Skip to main content

tv   DW News - News  Deutsche Welle  December 26, 2018 7:00am-7:16am CET

7:00 am
leon. this is the news coming to you live from berlin extreme weather and high waves that's the latest warning for people living around the erupting on a caucus held volcano in indonesia once an army has already killed more than four hundred people now a second is feared look at the latest from west java also coming up. but have an exclusive report on the homeless crisis in the indian capital delhi and white film people braved the fisher winter nights rather than stay warm in the shelter.
7:01 am
i'm on it on a welcome to the program indonesian authorities are warning people around the erupting volcano to expect extreme weather and high waves they're urging people to stay away from coastal areas that have already been devastated by a tsunami that killed more than four hundred people desperately needed aid is being delivered to so merriest hit by saturday's tsunami of more supplies are still need it for the thousands of displaced people living in makeshift camps doctors say children are becoming ill with a lack of access to clean water and medical supplies. we're joined now by correspondent ana santos and she's in love one in western java where it's one of the worst effect. area welcome and thank you for joining us we
7:02 am
are hearing people fear another tsunami what's the feeling where you are right now . the fear of another tsunami certainly called bring over people's minds right now especially since we continued to hear the rumble of the volcano even that is cross from us but as of today the most immediate concern are the floods cause side of continuous rain yesterday that was continuous rain and this morning those things trying to run shall we woke up to the sound of sunday or this morning and a lot of rain we let out into the streets we saw that a lot of the roads and villages were flooded tonight lehigh waist deep if you see behind me this is when it's actually flooded up to the rooftops of their houses so this the combined threat of another tsunami plus the floods of today are really aggravating ready very dire and serious situation of another part of the problem as
7:03 am
well as the fact that age is just trickling in there what more do we know about aid at the moment if there is more on the way aid has been really you know on a steady trickle i think is the best way to describe this to the most affected areas but there are areas that's remain to be very isolated these are mostly. all western coast of java and. so these various really. almost read here sometimes helicopters over we've been told by the force that we've had across this archer trying air drop much needed so i can. fire words that have been blocked off by what i see that have been blocked off i just want. to you have been talking to people in the area who are desperately searching for loved ones and you sent us this report on how one family is praying for america a second look. a tsunami brought by
7:04 am
the eruption of the volcano cutout is nothing this goes though a village called land that outlined in rubbles it is in this rubble that a young father hopes that he will find his three month old baby who has been missing since saturday. the baby girl's name is a niece and her body could be somewhere and this debris fairy cooney our one fisherman is her father he lived with his wife hanna and their three children near the water's edge they have the hut couldn't withstand the force of the giant wave that. now bust through and this is all that's left of our house my mother asked about the strange sounds outside and when i looked around i saw three big waves one after the other i panicked and woke up my wife we ran out with the whole family this is where i got hit by the big wife but we kept running over there came the
7:05 am
second wife we fell again and that's when i was torn from my wife's arms we're still looking for. the most out of us. in this movie ledge of about fifty residents three people were unaccounted for two bodies have been found. but ferrying hundreds baby girl is still missing. in this home behind me is where hannah and fairy reunited with two of their children instead of three. my baby was just wearing the new clothes i'd bought for her that it would. be a while she had some new toys too and she was just starting to smile and giggle. we wanted to go to a family gathering but when the waves came i couldn't hold onto her tight enough for a man on the up and if i lost her. munich. the
7:06 am
brave go. to the tsunami left hand ferries family with only the clothes on their backs and for now all they have is this picture of an isa and the hope that she will be found and that is an early heartbreaking story what help is actually out there for people with missing friends and relatives . we talked to the indonesian red cross just a few minutes ago i just told us that they are assisting with two things search and rescue operation and also bringing much needed supplies to the people in the evacuation centers and evacuation centers that needed concerns our first she would be water so the red cross the student directing that and also they have been assisting local authorities with search and rescue operations however it's told us that this morning because of the rain and so forth use and the bill for governor has pulled into momentarily keep away from the villages in the schools whole area
7:07 am
because of the stress of physician army and also rising water because of this much of that these are the areas that are most critical in terms of search and rescue and so they've had to hold that off for now and at the same time there has been floods over this part of the city and they have said that they've had to recall of their volunteers who have been deployed to other parts there's a bit of scrambling that needs to be done not with the least of all the media putting workers and those close or it seems from all sides richard haass cloris and richard how did you get to be honest on just another one in western java thank you . now to some of the other stories making news around the world japan says it's withdrawing from the international whaling commission and will resume commercial holds beginning next july says flailing will be limited to its own territorial waters than economics though in japan has long
7:08 am
conducted so-called scientific whaling. of the syrian state media says the country's air defenses last night intercepted missiles fired by israeli warplanes images of surface to air missiles near the capital damascus several soldiers were reportedly injures independent observers say israel was targeting an arms death by hezbollah and iranian forces. in mexico a vigil has been house for the governor of state's martha erica alonzo who died in a helicopter crash on christmas day for a husband a prominent senator was also an investigation into the incident is being carried interest. u.s. immigration authorities say an eight year old. boy has died in custody it's the second death of a child immigrant and u.s. detention this month the boy taken to
7:09 am
a hospital in new mexico where he was diagnosed with a cold and fever he was given medication for his symptoms became worse and he was readmitted to the hospital where he tell you a few hours later. when the child's death combs during an ongoing dispute over border security in the u.s. a partial government shutdown is underway over president donald trump's demand for border wall funding from congress democrats say there is no support for a bill that would help pay for the walls construction trump says the shutdown will last until agreement on funding the wall has been breached. i can't tell you where the government's going to be open i can tell you it's not going to be open until we have a wall a fence whatever they'd like to call it i'll call it whatever they will. protesters that have clashed on the streets of the capital tunis and other towns following the death of a journalist that was buried yesterday is suicide on monday and protests against
7:10 am
the country's economic problems has sparked unrest across the country. once of deborah sachs georgie's death became public some of the residents of his hometown of kasserine took to the streets blocking roads and throwing stones police then used tear gas to disperse them. had spent years trying to find work in custody in on monday he posted messages online describing his desperation and calling for open opposition to the government. a cold to all the unemployed people in kasserine we would revolt and anyone who would like to join and support me is welcome to join. demonstrate on my own and i will set myself on fire because. he did and did exactly that a spokesperson from the tunisian interior ministry said several people were injured and arrested as a result of the demonstrations tunisia's journalist union is considering holding
7:11 am
a general strike citing the state of the country eight years ago a tunisian street vendor set himself on fire in protest over poverty that death sparked what became known as the arab spring with demonstrations that then spread across the arab world was also one of the first cities where people took part in those protests. temperature is pulled us and the indian capital delhi at this time of year so for the thousands of people with as a roof over their heads as they see authorities have opened more than two hundred nights out but many still prefer to brave the cold to sleeping on the streets in an exclusive report find that why. every evening thirty year old audacious sits in the sport watching television this is not his home he does not have fun but dead he's cold and polluted winter nights are a bit easier to bear in this government shelter for the homeless. it's comfortable here i come here watch t.v. fall asleep i came to delhi because i can earn more here i can work hard all day in
7:12 am
the village but earn very little. scheme to delhi when he was just fourteen years old to try to earn money for his father's to this treatment now he's the sole we're joined now in his family of three making dollars a day working odd jobs on construction sites as the night wears on the shelter starts filling up with migrant laborers like are there some spots to lie empty. but this does not mean there are no more people out in the cooler. as temperatures dip and the city passes them by thousands of homeless people in delhi try to find a porno to call home for the night. just a five minute walk from. this bridge is a popular sport. a sealed off portion under it is a home for many families. fifty year old eleven has been coming today for two
7:13 am
decades the youngest of his six children lives with him here in the d.c. the shelter nearby so as a makeshift school but she and her mother cannot spend the night there as the shelter is only for men. alcoholics and addicts stay in the shelters they fight they do other things how can i take my little children here. we don't have a home to live with our kids to educate them keep them clean. where's our place under this bridge that's all for the last twenty years we've been lying here. last month look to cough because of the pollution and coolant he on stem to twenty two peas duffy twenty five cents for every engine he runs but missing a day off work means missing crucial we just to support his family of eight. none of lalan so-called me boys believe there is
7:14 am
a better alternative some don't know about the government shelters others find them in secure. his children have grown up under this bridge but lennon still dreams of a better future for them to this a homebody would be we don't want our kids to end up like us we want them to get good jobs good homes and want them to become good human beings one day. for the coming months however the only goal will be to stave off. that that for now from did have a nice house for joining us and well leave you with some pictures in panda having fun in the snow washington d.c. or something.
7:15 am
first clooney. and then the doors grand a moment arrives. joining a recantation on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary during an orangutan returns home on t w dot com tanks.

50 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on