this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin disaster strikes on africa's biggest lake scores of passengers drowned as a ferry capsizes on lake victoria the death toll is expected to rise further transmission officials fear as many as two hundred people may have died. also coming out of the fight for affordable housing in big cities germany's leaders hold an emergency meeting after housing prices here in berlin surged by twenty percent so that's a bigger jump than anywhere else in the world. and what the world anti doping

agency live soprano on russia's drug testing laboratory despite widespread opposition to russian track and field athletes have not competed under their country's flag since two thousand and fifteen. following terry martin thanks for joining us at least eighty six people have died after a ferry carrying more than four hundred passengers sank thursday on lake victoria in tanzania and waters the death toll is expected to rise further as rescue efforts continue on friday about one hundred people have been rescued so far thirty two of them are said to be in critical condition the ferry sank near the shore between the islands of two kora and. the overloaded vessel reportedly capsized when passengers clustered on one side. for the very latest let's bring in our correspondent

catherine i'm wonder who joins us from nairobi katherine what's the latest you're hearing from the disaster site. well terry so far just the rescue operations are underway rescuers have retrieved dozens of bodies and dozens of others a still missing and dozens more dead president john mchugh fully did give a statement condoling with the families of the affected he also asked tanzanians to remain calm as investigations into the matter launched so with many people still missing the rescue operation is continuing do we know why the boat sank. well there was a question about maintainance of the ferry but terry had undergone maintainance in recent days in fact two of its engines had been overhauled so that seems to have been put aside the main reason now that local authorities. are pointing at is

overcrowding this particular ferry had a capacity of at least one hundred people so we have we have reports of up to four hundred people on this boat but aside from the four hundred people which is three hundred more than its capacity those also go heavy cargo that like me bags of maize and bags of cement so this is largely being blamed for the reason for the capsize. loaded ferry in this case i understand that very disasters are fairly common on lake victoria why is the. well lake victoria is known for its rough waters and the rough weather in this particular lake that's a shed by three countries uganda tanzania kenya. the most recent or the most disastrous incident that we can remember really involving tens i mean it happened in one thousand nine hundred six when the boat capsized and at least five hundred people drowned again in two thousand and twelve on the ugandan side fifty

eight people lost their lives when their boot capsized and again in two thousand and sixteen the same happened where twenty people lost their lives when they both capsized in december two thousand and sixteen so this place is known for its rough waters but also it's not uncommon to have ferries like these overloaded so this plus the rough waters mainly the reason for the repose the frequent incidences catherine thank you so much from katherine and wanda talking to us from nairobi. now some other stories making headlines around the world today the death toll from a monsoon landslide in central philippines has risen to twenty two dozens of other people are still missing authorities forcibly about the weight of residents of five villages that risk of further landslides only days of heavy rains caused by typhoon man could. be at me as president trun they quote has died at the age of sixty one

according to state media president had suffered a serious illness and had been treated both of home and abroad he served as vietnam's president from april of two thousand and sixteen. thought he's improved have recovered more than seventeen hundred ancient artifacts which have been stolen from the country include prehistoric relics from various lost civilizations in the andean nation the items were repatriated from europe the u.s. and other latin american countries. to lebanon which cording to the united nations is hosting more than one million syrian refugees many of those are young people who fled the fighting back home in the middle of their education now they have little chance to finish their studies that's where a german charity called kirron is trying to help providing learning opportunities online. we saw. a refugee from syria like millions of

others he fled civil war in his home country he has now been living in the lebanese capital beirut for five years but shelby is an artist and a successful one but he wants more training and to attend university if possible a tall order for refugees in lebanon. it's just too expensive here it costs far more than i heard there's no chance everything will cost so much here. he discovered cure on the internet it's a german website meant for refugees both in germany and in other countries which aims to help them prepare for college especially for the online lectures a well known universities but also with personal assistance also here in lebanon if the refugees do eventually go to college credits they have earned through kieron should transfer. a shabby has taken business administration courses so that he can

sell his art more easily in the future. but i especially like about kirron is that it is so easy to use. they have a lot of videos that offer. it's easy to learn their material. and. your arms berlin headquarters are in a prime location employees come from different countries and the atmosphere is cosmopolitan the assistant around three thousand three hundred refugees half of whom are in germany the services are free the charitable start up here on is financed through donations and government grants. the basic idea of care on is giving people who have lost a lot or everything the chance to take charge of their own lives again we believe that education is key for this and we want to use digital media to give people

opportunities they wouldn't otherwise have. that said three out of four refugees drop out of the courses i took the s. and says that it's completely normal for online classes but the startup wants to improve things in this area especially with some shoddy absolutely wants to keep learning how to combine art and marketing. and on. that they're going to dream. once i've completed the courses and so the philosophy and maybe i could start my own business style of design or something with design what you think would have been so much ever i can produce those numbers that we took up on. the hopes that he can eventually return to his home country of syria until then he wants to use his time well. average and low income earners around the world are struggling with

rising rents and a shrinking supply of affordable housing germany is no different and today chancellor i'm going back on her ministers are getting together with property developers and lobby groups to address what has already become a pressing issue for many german families last year berlin was the city with the fastest growing property prices in the world prices here job by about twenty percent in just a year three other german cities hamburg munich and frankfurt were also in the top ten more affordable accommodation is desperately needed that's why the chancellor has pledged to invest five billion euros into housing and she's promised to build one point five million affordable homes over the next three years. but unions and tenants associations say those targets won't be reached they can use the government of not doing enough to create affordable living space for people with little income . in apartment viewing in the much hi bill industry

of ny ken we're only allowed to film the floor it's a two room flat on the ground level eight hundred fifty euros a month well included some of these interested tenants have been searching for months is really really really really hard that your salary must to be treated as more than the rent. and we know that we really need is one of the most desperate city with a bit of a lot of under an employer. also the salary where when you work they are not so high they aren't is what's my impression. it's on the ground floor. facing east. it doesn't get much natural light i find it expensive for what it is. but the demand for living space in berlin is enormous it's estimated the city needs an extra one hundred seventy thousand apartments that's forcing rental prices

up those looking for a flat have few options for many home hunting is a full time job. i remember accountable in ten years ago finding an apartment was an easy one the first apartment i rented had two rooms and it cost only five hundred euro now prices doubled. in this house in the hip princella back neighborhood residents refused to accept the threat of higher rents for coasters and protests they successfully campaigned against a new investor trying to buy the building. if you have looking for a movie isn't quite going to be seen as of this intimate expose we saw a group of possible investors they were walking through the house with investment brochures speaking in different languages before that's when we thought here goes our hives let's get off and then we quickly organized ourselves internally we held meetings and discussions we knew we have to do some things it was because because

we didn't want to see if back and wait in the year investors could buy the house and renovators away this year we have one in here that you could at least we live here for dibley rosa goes to the school nearby this is where we have our community our friends we have to start thinking about moving our entire lives somewhere else . under some. such worries brought the house together artists and freelancers leave here they pay six euros per square metre a month and some nearby buildings rents are almost double if you here could afford such prices but now a public housing company has agreed to buy the building rents will still increase but only by a fraction it's a happy ending for these tenants but they want politicians to do more for the rest of the land here in town it's fundamental that housing isn't too expensive that people can have a roof over their heads and diverse groups of people can still afford to live in

the city. they contain posters are still hanging on the walls they're sending a message to other tenants about why it's important to join together and fight for their rights. the world anti-doping agency water has voted to lift a ban all russia's anti-doping agency the move paves the way for russian athletes to return to track and field competitions and for the country to host major sporting events the ban had been in place since twenty fifteen. the biggest doping scandal in sports history might be coming to an end the russian anti-doping agency will be reinstated pending some final technicality the decision has been heavily criticised by various athletes and national anti-doping agencies but is being celebrated in russia. the only sure this is a first step the important one it opens the way to our sportsmen and our federations to participate in sports competitions moreover it opens an opportunity

to host international competitions on russian territory. just before the twenty sixteen rio olympics water investigates a richard mclaren revealed russia had adopted a state sponsored doping program in the lead up to the such the games he concluded more than one thousand russian athletes across thirty sports benefited from the program. very quickly we learned that there was a lot more going on than just what we're going to get so she once we learned and it was early days in the investigation yes we were more than surprised. at the potential scope of what was going on. but water has now backed down from its demands for russia to accept the mclaren report in order for the ban on its tree to be lifted and restart it has agreed to hand over its samples and historical data for further investigation by the end of the year with that key condition met the

executive committee of water has chosen to place its trust in her saga but it may be a decision that puts the agency's reputation at stake. you are watching t w news we have more for you at the top of the hour i mean richard will be with you then thanks for watching. the people of the world over information they provide the p.m.'s they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch and follow us home.