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the jungle and returned to the concrete and glass jungle. the result reversed culture shock. because we got to the truth from the forest starts knowing w. this is g w news live from bird land almost one hundred dead in indonesia a second earthquake in a week and the death toll expected to rise but the islands of lombok and bali the
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worst affected tourists are waiting to be evacuated but damage to infrastructure has slowed things down. also coming up more protests in iran with demonstrators taking to the streets against soaring inflation and shortages of essential the situation could get worse but the u.s. about to free impose sanctions. and in zimbabwe families bury their dead from last week's post-election violence one of them was silvia marcos a clue shot in the back by security forces our team in harare as a special report. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program at least ninety eight people have died in the earthquake that struck indonesia on sunday night the holiday islands of lombok and bali have been the worst affected hundreds of people have also been in. mainly in
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the north of lombok and thousands made homeless the region has been hit by numerous aftershocks the magnitude of the quake was a powerful seven it struck as many people as were having an evening meal. time in lombok locals and tourists alike were packed into restaurants when suddenly the floor gave white like. they get. the power went out almost immediately people brag that into the straits 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 knot drew on rescuers began pulling the dead and injured from beneath collapsed buildings first responders were overwhelmed across in the
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nation's holiday islands local residents joined emergency services pulling the injured out by hand. on a mobile on a ten foot that they're going to come in. 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 yard plus in areas near the hospital they do good to flush out evil as dawn broke into edition authorities was still rushing to remote areas. on the gillie islands northwest of low but terrified people packed onto the beach white and fold them up to two earthquakes in two weeks 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.
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they always want to get out somewhere safe somewhere and know that the risk is not so. clever. 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 home. and for the very latest now let's bring in journalist critic of our gore who is joining us with the latest from jakarta and we just like to know what are the authorities saying about the situation especially in longbox right now . well there they're definitely monitoring the casualties the death toll is ninety eight so far but the head of the disaster management agency has said there are certainly be more we're barely twenty four hours out and there are twenty thousand people in temporary shelters in mombasa which is a huge number and there are not yet any foreigners among the dead but as these as
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as authorities have said the numbers are still being processed so it's very much developing an active situation and emergency for thousands of people and the first responders are very hard pressed it's a challenging situation for them right for those rescue teams for those relief agencies which you know many of them are trying to get in there all or are already there just walk us through what they're facing. well hama went through another devastating earthquake of of six point zero they're all or are already there just walk us through what they're facing. well hama went through another devastating earthquake of of six point zero magnitude just last week so this is come hounding the death toll from that and not only that this one has also affected bali where there were already two casualties registered and these are two of the biggest holiday hotspots in indonesia so not only are the attending to thousands of displaced indonesians and entire villages have been destroyed and these are two of
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the biggest holiday hotspots in indonesia so not only are the attending to thousands of displaced indonesians and entire villages have been destroyed but also they're trying to evacuate tens of thousands of foreigners who are crowding out the bus the ports and airports desperately trying to get home so there's a two pronged situation that's been very difficult to contain you mentioned that earthquake a similar one that we know took place only a week ago has there been any word from the authorities are they expecting more shocks. you know well there have been over one hundred aftershocks already in lombok and there will be a few more but none of the seismic activity is totally unexpected because indonesia is on the so-called ring of fire so there are always you know going off and active things like that that aftershocks are most likely not completely finished yet but the tsunami warning that was in effect briefly yesterday has been called off we saw in our piece bit earlier you know those scenes from the airport people really
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crowding trying to get out long look in bali of course huge tourist it's the height of tourist season right now what advice are visitors being given. several countries home offices including the u.k. and u.a.e. have put it kabul or on potential travel to indonesia particularly these two islands but the airports and flights are running as of now on schedule and as planned there's not too much damage there so tourists are being advised to higher ground and not near the coastline however it's most likely that we'll see the big impact of these events of few weeks or months into the future especially on lombok which is a major tourist hot spot that has seen a significant you know seismic activity in a while journalists' critique of our guard joining us from jakarta thank you so much for updating us. well now let's get
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a quick check of some other stories making news around the world police in italy say that one person is dead and as many as seventy injured after a major explosion on a highway here in the northern city. they say that the blast happened when a truck carrying flammable substances collided with another vehicle the explosion also caused a bridge to partially collapse. cambodia's leader again fame has said that he would stake his life on the accuracy of the recent election results his party won a landslide victory in the polls which independent observers have called neither free nor fair he's been in power for more than thirty years. and iran's government has hit back at the united states over sanctions due to be introduced from tomorrow foreign minister mohammed of reef said that the us was isolating itself internationally by bullying iran to come back the sanctions the government is easing foreign exchange transactions to allow iranians to bring in currency and gold getting itself internationally by bullying iran to come back the sanctions the
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government is easing foreign exchange transactions to allow iranians to bring in currency and gold iranians have been protesting over the economic hardship many are facing. first 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 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. i don't know what the aim of the u.s. sanctions is. all i know is that for iranians everything is good the sanctions just
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hit people who are poor anyway means the rich. food prices have risen by forty percent in just a few months and few people can afford to buy meat even the price 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 were foodstuffs we could still afford to buy when you can't even pay for a cucumber and that's really bad fruit became too expensive long ago. sharpening rhetoric between iran and the u.s. also has people worried despite
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a recent surprising proposal by donald trump. i would certainly meet with the rent if they wanted to meet i don't know that they're ready to have a hard time right now but i ended the deal 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. well now we're going to head to zimbabwe where tension is still running high a week after the country went to the polls the victory of the zanu p.f. party is being disputed by the opposition and d.c. as the country struggles to recover from post-election violence religious leaders have been praying for peace it's a difficult time especially for those who are burying their dead well do that you correspondents melanie courage the ball and adrienne creech sent us this report.
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showing that friends and families pay their respects to sue ramaphosa on her final journey the mother of two was cute and zimbabwe's posed in the violence and 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 her brother joshua but still it's. your choice that would do it she was a breakthrough in the family. just . when you would just. want to go up and. see. wednesday the position m.d.c. supporters took to the streets and were met was brutal violence by zimbabwe's. what
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they can and gas rubber bullets and life and the mission to crackdown on opposition demonstrators. president elect emerson has promised consequences that was. in st louis and. i'm going to institute and indeed tended. to inquire into these 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. slept but so far has not provided any evidence to back up his claims and the tense situation life and only slowly getting back to normal many people in the capital
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are still scabs scared just speak out scats to criticise the government or the security forces after last week's violent clashes many fear that the time of god who ruled the country for thirty seven years with an iron fist might be done but that his legacy of brutal repression still lives on. was. among those afraid stupid fingers over his sister is this i. i. is that. you know. it was you he was going by with. not i would think if he got word that it was for the force of loved ones this little comfort in the fact that the deaths have sparked outrage. then i would think if he got word that it was for a force of loved ones this is little comfort in the fact that the deaths have sparked outrage and sadness across the country as they mourn they suspect the
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government is just hoping that the dust settles as quickly as possible. go. to football now and dortmund have signed a belgian midfielder axel that still subject to a medical the new coach lucianne favaro wants to improve a squad that only finished fourth in the bundesliga last season and it's all joins the german side from the chinese tianjin punch on the belgian international start as his country finished third at this summer's world cup dortmund triggered his twenty million euro release clause to sign him but so will reportedly take a hefty pay cut after moving from the wealthy chinese super league. meantime in the world surf league home favorite courtney a condo made a comeback to remember by winning the us open event in california check this out
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because she was only competing for her third event of the season after returning from a foot injury she delighted the fans with a victory over stephanie gilmore on home shores in huntington beach that is of course in california despite losing in the final australia's gilmore extended her lead in the overall standings she is chasing a seventh straight world title. congratulations to them and with that you're up to date on d w news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for. watching. an argument is policy it's a real policy because there is no rubbishing about everyone writes that only him on their own cut and then we cut. and you know what the great thing is made.
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