point in this? we have bigger problems closer to home we should be on, no reseller we have a lot of problems on earth and we should be solving them but we have to advance our technology and if we don't do that, i'm a medical research is just had a story on about medical research, so we need to push the bounds of technology everywhere. we can'tjust sit here on earth and not advance, otherwise we will cease as a species. so we must move forward, both at home and in space and we must maintain our leadership in space so we maintain our leadership over our adverse areas like china because they are definitely
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going. we will have to leave it there, thank you very much for making the time for us. that's all from us for now, thanks for watching, goodbye. 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
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pressure move in to the uk and kind of stall as they've 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 patchier, 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. 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
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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 14 over the weekend in cardiff.
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hello, this is bbc news, our top stories that our. rescue efforts are under way in indonesia after a powerful earthquake struck the island of java. it had previously been reported that 162 people had been killed but authorities say that number is unconfirmed. hundreds of people are injured, overwhelming local hospitals. indonesia stop around's footballers have refused to show solidarity two stop none have commented formally, state tv cut coverage of the anthem and switched to a wide shot of the stadium. ukrainians are
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facing the darkest days of the war so far according

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