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the. news. is the w. news live from berlin widespread evacuations after a deadly earthquake strikes indonesia powerful tremor hit the tourist islands of long ball and bali killing dozens and displacing thousands more will bring you the latest on the aftermath also coming up. with iran's economy on the brink outraged iranians have been taking to the streets now leaders are easing harsh currency rules to ease the effects of new u.s. sanctions that take effect this week. and venezuela's president
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says yes or mind to drone attack in the capital down the blame game because pro says venezuelans living in the u.s. or perhaps colombia are behind the apparent assassination attempt both countries deny involvement. thanks for joining us a deadly earthquake has struck the indonesian island of long ball and bali officials say at least eighty two people have died and thousands are being evacuated the seven point zero magnitude quake struck the northern part of long early on sunday evening officials say strong tremors damaged buildings across both islands the aftermath has forced authorities to scramble to help people. injured people in hallways and i in the car park at this hospital in the resort
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island of bali medical teams are moving patients i cite fearing aftershocks. we are constructing emergency tents with the assistance from the disaster mitigation agency so that we can gather all patients out there. and we are also hoping that our medical teams and nurses can concentrate more on treating patients and. the perishable seven point zero magnitude earthquake struck the end uneasy an island of lombok at a depth of just ten kilometers shaking nearby palli as well an initial tsunami warning was later withdrawn but authorities urged people to stay away from the coast the quake caused widespread damage to homes and businesses on both islands and triggered panic among both tourists and locals. we
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ran out from our house twice two times. everyone ran out because the quakes were very strong. and uneasy is no stranger to areas quakes it's situated in what's known as the pacific ring of fire an arc of volcanoes and full lines in the pacific basin this is the second shot for a long back in the space of a week the island still reeling after a deadly quake last sunday. iran's government has announced major steps to ease foreign exchange transactions and allow iranians to bring in currency and gold this is to combat the expected effects of new u.s. sanctions that's a take effect this week but with an increasingly restless population and the economy barely limping along it may be too little too late. it's the fourth time this year have taken to the street to protest they're angry about high prices in the government to choose iran's political leaders of leading
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the country into brewing with mismanagement and corruption and now new u.s. sanctions promise to make things even tougher. relations between the u.s. and iran have gotten worse three months ago president donald trump unilaterally pulled out of the iran nuclear deal and said he didn't pose the toughest sanctions iran has ever faced a declaration of economic war against the islamic republic. since then iran's economy has plunged into chaos the collapse of the country's currency the reaal has accelerated it has now lost seventy percent of its value against the euro the government has banned many currency transactions since april the falling reale didn't just hurt currency holders food prices have risen by at least forty percent . and last week president trump further stirred the pot with a surprising proposal thank you very much thank you i would certainly meet with a rant if they wanted to move i don't know that they're ready to have
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a hard time right now. but i ended the iran deal it was a ridiculous deal the response from iran's leaders was tepid but several international media reported that a meeting could happen in new york at the next general assembly of the united nations but for now iran will have to see how it manages to cope with the new american sanctions. for more on this i'm joined now by eric randolph a journalist in teheran eric so as we just heard in that report the economy in iran is not doing well what does this mean for the average iranian. well a lot of these problems have been around for a long time these were hoping that the nuclear deal in twenty fifteen would bring in lots of foreign investment about the way to start the economy in really powerhouse of. heart and now that it's falling apart at stuff from the not going to . the way that solves any problems for iranians jobless rates rising prices
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all sorts of problems with their currency the moment the real issues that people have just lost faith in the government. issues and that's why we're seeing a big run on the currency. speaking of the currency the iranian ryall has dropped in value dramatically over the past month so now the government has announced they're easing foreign exchange rules what do you make of this you know they tried to fix the rate back in april and it was a disaster all that did was open up the black market speculators and people bought political connections we were able to use that in corrupt ways and that increased the anger on the streets even more interesting things today that we've actually seen the arrest of the central bank governor who's in charge of foreign exchange and there has been a real push to actually take judicial action against corrupt officials will see that it could be a genuine positive to come out of all these problems for eric we've also been hearing about protests in several places around the country how does this make
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president rouhani look. it was very hard for us to verify what's going on out there because the reporting instructions that keep us closely tied to our own son in iran is under pressure from all sides people who want reform of deeply frustrated but also his conservative opponents who say should never have trusted the united states and see the collapse of the nuclear do as proving them right we've had religious leaders today over the weekend saying that there needs to be more action against corrupt people in the government he's on pressure from all sides at the same time the establishment doesn't want to see him leave straightaway because there's no obvious alternative and they want to keep the system intact the first round of u.s. actions against iran they go into effect tomorrow how is this going to fax the economic situation as it stands. the sanctions actually go and vote on tuesday at
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midnight but these sanctions are going to have some impact that hitting things like the car industry the ability to buy planes some financial transactions the real pain will come in november when iran will be blocked from selling oil and they'll beef. transactions for a central baghdad kid that's when it starts to lose the biggest part of its economic. industry and that's one move possibly see some of the real pain start at the moment so far it's a lot of anxiety a lot of fear it's not clear exactly what the economic impact will be the best in times ahead for everybody in this country. eric randolph in tech ron thank you so much. and now this go to some of the other stories making news around the world south sudan's government has signed a final peace deal and power sharing agreement but the main opposition party the deal will form
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a unity government the country has been torn apart by civil war since twenty thirteen two years after it gained independence from sudan. twenty people are dead after a vintage airplane crash in the swiss alps the world war two aircrafts smashed into the side of a mountain at an altitude of around two thousand five hundred meters after taking off. the plane was carrying seventeen passengers and three crew. wildfires have grown stronger in southern portugal hundreds of firefighters were sent to battle a forest fire with the assistance assistance of aircraft it's been one of the hottest weekends on record for the iberian peninsula the europe wide heat wave has been especially severe in portugal and spain with temperatures exceeding forty five degrees celsius on saturday. after an apparent assassination attempt on venezuelan
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president nicolas maduro the blame game is underway but also five what appeared to be a drone bomb attack on saturday police have reportedly arrested several suspects for mojo is pointing the finger at colombians and venezuelan exiles living in the u.s. state of florida the incident happened as navarro was speaking at a military parade in caracas. later afternoon a caracas. president nicolas maduro speech to soldiers was interrupted to say it was a drone armed with a bomb. right in front of me something flying exploded born a little it was a powerful explosion but. yeah i mean it was because protects me. then a second explosion seven soldiers are wounded the durley accuses financial backers in the u.s. and colombia's president juan manuel santos over castrating the attack colombia rejects the charge calling it absurd washington also denies any responsibility well
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i can say unequivocally there was no u.s. government involved in this at all look it could be a lot of things from a pretext set up by the majority in itself to something else. one venezuela journalist who broadcasts on the internet read a purported letter claiming responsibility by an unknown group no for the most wanted that cannot tolerate that our people have nothing to eat and no medicine and that our money is worth something about nothing that one or. the government says it has already arrested several perpetrators but there appear to be contradictions some people have questions about the second explosion. is to put an end to i think the government staged the whole thing you don't get ogled i cannot imagine that the government was hurt so. by her let's just pulls our country further down and many fear maduro may use the incident to justify more repression in this divided country . at the
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european championships in glasgow germany continued to bring home wins as florian fell brock to gold in the men's fifteen hundred meter freestyle the twenty year old clock and national record of fourteen minutes thirty six point one five seconds to secure germany's second swimming gold of the weekend after their surprise win in the freestyle mixed relay and there was german success in the vale drawn to a cyclist dominic feinstein claimed gold in the individual four thousand metre pursuit. particles evil event to win germany's eighth cycling battle of the championships. striker mario gomez has retired from the german national team after an eleven year international career he says he wants to make way for a new generation of players in january the thirty three year old moved back to his boy hopes boyhood club still scoring eight goals in sixteen games and earning a surprise call up to germany's world cup squad after missing out on being a part of the winning twenty fourteen team or into a spanish father and
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a german mother who chose to play for the country of his birth making his debut in fall two thousand and seven he finishes his germany career with thirty one goals and seventy eight appearances. these force journalists association has named tony calls germany's player of the year beating five books news pietersen with almost five times the votes the real madrid midfielder was rewarded for another excellent club season or saw him claim a third straight champions league title other winners included jennifer m o john who was named best female player. in the coaching category were tired after leading by munich to the league title. fifty one years ago donal campbell's attempt to break his own water speed record ended in tragedy his hydroplane the bluebird took off from contest on water in england and then somersaulted crashing back into the lake and killing campbell now his daughter gina has breathed new life into the boat and her father's legend. an emotional moment gina campbell. more than fifty years
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after her father perished in an attempt to set a new water speed record his hard reply blue returns to the water. donald campbell was forty five at the time of his death determines a beach is on record at two hundred seventy six point three mph. insulate coniston in england's like district with devastating effects. now salvaged and restored bluebird has been given a new lease of life for gina it's as if it never left the water. to me walking in here this morning is like complete deja vu you could turn back the clock fifty five years and this is how i remember bluebird with my father still alive and in all her fine glory then following tests in scotland bluebird is even expected to run at speed next year in coniston the setting for that fateful day fifty one years ago it's just it really is magnificent and i hope my dad's looking down. and telling
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