we are talking starts january thirteenth w. . this is news coming to you live from berlin the death still in the indonesian tsunami rises to four hundred and twenty nine as people try to salvage what's the what they can from the rubble desperately needed aid has started to arrive but humanitarian workers swarm the clean water and medical supplies are running out to get the latest from the region also coming up in this christmas message germany's

president frank walter steinmeier urges people to address tensions in society by engaging with each other and not drifting apart. and celebrating christmas around the odd santa doesn't or risk a ride on a sleek and carefree australians just probably on the me. alone. we start in indonesia where the number of dead has risen to four hundred twenty nine days after a tsunami swept across the coast of java and sumatra the death toll is expected to rise with thousands of people still missing in the remote areas of the islands more than fifteen hundred people were injured in the disaster we talk to our correspondent in the disaster zone but first this report. was so nami

warning has people fleeing for their lives. luckily this time a false alarm. bought within that krakatoa volcano believed to be the cause of saturday's tsunami still erupting experts warn that more killer waves could hit the devastated region this fear has driven thousands to overcrowded evacuation centers. i am not i am here because i'm afraid of a disaster. my house is actually far from the sea but i'm afraid the water will rise and flood my house so that's why i'm here. but those who return home to salvage what they can i faced with a wasteland of collapsed houses. in

order to survive people have no choice but to try and return to normal as quickly as possible. at this market vendors sell the remnants of anything they can find. it in the really just opening now people are only coming in now as the last two days have been quiet we haven't made any money meanwhile the grim recovery effort continues but the true extent of the damage is yet to unfold with rescue is only now reaching areas that were previously inaccessible. we're now joined by the correspondent and she's in in western java which is about the worst affected areas hi anna give us an indication of how many people are still missing and how is the search going. i mean

that the numbers in the search and command operation center have the number of missing pegged at a couple of dozen but both authorities and residents say that this is likely to be very underreported we have to remember that there are certain areas that remain inaccessible these are the areas that have been blocked off by rita and that the appearing of these roads remain to date because the t.v. was a great addition to there some i looked at that very have not been inaccessible. this area is a tourist area and the tsunami happened last weekend right before the holidays there were many people here who decide to concerts all sorts of holiday gatherings and there's no way to honk well how many of those visitors make it you need to be missing. the new queen and kind of take it on in the region how anxious all people today about the possibility of another tsunami. people are very anxious about another tsunami and it doesn't help that from here whether you go to the higher up

areas or you're in the coastal areas you will hear the rumbling of the volcano and that is an indication that the volcano remains active so this is really adding to the fears of the people not to mention that indonesia has been ravaged with a series of natural disasters to see it so i thought he has been warning people to do is to be careful of a dishonest anomalies and to seek shelter and higher area we visited in village earlier where that where villages have fled on the higher up area and even there you could hear the rumblings they said well starkly this area which is an elevated the area was untouched by floods others and ami's but they continue to feel very anxious about how safe and how long they really so you. and i know how people coping what is the situation like for survivors there. the survivors that we

visited in that village which was the higher ground they were seeking shelter among family members some retail we saw houses there were ten families that were living there all scrunched up together they took comfort in the fact that you know at least we are together we are with our families and was but they said that they are anxious about how long they can get there with their families and how much longer their food supplies will keep them or see them through those questions remain unanswered for them and that is causing a lot of anxiety and a lot of uncertainty. as to where a difficult situation for people. in in western java thank you very much for that. one stock markets of tonges deeper into the red shares on to accuse nikkei index are now down more than five percent it's the last finish in any to hear us this off to monday's nearly three percent for on wall street investors doubts about the u.s.

economy are growing on twitter president dollar trump lashed out at the federal reserve calling it the only problem the economy had after recent interest rate increases traders also wanted to trump is trying to fire the fed chief. long the market toward a later in the business show with monica but first some other stories making news around the world suicide bombers have attacked the biggest foreign ministry in the capital tripoli one of the attackers detonated his explosives another was shot by gods before he could do so security officials say three people have been killed. hollywood star kevin spacey has been charged with indecent assaulting an eighteen year old man in two thousand and sixteen it's the first criminal case brought against the oscar winning actor since his career collapsed made a series of sexual misconduct allegations a year ago space is due in court early in january. in drawing

pope francis is given his traditional ought to be christmas day message to the city of rome and to the wild from the balcony of st peter's basilica the head of the roman catholic church said the universal message of christmas was that god is a good father and we are all brothers and sisters he urged people to put aside partisan interests and look for political solutions to wars and conflicts here in berlin germany's president from walter steinmeier has urged people to address tensions in society by engaging with each other in his christmas message recorded at bellevue palace president steinmeier said the nation must not be allowed to grift a pot of christmas for the german president fung father steinmeyer is the time to talk to one another with family with friends and also with those who have political leanings other than your own. yard christmas is

a time not only for carols but sometimes also for quotes i believe it's good for us to engage in debate it's good for us to talk to each other if i had one wish for our country then it would be let's add more to pate. steinmeyer thinks germans are spending less time actually talking to each other and more time in their own social bubbles. however no matter how upset we are about this or wish they just didn't exist one thing remains true we are all part of this country regardless of our origin skin color approach to life or favorite sports team for a. month. his christmas wish this year is that people enter into dialogue with one another other countries he says are showing us what happens when societies drift apart. we have seen burning barricades and powers deep

political rifts in the united states and anxiety in the united kingdom ahead of brecht's it europe i speak to the test in hungary italy and other places we are in the heart of europe of course not immune against these developments the president is convinced german democracy is strong and to make sure it stays that way we all have to work together. and in bethlehem make christians believe jesus was born there were traditional festivities a speech will flock to the special destination this is busier than ever tourism a party see all hotels in the west bank town of fully booked scores of local and foreign visitors were treated strip palestinian scouts playing bagpipes and parading past a giant christmas tree. as two thousand and eighteen

draws to an end really looking back at some of the highlights of d.w. zia in one of our stories we visited a radio station for older people in southern england both the listeners and the presenters are well into retirement and one thing they're united about is that the tunes are the best. one of enjoy radio's top presenters arrives at the studio in the southern english town of haven't. eighty six year old mildred french spins discs here the best of the thirty's forty's and fifty's. her. we can call themselves d.j.'s b. of a j presenters d.j.'s a people talk over each other record which is something we can do. if people have requested something and they need to hear it intently. mildred is one of eighty

volunteers at the station most of them are over seventy she's played music here for eighteen years that when we were off air that time when we had to fry a somebody they're going to paris this is what you haven't you know he said and he said i know what it's like to have my life support head off and it means that much to. say this is why we sit here and do it the receptionist's takes on requests from listeners they often have long conversations with loyal fans in southern england and thanks to the internet around the world tommy smith founded angel radio in one nine hundred ninety nine when no other station was playing his favorite songs it became about more than just music. what did very quickly discover were the lonely people were phoning a stop and asking for record requests bartz they really just wanted to chat it's just really nice to do something unique for people. it is seven year old mavis meth

is one of them aside from the songs she requests she enjoys listening to local news general advice and good conversation. never lonely when i've got the radio on and the fact that you can interact and talk to somebody that means a lot because otherwise you're on your around for hours and hours and not talking to a soul and now. in the big angel radio family top across seventy one is new blood he plays sixty's music for the younger fans. barbara streisand was approached by. nothing to rock us top a place dulcet tones that convey enjoy radio's motto life really starts at sixty six. if you're celebrating christmas today from all of us here at the need of the news room a very happy christmas to you and to your loved ones and we're going to leave you now with some christmas pictures from around the world and remember santa does not

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