the good news is our own choices in energy conservation. recycling. and transport can help regional airline find out what you can do today at regional the lines. this is d.w. news coming to you live from berlin a powerful earthquake strikes mexico the second one in as many weeks the death toll from the seven point one magnitude tremor has been rising fast it now stands at more than two hundred clipping many children at

a primary school in mexico city. also in this program don't trump threatens to totally destroy north korea and tear up the around nuclear deal america's president pulls no punches in a confrontational speech to the u.n. general assembly. and churning its way through the caribbean hurricane maria is now barreling towards proto rico which has yet to recover from hurricane just two weeks ago. plus in bonus lee a soccer high flying shocker faced their sternness test yet the season when they took on mighty quiet. fellow i'm terry martin good to have you with us. we begin in mexico where a powerful seven point one magnitude earthquake has killed more than two hundred people mexico city's mayor says dozens of building hits have collapsed in the

capital including a primary school where more than twenty children are confirmed dead the epicenter was one hundred twenty kilometers from the mexican capital the quake sent thousands of people running into the streets and fires broke out across the city emergency crews and civilians are now searching for survivors trapped under the rubble it follows another major quake earlier this month which killed almost one hundred people. mexico city immediately after the quake first responders and volunteers swarm to collapsed buildings throughout the vast city many areas lost electrical power the city's airport shut down preventing president enrique pena nieto from returning to the capital. to make use of me are returning but we have to land at another airport because mexico city airport has stopped operating. for the time being we cannot land there we're going to mexico city to see exactly what has

happened. on the ground rescuers frantically searched for the five is trapped under the rubble search efforts have been slowed because of the fragility of many structures authorities say many more buildings in the densely populated city are still at risk of collapse many locals are in shock trying to process what they've seen. and work through the ground started moving it was very strong the windows started to break people started to leave their homes this building in front collapsed i saw emergency workers rescue one person they were in the middle of the building. the earthquake struck on the anniversary of a previous earthquake in nine hundred eighty five that trembler killed thousands of people tuesday's quake struck just as many people took part in drills designed to prepare citizens for exactly a disaster like this. the federal government has declared a state of disaster in mexico city and as an act of an emergency plan which deploys

the armed forces in coordination with local authorities and as night falls tragedy confirmed at this collapsed elementary school authorities say at least twenty children died here. but the search is still on for dozens more children and adults still missing emergency crews ask onlookers to remain silent for a chance to hear those who may have survived. offer the latest on the aftermath of the earthquake let's cross straight over to mexico city where veronica calderon is standing by for us. tell us how you experienced the quake where you were when it struck. well. i was standing us about pm i was walking on the street. going back for a launch as many mexico mexico city have events do every single day when the earth as many witnesses say started to actually shake i almost fell.

into a trance or me. it was in matter in a matter of seconds that. leader legally hundreds of people were in this trait so it was a mood of carriers. and toll shock. this is by far the worst earthquake i can remember what is happening in mexico city right now because we've heard from the mayor that dozens of buildings have collapsed we saw in our report that the airport is closed. tell us what sort of dangers people in mexico city are facing well we have been told by their authorities to stay away from them most of them it's. only. if you volunteer and citizen that's a very welcome. invitation for example there was

a huge guest like that like literally you know and being that on my watch which was in mexico city's downtown. they told us to. avoid those areas now what about the more. sorry i just want to thank you very no no problem we just have a bit of a delay in the line i want to ask you about the rescue operations that are underway there that must be very difficult under these conditions. yes curse because also it's rainy season during mexico as you know there's many hurricanes happening and that strikes even though they are far away because it can drain during the night there's a lot of debris and it's a very difficult job for those. are the first responders at this scene this make

this earthquake struck on the anniversary of another that killed thousands in one thousand nine hundred five other was another earthquake just a couple of weeks ago how is this affecting the mood of people in mexico while we're pretty scared then trust me in this is this usual or because we were used to hurricanes and there quakes in. to the east to have to happen so very often and it happened on this date it's a special thankful because. it's very painful date for us to remember so i guess we're still in shock expecting that will happen tomorrow because we are very great there that they're still right. through the night running to thank you so much and stay safe around a call around journalist joining us from mexico city thank you.

as you can expect people who are taking to social media to express their condolences with the people in mexico like british singer sam smith who tweeted my prayers and thoughts are with the people of mexico city and quite a rico today and every day at devastating news to read heartbreaking puerto rico of course where hurricane hurricane is currently striking maria others say the help mexico offered the u.s. during recent natural disaster should be reciprocated from us journalists or benson mexico offered help when hurricane harvey hit us we should offer help to mexico city obviously prayers aren't helping anyone. and there are hopes google's person finder database will help those in mexico the open public platform allows users to search for missing loved ones and offer information about people others might be looking for. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today british police

have arrested a third suspect in connection with last week's attack on a london commuter train the arrest of a twenty five year old man was made in newport wales an eighteen and twenty year old twenty one year old are also in custody thirty people were injured in friday's bombing in bangladesh monsoon rains have flooded refugee camps housing tens of thousands of or hinge of from neighboring myanmar bangladeshi authorities say they've started moving refugees to a new larger can at least four hundred twenty thousand ridges have fled from myanmar to escape by elements that u.n. officials have described as ethnic cleansing and a sunken world war one submarine has been found off the west coast of belgium local authorities say the well preserved german boat still contains the bodies of its twenty three crewman it's the eleventh such vessel to be found in belgian waters boats were a key part of german military strategy in the first world war. first

there was the promise of fire and fury no threat of total destruction u.s. president donald trump used his first speech before the united nations general assembly to deliver his harshest warning yet to north korea also had stern words for iran which lashed out in response describing his remarks as an ignorant hate speech underlining everything trump said at the u.n. was the message that the u.s. will always put its own interests first. donald trump is known for his bluster but he's threat to obliterate north korea could many observers off. the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or it's our lives we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. and iran saying it's a rogue state whose chief exports when violence bloodshed and chaos he called the

deal with iran which so many international sanctions dropped in exchange for cuts in the country's nuclear program one of the worst the u.s. in the main to trample also stressed that national governments needed to realign themselves rather than turn to the international community for help in other words america first. in america the people govern the people rule and the people are sovereign i was elected not to take power but to give power to the american people where it belongs in foreign affairs we are renewing this founding principle of sovereignty. in the past trump and denounce united nations as a bloated money wasting bureaucracy and he continued in cheese day speech. we also thank the secretary general for recognizing that the united nations must reform if it is to be an effective partner in confronting threats to sovereignty

security and prosperity too often the focus of this organization has not been on results but on bureaucracy and process. the us president also called for the world's nations to tank and a bigger role in promoting security and prosperity in their mind regions. president trial speech was closely followed here in europe as well let's get some analysis now tyson barker's a program director and fellow at the aspen institute here in berlin good morning tyson this was trump's first major speech at the u.n. an institution he has derided in the past what was your overall impression well let's start with the good if you say that ninety percent is just showing up clearly he and his team showed up in full force they are looking to use the u.n. as a mechanism for resolving some conflicts but particularly in a kind of trump way and of course that began with the speech where you heard

a lot of very hot rhetoric kind of almost biblical rhetoric dividing the world into the wicked and the righteous used both of those words and he changed american doctor and in one way that has been the same for seventy years you know the pillars of american approach to the world have been democracy prosperity security both for the united states and their partners globally he's dropped the democracy peace and added a sovereignty peace and that's really important because that kind of starts to align the united states with countries like china and russia which want to have more control domestically aligning the united states with countries like china and russia that sounds like quite a development do you see the outlines of a trunk doctrine here in terms of his approach to world affairs. i think you do i mean basically what he said is we have an america first approach and every other country be canada or germany or china or south korea needs to have a canada first or china first or germany first approach as well that is maybe

ideologically consistent but it makes for a much less predictable world because everybody is approaching the international community on their own terms ok let's talk about specifics the president had harsh words for north korea and for the iran nuclear deal let's start with north korea did he offer any viable strategy for dealing with the crisis over north korea's weapons program i mean in both the iran and north korea case we saw a rhetoric that is so hot it's going to be very difficult to climb down from. north korea specifically you know we heard this personal insult rocket man referring to kim which people have stated was a last minute addition added by the president himself what is unclear is what comes next what are the next steps and of course that's going to be in close consultation with our allies in the region we can hope that the next step isn't total destruction a given the implications of that ok the iran nuclear deal trump reiterated his

skepticism about that many countries including russia and countries here in europe are concerned that the u.s. might unilaterally tera that deal did trump give any clues as to where the u.s. is going with this i think here the rhetoric indicates a path forward much more clearly than in the case with north korea he called the deal an embarrassment for the united states basically lining up the steps for a either withdraw or an attempt to renegotiate the deal now this was painstakingly negotiated over years almost a decade really with many partners in the u.n. security council in germany and it's going to be very hard to renegotiate this is not what the partners are looking to do so i think we can expect to see some major shifts in that deal in the coming weeks and thank you so much for talking with us this morning on d.w. news tyson barker of the aspen institute here in berlin you. you are watching t w news still to come warnings of a force and violence not seen for generations will have more on the caribbean

communities facing the wrath of hurricane maria and in midweek bonus legal action violence reserve goalkeeper was looking nervous in their outing of shaka stay tuned to see if it cost the champ. business though with monaco has news of a merger between two steel giants exactly terry creating an even bigger giant it is one of the biggest mergers in the steel history german steel company to cope and its indian rival tata have decided to consolidate the european production both companies will own fifty percent off the new company headquarters will be located in the netherlands to some cope and start of both project that four thousand of the total forty eight thousand jobs in administration on production will be lost the new synergies should save the company six hundred million euros a year the steelworkers union already called for a protest a demonstration european steel market makers have been under pressure for years

from china and the cheap steel it produces for the welt market. and for more on that a mega merger in the steel industry i am joined now by the chief financial officer of to get a cacophony he joins us from the quarters in s. and good to have you with us so what are we to make of this does it mean that to some cope is now turning its back on the steel industry. no that is clearly not the case i mean take a look at the history of to some crow as the name already present trouble as a result of mergers coming from the past and it was crop it was first it was running style and we've seen over the past that mergers happened to address all the issues of over capacities in the steel industry in the past this is now for us is the next step of a merger addressing the issue of overcapacity is the stable tobit we could amanda

in europe so we think together with tata who is more or less the same cultural values as we have in our company that this merger will allow us to address the challenges in these markets a lot better than do it standalone so if there is a little kind of create this number two in europe ok so it is a kind of survival strategy and as you say you hope to create number two in europe i know that the c.e.o. of tata chandrasekaran has called this merger just a few moments ago a momentous occasion tata steel is of course a major rival also of to some corp what exactly are those synergies that you're looking for. yeah we're looking to four hundred to six hundred million of synergies and lead to achieve in the merger and the phase one we definitely see synergies in general administration but in the production side as we do it as well we definitely think on r. and d.

on procurement but on better capacity utilization as well across our assets that we will then commonly share we can have a better position and realize synergies we couldn't realize each of us standalone and therefore we think with that this will have less impact on the employment than we would have if we were to can continue both standalone dear you just build to the perfect bridge there for me because we do hear that some four thousand jobs will be lost how do you want to handle this transitional period to work well for us well i think again four thousand in that period of time to come given the base of forty eight thousand is by far not as big as many have expected to come and again if we see work reductions we have taken in the past and we would have to address and alone i can clearly say that would be bigger numbers i think a lot of the threats which we couldn't address so far are now open on the table and

now we can work out with the employers the representatives across the regions what that means and how a plan will look like how we can realize this from my personal expectation i must clearly say i think this is a situation that is not good no job losses or redundancies are good but that should be handled it's something we can handle given the size of the two companies and the timeframe we have to realize it. chief financial officer to some corp thank you so much for joining us here in the. and of course that still merger is also a major talking point in frank church where danielle corp our correspondent is joining us now daniel what are investors there saying about of the mega merger and what it does to the workforce when investors here at the frankfurt stock exchange are clearly saying that this is a very good idea because we know that the european steel business is so i under

pressure because of all this dumping steel coming from china we were a member of that from this year on china's companies do have to pay an extra tax when doing business with the european union and that they also announced in the past that they might close up to six hundred you know steel facilities but still you know it's a business very much under pressure and the idea now to be joining another steel giant experts here clearly say that this is a very good idea but on the other hand you know we do have to talk about the worker unions they have announced that they might even vote against this merger and the next board meeting of course is most likely just to have you know a symbolic character or. another story i would like to discuss with you certainly an interesting one for the financial help in germany frankfurt to the united kingdom is preparing to offer twenty billion euros toward its brakes

a divorce bill that is according to a report by the financial times london has not yet confirmed that prime minister to resign may however is expected to make the announcement on friday in florence the e.u. says that britain owes up to one hundred billion euros as part of the brics is process the issue is a major source of friction between those two sides so back to danielle corp in frankfurt now if that report was true well twenty billion euros be enough for brussels. when at least some progress remember at the beginning that the u.k. said that they don't think they have to pay anything for this phil it's really kind of get this character at the moment often you know dirty divorce where everybody is seen as somehow negotiating i don't think at the end that the european union is going to agree with those twenty billion because they really want more and there's

another fact you know that really have to take into consideration you know those breaks the talks have been very slow or during the last weeks and the european union has been very clear that you know first the bill needs to be negotiated and also the rights you know if you are paying citizens in the future you know living in the united kingdom and of course you know break that is still you know many months i had to buy the experts here already at the trading floor half dollars that there's you know very tight agenda you know it can be really be a reality time is short of the some people might think. in frankfurt thank you so much for that. full. well and there is another hurricane on the way and causing havoc already in some areas terry. unfortunately more devastation for the caribbean a category five hurricane maria is expected to make landfall on the u.s. territory of quite a ricoh in the coming hours officials say it could be the strongest storm on record

to hit the island that's maria down there that's tropical storm jose by the way up there on the top on monday maria swept across the island of dominique are causing what the prime minister there called mind boggling destruction the storm has also bathroom the u.s. virgin islands and the french territory of guadalupe. maria ravaging the french island of quote a loop heavy rain and fierce winds have left many areas without power official reports of at least one death a person hit by a falling tree two others were missing. we have limited contact at the moment it's really very patchy we are in touch with our forces and the police who are giving us some information but we have very little details at this stage. another french territory martinique has a scape the storm without major damage but neighboring dominica came off much worse

its prime minister roosevelt's character wrote on facebook but they've lost all that money can buy and replace earlier he posted that his roof had been blown off many of the islands on high alert for maria is still reeling from hurricane earlier this month and he's one of them here people are bracing for another potential disaster. a similar scene in predatory shelves in supermarkets empted as residents stockpile supplies the u.s. territory could receive a direct hit from maria. right now we're not prepared for the next hurry can because we're still recovering from the last two weeks ago. rico is not prepared for this. we're going to have a bad time of it. we are almighty god to get us through this without serious damage

. it's for sale and in bonus league a soccer shocker off to a roaring start on a new coach to medicare tedesco winning three out of four games but tuesday brought their sternest test yet by in munich except the bavarians were missing injured goalkeeper manuel neuer now. all eyes are on spain it will hide on tuesday off the man on the as yet ending injury he was one of six new players this column he made wholesale changes after the weekend win over minds the new look by made the strongest stunt with sebastian hooty testing high famine early on. the visitors kept up the pressure and it paid off in the twenty fifth minute commies rodriguez bust into the box and hit now though from close range. the video referee correctly deemed it to be a handful and gave a penalty. robert eleven dusky stepped up to open the story was. four minutes later shall

go at their own undoing they lost possession in the own hot setting by in their second goal on a platter of the by. thomas with his first goal for pine in his first win this latest os. the. didn't let their heads drop and marched up the pitch had a bit of a wobble but hobby martinez saved his goalkeepers blushes. both sides had decent chances in the second half but it was by who found the back of the nets again hamas was involved this time setting up the two reviewed out for the third and final go above. so i kept a clean sheet as buying when that second game in

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