tv DW News - News Deutsche Welle August 6, 2018 2:00pm-2:31pm CEST
2:00 pm
player. play. this is the news coming from almost a hundred deadening to me is just second earthquake in a week tourists on the islands of long balkan by the way to be evacuated. for us we have an eyewitness report for you or to coming up sticks of protests new dawn with demonstrators taking to the streets again soaring inflation and shortages of essential and things could get busted but the u.s. about to be imposed sanctions. involved the families very.
2:01 pm
exposed election by one of them with. who was shot in the back classic euro g. forces we have a special report from that. at least ninety eight people have died in the quake that struck indonesia on sunday night the whole of the islands of long balkan bondy what the worst affected hundreds of people have also been injured mainly in the north of long and thousands have been made homeless the region has been hit by numerous aftershocks the magnitude of the quake was a powerful seven it struck as many people were having their evening meal. locals and tourists alike were packed into restaurants when suddenly the. gave
2:02 pm
white like. they give. the power went out almost immediately people ran out into the straights it was just a wake since the last time a tremor brought destruction here and this one was even worse but. we ran out from our house twice two times. everyone ran out because the quakes were very strong. as the not true on rescue is began pulling the dead and injured from beneath collapsed buildings first responders were overwhelmed across in ages holiday islands local residents joined emergency services pulling the injured out by hand them up going on a ten foot good looking ok. and over one hundred aftershocks forced authorities to take dramatic measures at bally's main hospital the injured were treated in the open air. so no way of placing patients here in the parking lot and the gymnastics
2:03 pm
yard plus in areas near the hospital that do good to flush out evil as dawn broke indignation authorities was still rushing to remote areas. on the guinea islands northwest of law but terrified people packed onto the beach whiten fold them up to to a quite soon to wakes people are desperate to leave. they fear the trauma could trigger a tsunami. even though authorities say there's little chance of that right now. they always want to go out somewhere safe somewhere and you know for the few the risk is not so. clever thanks for the bali lombok a prone to earthquakes all the same millions of tourists visit them every year now the russians in the other direction the airports of packed with people wanting to go hugging. i spoke to chen montgomery may who's from canada and
2:04 pm
on holiday in long book with her family i began by asking her to tell us first what she went through. we were staying and our fellow we had just returned from dinner we had been in the room for about ten minutes when we started to feel the floor start to shake and then the walls started to crack and we could hear glass shattering and everything was just moving all around we it was very intense so they difficult situation no i was stuck on what have you been to what would happen now and maybe you can go. as far as we know for right now we're stuck as soon as the quake hit last night almost everybody that was here started trying to book flights and fast boats all of the flights booked up within minutes and we can't seem to get on any flights until maybe wednesday.
2:05 pm
the fast boats are not running so we are going to look into a slow ferry tomorrow but we've been given sort of different accounts of what's happening at the port so for him to say you have an additional challenge. and i understand that this trip was on your bucket list can you tell me what brought you to indonesia. my daughter's been fighting cancer most of her life. her cancer recently came back for the fourth time and when we reached the end of our treatment options we my husband and i decided to quit our jobs and take our kids to see the world and bucket list and bally and lombok were on our bucket list so they launched on time for you the what have you been seeing that today want is it iran to you what's happening to the new way you and what kind of head are you
2:06 pm
getting from officials in the qualities. it's been an emotional day there's a lot of stuff here at the hotel where we're staying that have lost their homes sixteen staff members there's a lot of damage to the hotel we're on the main route for the emergency vehicles to go by so it's been a constant stream of. first responders we've had a ton of aftershocks so it's been it's been a very unsettling and stressful day the hotel and authorities are doing their best they can to update us but there's a lot of we don't know and in our situation we're not really capable of just going to the port to sit outside for five hours in the heat with our daughter so we're just standing by waiting. and said give us a sense agenda how is your family coping with this and that you desire to give in
2:07 pm
to that gun if in especially conditions that you have that you're facing that. well i think it was very shocking and emotional because you know maybe our our senses are a little heightened and we're living on maybe a different level level of stress. the kids you know have faced a lot of death in their life but this just felt really out of their control and i think that they had a really big eye opener and they were very scared sad a big shock for them jim montgomery levy to all of us from all of a best to you and your family and thank you very much for talking to us today about experiences and what you went through thank you. now if we now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world in venezuela an investigation is underway after an apparent assassination attempt on president nicolas maduro the president's
2:08 pm
a vibe the assault on the severed drones armed with explosives flew towards him during a speech at a military parade the interior minister said six people have been arrested so far. cambodia's leader who insane has said he would stake his life on the accuracy of recent election results the poll was widely criticized the office party claim to have won four hundred and twenty five parliamentary seats using dramatic language johnson said he would be prepared to die if the vote was falsified he's been in power for more than thirty years. authorities have evacuated two villages in southern portugal as a forest fire burns out of control the fire in the algarve region has been burning since saturday temperatures climb to near record highs in portugal at the weekend the iberian peninsula is bearing the brunt of the heat wave sweeping across europe . iran's government has announced major steps to ease foreign exchange strong
2:09 pm
actions and allow iranians to bring in currency in go in and that's to combat the expected effects of new u.s. sanctions due to start this week iranians are voicing their anger at the state of the economy which is bringing great hardship to ordinary people. for six days in a row now iranians have taken to the streets in protest in cities across the country they're angry about high prices and the government they accuse iran's politicians of mismanagement and corruption leading the country into ruin. however not everyone is marching some feel helpless like his son. he's certain that his life won't get better any time soon. and i don't know what became of the u.s. sanctions is. all i know is that for iranians everything is getting worse the
2:10 pm
sanctions just hit. who are poor anyway like me the rich ones suffer. food prices have risen by forty percent in just a few months and few people can afford to buy meat even the prices of bread have soared. iran's currency has plunged in value since may when the united states pulled out of the nuclear deal and threatened iran with new sanctions and the reaal has lost seventy percent of its value against the euro with disastrous consequences for a rainy and. things like eggs tomatoes and bread that will feed stocks we could still afford to buy but when you can't even pay for a cucumber and that's really bad fruit became too expensive long ago i think it happens. sharpening rhetoric between iran and the u.s. also has people worried despite a recent surprising proposal by donald trump. i would certainly meet with iran if
2:11 pm
they wanted to meet i don't know that they're ready yet to have a hard time right now but i ended the arendelle it was a ridiculous deal. taran hasn't directly replied to trump suggestion but some international media report a meeting might happen in new york at the next general assembly of the united nations. meanwhile the iranian people continue to hope for a resolution to their problems. and if any agendas and a grand don't intend on doing the job what kind of sanctions iranians can expect and ran through the sanctions are coming back in two phases the first lawsuit coming about tomorrow that's going to hit things like. financial transactions and sales of carpets and things the really difficult ones are going to come in november when the u.s. is going to try and block oil sales now some countries like india and china have already said they're not going to cut off from iran completely but it's going to be
2:12 pm
a major blow to iran's economy and that's what we're going to start potentially a real impact on. domestic economy with prices going up and things like that and all of this is coming at a time when we've already seen days of protests about the economy and about the government's handling of this crisis. so that was eric randolph in there on deporting for us and we have more on the show on how all of this is it's affecting the business climate in iran and that is that for us from business desk ok moving now to release of the rest of the read on photographer for giving a television interview critical of the government should accuse the prime minister on sunday of using brute force against protests has tens of thousands of students have been demonstrating in the capital demanding better road safety the protests and. what triggered by the deaths of two questions who were killed to us they were killed by
2:13 pm
a speeding bus at the weekend police five probable it's tear gas at students injuring hundreds. from want to say let's cross over to our correspondent with the islam from isha an offical tell us more about scheidel and the circumstances behind his arrest should a lot of is one of the most prominent social activist in buying of this huge just photograph me as a form of activism and has never been shy of criticizing delegates on human rights violations and distinctions on the freedom of expression i was very active during the ongoing student protests to that have rocked the country he went live on facebook the clashes between pro-government activist and student protesters just hours after he spoke. about the protest police officer tells in plain clothes became from his home in on sunday night. and tell us more about these
2:14 pm
photos which are going on in dhaka what are the students demanding and is the government open to the demands. the protesters move any demand for road safety and they want to use the roads public vote in a safe way and they want to make sure that they are safe there while the government has been using excessive force is to clear the protesters from those states it has also hinted today it is willing to listen to students to demand to their prime minister shake us and ask a minute after transport law trough that that. makes him on punishment for reckless driving to five years in prison from three also that drive to doesn't exclude the possibility of death sentence for drivers that intentionally killed someone over the protesters are also demanding that this ignition off the minister for his controversial remarks about the student protest but the government hasn't paid heed to these two one so how do you see these protests developing and the government has
2:15 pm
agreed to some of the monster but not all of them do you see these protests escalating in the country well in fact yes because the protests launched by your school students on july twenty ninth to improve road safety as you know they are large skip useful in the beginning but when the authorities i started using force to disperse them their tone to pile and many students into this on friday following an ethical on them by police and pro-government activists and that changed the situation dramatically as a university students to through the streets the following day in solidarity with the school students now the protests have been the spitting across the country with people from different walks of life participating in them. on offer. thank you very much for that thank you. turning now to zimbabwe red tensions are still running high of week off a country went to the polls the victory of the zanu p.f.
2:16 pm
party is being disputed by the opposition m.d.c. as a country struggles to recover from post-election violence religious leaders have been praying for peace it's a difficult time especially for those burying their dead our reporters on the ground sent us this report. was friends and families pay their respects to susie on the fourth on her final journey the mother of two who was killed in zimbabwe's post-election violence last week she was on her way home when she got caught in the crossfire hit in the back by soldiers bullets it's the death of robert joshua my tumblr still can't believe the. she was a pretty we'll. just . when you would just. hypotenuse up and.
2:17 pm
you see god on wednesday the position m.d.c. supporters took to the streets and were met it was brutal violence by zimbabwe's smooth water cannons tear gas rubber bullets and life and the mission to crack down on opposition demonstrators. president elect emerson has promised consequences that was. in seat where some people last night i'm going to institute and in the end it. to inquire into the. fears of violence have been subsided the opposition is vowing to challenge the election results nelson chamisa insists the presidency has. lupus. this is. done. to make sure that we. will split but so far has not provided any evidence to back up his claims
2:18 pm
and meet the tense situation life and only slowly getting back to normal many people in the capital are still scouts scared just speak out scats to criticise the government or the security forces after last week's violent clash as many fear that the time of god who ruled the country for thirty seven years with an iron fist might be gun but that his legacy of brutal repression still lives on. was. among those afraid to point fingers over his sister is this. i i. you know. with. this little comfort in the fact that the deaths have sparked outrage since
2:19 pm
happiness across the country as they mourn they suspect the government is just hoping that the dust settles as quickly as possible. to football now ambrosio dortmund have signed belgian midfielder axel vixen subject to a medical new coaching lucy and father once improvement off the squad could only finish fourth in the bundesliga last season and richie joins the german side from the chinese club tianjin kwan gian the belgium international starred as his country finished third at this summer's world cup and dortmund triggered his twenty million euro release clause to sign him. or to take a hefty picot after moving from the cash rich chinese super league. and that was some of the league coleman favorite courtney kahn load made it made
2:20 pm
a comeback to remember by winning the us open event in california a con was only competing in a flood event of the season after returning from a foot injury she delighted the fans with victory over stephanie gilmore on her own shores act and to give each of the spiky using the fine in australia's gilmore extended her lead in the overall standings she's chasing the seventh street was tight. in hockey onions fairytale wild card run ended with a silver medal as they were thrashed six nailed by the netherlands in the final in london island's women had pulled off shock after shock topping a group containing hockey heavyweights india and england or due to the country's first ever final in a teen free sport but the dutch proved a class of dominating proceedings from the start to claim their eight title.
2:21 pm
i love hockey but first it's a good tensions between the u.s. and turkey but a new pressure on the turkish economy that's right such as dispute with the united states over the fate of u.s. pastor under brunson and tariffs is strengthening to further destabilize the euro the turkish lira tumbled to a record low against the dollar on monday after the trumpet ministrations said it was reviewing turkey's duty free access to the u.s. market that could affect some one point six six billion dollars of turkish imports after months of plunging exchange rates the turkish currency has now hit a fresh low against the dollar inflation also rose again in july to a fifteen year high increasing pressure on the central bank to hike interest rates . for days one issue has been dominating the front pages of turkey's newspapers the country stacked with the united states has fueled fears of full
2:22 pm
blown economic turmoil. at the center of the dispute is us pastor andrew bronson seen here in a white t. shirt turkey teases him of helping to plot a failed military coup in twenty sixteen after spending twenty one months in jail he was transferred to house arrest at the end of july to speak about that didn't go far enough for u.s. president donald trump who swiftly imposed sanctions on two senior turkish ministers. that in turn caused the lira to slide to a record low against the u.s. dollar continuing and a ready existing trend take a look at this. as you can see the number of turkish lira you need to buy a dollar has been rising since the beginning of the year but in august of record five turkish lira now buying new just one u.s. dollar on surprisingly on the streets of istanbul the mood is far from upbeat.
2:23 pm
things aren't going in a good direction it's terrible that one u.s. dollar is now worth five lire we're ready have financial problems i don't approve of it things will get worse that's what we're expecting. turkey's dispute with washington isn't the only factor affecting its economic prospects concerns over the independence of the country's central bank president ed one's ability to tackle soaring inflation are among other issues weighing on investors' minds. in iran demand remains high for state of the art. spot a growing number of potential investors are getting cold feet to do business there since president try to punish those trading with iran but a joint statement from the european union's foreign minister says the bloc will do what it can help keep trade. as the middle east director of german packaging
2:24 pm
machines maker multi back today often works weekends to. he's based in the united arab emirates and serves customers in afghanistan pakistan and the gulf states. today a customer from tehran has come to look at a machine for packaging fresh date demand remains high in iran for state of the art equipment. but since washington announced its withdrawal from the around nuclear deal and new sanctions amir so today has been struggling to make money in his native iran getting more difficult because every bank has to take its iran business and they don't like to do. any transaction with iran so there was a cost in the state don't know how to pay for our service charges and how it can support. this could be the big. hopes were high when iran emerged from international isolation three years ago following the signing of the nuclear agreement in business terms of
2:25 pm
a market with eighty million consumers together with huge demand and potential for a modern infrastructure and production machinery while there have been preliminary talks and very tentative plans on joint ventures so far new international investment has barely materialized european technology is in demand in iranian industry but chinese and russian firms are ready to fill any gap in supply which for multivac would mean a serious loss in business. let's bring in our financial correspondent in frankfurt call it after the sanctions were lifted a few years ago german engagement in iran has only come back very slowly how much of a risk is this now for western businesses. well you know german businesses exported goods and services to iran worth around about three billion euros in twenty seventeen while the total amount of german exports to the world.
2:26 pm
dealy one thousand three hundred billion so in terms of numbers of sheer exports the effect of this will likely be limited but make no mistake gary hart a bank for example that wants to continue to do business with the united states and even that once you continue using the u.s. dollar as a currency will likely think twice before it forwards and is transaction between europe and iran as in the past the americans have shown that they are willing to find harshly companies if they act against the sanctions. the german ministry for the economies wants to keep trade open but what can it really do briefly if you can. well the german ministry guarantees export and investments by german companies in iran and it will continue to do so of course the german authorities don't say what happens when a company here
2:27 pm
a german company gets fined by the americans in frankfurt thank you. that's all your business here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. being evacuated off the engineers a second quake in a week almost a hundred i'll come for that but the truth is moto. bali the worst states thousands left home sick. that's what europe thank you much indeed i mean news live from berlin more news coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can get the latest news now from a strong on the web sites that schools. address much for joining us bob.
2:28 pm
2:29 pm
in the all around. news b.m.w. x four but it's nice and easy to to come. drive. down the road and the round the track. there still is the pockets rockets as forty years ago. sixty. four. earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. and those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like news has protect the climate boost green energy solutions and
2:30 pm
reforestation. they create interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and we're determined to build something here for the next generation. why do you see the multimedia environment series on d.w. . all around the world young women are shaking up the film industry. what's their inspiration what's their secret. secrets five women five stories now on an arts twenty one special.
26 Views
Uploaded by TV Archive on