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when paul came over from berlin starts october fourth on t.w. . this is deja news live from the death toll climbs in indonesia more than eight hundred people are now confirmed dead after friday's earthquake and tsunami on the island of. officials a warning the final figure could be in the thousands also coming up what's in a name the president of the former yugoslav republic of macedonia insists he's country will join the e.u.
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and nato despite the probable thalia offer a referendum on changing the country's name that would have paved the way. and itself syrian scene that in a national monument brings a taste of home to a stand out crowd at her first ever concert in the german capital. i'm christine when global come to the program the death toll from a major earthquake that triggered at tsunami on the indonesian island of sort of a sea has risen to more than eight hundred the country's president has warned the number could saw into the thousands hospitals all struggling to cope with the injured and large parts of the city. in ruins. combing through the rubble for victims the dead and those who might have survived. this
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collapsed hotel in palo city has been one focus of the efforts dozens reportedly still trapped inside. meanwhile evacuations by plaintiff's been underway for those fortunate to have survived this disaster some are injured as an earthquake sent to buildings tumbling others as tsunami waves pummeled the shore. the destruction has left people without food and water and the areas hardest hit. was the authorities are attempting to provide enough a day and supplies. but the damage to infrastructure has slowed their efforts. there was the seven point five magnitude quake left many survivors desperate. so that is their dad you are right we went to the beach because my daughter in law has really had stalled there i said we looked for her but couldn't find her but i'm glad you're alive you know so and then you know might is only our house was still
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there we could go home unfortunately it was completely destroyed there was nothing to salvage from the ruins. most confirmed deaths so far from the city of polish a provincial capital on the sulawesi island but reports may inspire us from outlying areas such as dongarra a region close to the earthquake's epicenter and home to some three hundred thousand people. we're expecting a rise in the number of dead even though we would hope the figures remain the same . considering the conditions are there there are bodies on identified as well as victims buried beneath the ruins but there are also remote areas yet to be reached. now authorities are facing questions over with the disaster warnings with sufficient. internees as disaster mitigation spokesman tweeted this video saying it shows how people were at the beach as the
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tsunami waves rolled in with no sirens going off. officials are being criticized for allegedly lifting its tsunami warning too soon possibly leading to a greater loss of life along the coast. here i'm now joined by davy a correspondent best who's in on the island of sin away see. all the way he's a facing criticism over the apparent failure to warn people of the tsunami what went wrong well in the news or has this tsunami early warning system that was put in place after that devastating tsunami back in two thousand and four that killed more than two hundred thousand people in the past there have been reports repeatedly that this system didn't work properly because of poor maintenance in some cases but this time around apparently that was not the case so apparently and that's what experts are saying that this time the
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tsunami early warning system worked and it sounded an alarm the problem was that that alarm in those warnings never reached the people so they couldn't seek shelter another different explanations for this one is possibly human error and the other is that these warnings are being sent out in large part by text message to people's cell phones and because of the earthquake the cell phone coverage broke down and then they didn't get the warnings but they would have to be more investigation into into this to to find out what was really responsible for the fact that the people didn't receive that tsunami warning that that tsunami early warning system sent out . do we have any more news from the affected areas including the ones outside of. well we're hearing from rescue workers that those areas are really hard to reach because infrastructure is destroyed roads are destroyed have been
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a lot of landslides so these remote areas there are many that rescue workers haven't even been able to access yet and on top of that it's not only that rescue workers have been able to actually physically go there they can't even get in contact with them because the communication network is down so authorities don't even know how bad the damage is and how many people were really affected by the earthquake and by the tsunami in these areas and that's why we're hearing the indonesian government saying that they're afraid that that the death toll might as we've heard before because once they get access to these areas they might find out that many many more people were affected and vice president of indonesia said that the death toll might might go into the thousands. of people and for example and other areas they of course are in desperate need of
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food and of water and of medicine and shelter and especially for the for food and water that they're going to the stores to the abandoned stores and the malls to get in there and it looks like looting but it's really not because they don't really have any other choice to to get food and to get water and the authorities are actually supporting that because they're saying those in everything but they'll be compensated later the most important thing for now is that the people have enough to eat enough to drink and that's a real problem in these areas. all right. thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world he's all for it he's have allowed fifty eight migrants assured ending the latest standoff of the people rescued at sea the group was struck in bad weather on the rescue ship aquarius for five days the un's refugee agency said the migrants would be sent to
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germany france spain and portugal. any gyptian activist has been fined and handed a suspended prison sentence for criticizing the government's failure to protect women in india this year amal thought he posted a video online in which she spoke about sexual harassment in egypt and society amnesty international have condemned the verdict calling it a quote outrageous case often justice. a partial partial vote counting in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia shows an overwhelming majority voted yes to changing the country's name to the republic of north message donia bets with less than fifty percent of voter turnout the results of sunday's landmark referendum could be invented the country's pro western government hoped a positive result would settle a decades long dispute with neighboring greece which itself has
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a problems or message donia this could pave the way to nato e.u. membership but opponents of the name change order for a boycott of the vote. let's cross to d.w. correspondent boris scale get ski outside parliament in the country's capital scorpio bars polls close two hours ago and it looks like the public does not want to endorse a new name so what now. no no does the big question what happens next recently the turnout is obviously a big disappointment for the government but on the other side from the possible to the five percent of people who voted almost ninety percent voted yes which means the support of the agreement with greece prime ministers that i was article the press conference more than an hour ago and he promised that he is going to push for the agreement in the parliament and he called the opposition to support the deal with greece the may change deal or otherwise he's going to call early parliamentary
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elections so it's a complicated situation but that the government is really in the results to push this issue today and. a lot is at stake here and even though this referendum is of course non-binding it's not the final step of the name change. you know definitely not the final step this was actually the second step the first step was the signing of the agreement in june with the greek government this was the second step for many it was the most important step but let's just say not everything is lost because the third and the final step is the parliament where the government needs to toward my surety in order to push this name change through all the constitutional changes and everything that needs to be done so there's still a chance for this to go through but the government or the prime minister needs the support for at least nine or ten m.p.'s from the opposition party which will boycott of the referendum to date. the bars this has been a long running dispute that has also been emotionally charged is the country
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expecting clashes tonight. you know i wouldn't say to that because there were some protests which turned into celebrations in front of the parliament a couple of hours ago those were the people that boycotted the referendum but no one expecting any clashes and there are no signs of something like that to happen everything is here everything here is peaceful and very quiet all right that state of unease barsky. in the bundesliga frankfurt school of the security a huge win over the head of a basing that opponents for one stall for would entail return to frankfurt starting lineup and schooled the hosts a second goal of the game to mark the occasion the result means head of the in the match day six rooted to the bottom of the bundesliga table. now you're about to see one of the bundesliga most bizarre and goals ever it featured in. payment on
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saturday should god went ahead in the foot in the first half thanks to a goal and the don't is but they almost threw it away literally when goalkeeper ron failed to deal with his teammates throw in an embarrassing blender from the keeper but lucky for him his teammates came to the rescue castro. got a two one victory. behind when she fled her native syria in two thousand and twelve she's now based in paris and brings a taste of syria to the concert halls playing to sold out crowds of her compatriots and on saturday night she brought her. for the first time. every artist has their own pre-concert ritual and prefers the company of friends and fans. there's always time for
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a few selfies she's excited to perform in berlin which in some ways reminds her of the home she left behind in damascus. from many countries are here not just syrians lebanese or palestinians here i can meet people i otherwise would have found difficult to get to know as were my. local radio station a soulful teaser ahead of the night's gig she's keen to reach an honorable audience with her music her style fuses are mean you know nervy commute elements of jazz. her songs often deal in love pain and exile but she shies away from politics there
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are ten year concerts trying to conjure a different image of her war scarred homeland. that people mostly talk about syrians as refugees sort of worst of irish people who had to make a fresh start but see my concerts you experience us as we really are as if we were in our homeland as if the war had not torn us apart as if the problems had never been there. even so as she takes the stage it is hard to fight the harsh reality her set includes songs about alienation and fear for the refugees in the room it must have felt like their story. from patriotism tears turned into joy it is this mix of emotions that pulls
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syrians back to lena show mommy i'm. going up right at the beginning but later celebrated and than just like i said i felt the deepest yearning for home but also happiness and i need him in some songs i felt the sadness and pain of the syrian people and. afterwards they moved their star for these sounds elaina is the name but even to the syria they remember. you're watching t.v. every news from berlin will be back at the top of the hour with more news. staying up to date don't miss our highlights. doodling program on line d.w. dark calm highlights. terror at the more of
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a refugee camp there's a terrible suspicion coursing through one of europe's largest refugee camps on the .

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