if you should start. this is news coming to you live from berlin indonesia raises the threat level from top to a red alert authorities warn the public to keep their distance from the rumbling volcano they rerouted plights and told people to stay away from the coast and that's after an abrupt triggered a deadly tsunami at the weekend also coming up

a look back at one of our favorite stories of twenty eighteen the cobalt was ready bringing the joy of books to children in the afghan capital kabul. and six months after a tragic training accident to lympics track cyclist christina is adapting to life in a wheelchair we caught up with the two time olympic gold medalist on the long road to recovery and a possible new career as a paralympian. along teri marchin good to have you with us authorities in indonesia have upped the alert level for the volcano that caused a tsunami last weekend they've warned that fresh activity from the volcano might calls another tsunami and they've ordered all flights to steer clear of the area saturday's deadly. waves killed at least four hundred thirty people since then

heavy rains have call the rivers to burst their banks flooding streets and submerging some homes our correspondent santos has this report. on. these villages thought they were safe after escaping the tsunami that tour into the western coast of java but now they've returned they face a new problem. around six in the morning the water began rising. i went out to get some food and when i came back the water was almost chest high our village has never been flooded like this. johnny moved his family because of the risk of another tsunami. here he is leaving behind me with white three other children and twenty five other individuals it's

a tight research but at least he's living with a guy never done that might be in there or the account at work great now on his face his family. attorneys wife may sorrow remembers the moment she had to leave. but i'm wondering when i heard talk of a second tsunami coming i grabbed my children and ran to my sister's house people were panicking and fleeing screaming run and run because the wave was coming i couldn't think of anything else the safety of my children was my only priority my youngest children eight and three years old they're in a bit of a shock and have trouble sleeping. so although the tsunami spared this family the flood still threatened their lives. santoso filed that report forced joins us from the krakatoa lauder trying post in western java good to see you tell us how difficult is it for authorities to get aid

through to the tsunami victims given the flooding and an active volcano. there are two thirds allan just that face local authorities and aid agencies first is the problem of access weather conditions like grain from yesterday have flooded roads that are already choked by debris that were blocking them and secondly the volcanic activity that continues limits where search and rescue operations can be done for example they've been asked temporarily yesterday and today to stay away from coastal areas and these are still the areas where they have to search to see if there are people that still need assistance and secondly there is also the problem or the issue of tracking the evacuees something back. stay with their relatives rather than evacuation centers making it difficult for a story to use to determine who exactly the evacuees are and what their needs are

and how to reach them what about the crack a toe a volcano we understand that it's still causing headaches there what more can you tell us. through our society as a raise the alert level today to level three that's the second highest level and they did this because of the continued and heightened cannick activity cracka tower has been shown to be spewing more volcanic ash and hot clouds into into the air so flights have been rerouted they catch like over the volcano or within its periphery authorities also told us earlier that they were have been able to determine from satellite images that a collapse of the volcano is what caused the tsunami it was sixty four hectares of the volcano fell into the ocean that's equivalent of about sixty four football fields crashing down into the ocean now it's not possible to determine if another

collapse what happened though krakatau remains fragile so authorities are saying that yes there is the possibility of there is another tsunami but they can't tell when and how and how strong it may be are the best they can do now is to tell everyone to exercise extreme caution and to stay away from the coastal areas ana thank you so much for bringing us up to date there. in western java. now some other stories making headlines around the world today a clean up operation is underway on the italian island of sicily after an eruption of the mount at the volcano triggered an earthquake the four point eight magnitude tremor struck just north of tanya injuring several people and damaging buildings. u.s. president altro made an unannounced visit to troops stationed in iraq on wednesday . ok thea first lady lanny a trump then made a brief stop at the ramstein air base here in germany it was the first time trump

has gone in person to a conflict zone where u.s. forces argument in iraq and a police officer in greece has been injured by a homemade explosive device left outside and things church the officer was responding to a call to investigate a suspicious package no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing. of course in austria is set to rule on how much of hitler's birth place is worth that's after the state offered to buy the apartments employ in for three hundred thousand euros the current owner is demanding one point five million judges are expected to decide the matter in january. twenty eighteen comes to an end we're looking back at some of the highlights of the day w.'s broadcasting year one story took us aboard a bus with a difference enough gas canister a mobile library bringing the joy of books to children in kabul take

a look. this is no ordinary pass it's offers hope to children in kabul every day it tours the afghan capital as residential neighborhoods for two to three hours children can discover worlds otherwise little known to them and get lost in a good big. books with stories about princes and beggars best. dragons to. i read books in two languages here in past two and dari. french to careen started the more by library with the help of donations she studied it all very tonight wants to encourage critical thinking among children back home the boss is in a safe space in an otherwise dangerous city. explosions are a problem and that can happen and that's anytime but then we are we are trying to park the car inside the communities where it is far better it is much more secure

but i think overall the security problem in the country exists and that's good exists for any project so we cannot stop our work just because of a serious problem life moves on you on security issues as well who called nine year old shot eagerly waits for the past to come by each day i haven't heard of it yet if i enjoy coming here because there's so many exciting things to eat i like stories about best i don't have any pics at home that. shot nuns father always picks his daughter up from the pass the family fled to kabila from conducing northern afghanistan thinking they'd be safer in the capital but explosions rocked the city near the every week recently a car bomb exploded near their home. panicking shot once parents went out to look for her. but. off to the plussed we finally found shot nam at the mobile library we were relieved but except to go to the bus we don't let the children out of the house. afghanistan has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world at more

than sixty percent one in three children cannot read or write so fresh to karim also reads to the children a lot keeping hold on for me is highly important because it was well for these children a little for that together but it can make something happen to face in this country so i'm i'm hopeful fresh to karim has started collecting to be sins again in the hope of renting another bus and bringing more pics to more children. telly in football where senegalese defender kali do the coulibaly rather was subjected to racist chance during billy's one zero loss to interpol and controversy erupted when coulibaly was booked for this hole in the eightieth minute he was then sent off the field after he appeared to sarcastically appalled the referee only body claimed he was responding to racist told in the crowd not for the coach carlo

ancelotti said his side had asked for the match to be suspended three times because of the chance. of a loss he was furious after the match saying his team would walk off the pitch in future games if similar racist incidents occur coulibaly himself responded on social media this is what he posted on twitter after the match i'm disappointed by the defeat but above all at leaving my brothers but i'm proud of the color of my skin proud to be french senegalese neapolitan and. twenty eighteen was a year of sporting success for many german athletes capper won the u.s. open in the men's ice hockey team took home silver from the winter olympics but there are also better defeats and tragic moments a lympics track cyclist christina fogle was critically injured in june when she

collided with a fellow cyclist during a training exercise she's now paralyzed from the waist down but she's determined to regain as much mobility as possible. this burley in hospital has been home for the past six months it's where she was operated on to have to crash and it is where she has begun to prepare for a new life in a wheelchair. something stand work and no other things work differently now i have to learn how to do everything like getting out of the wheelchair onto the floor. christina is paralyzed from the seventh vertebrae downwards that means she needs to find the strength to do anything in her upper body. as an athlete she had strong muscles this you must now rebuild it's a live boreas process. continue to play super helpful to have been a competitive athlete i know how hard it can be to achieve something but that it

can pay off if you fight for it and stick with it. dominated her sport in recent years she went to the olympic gold medals including a spectacular victory in rio in twenty sixteen when she lost her saddle during the sprint and still won she was also world champion eleven times solo and is part of a team accident still hits head german teammates haunt him is the best i just miss christina as a person we experienced so much together we always shared a hotel room and it's really sad that from one day to the next she couldn't be there or to have beloved sports anymore just a tragedy. away from the track she works for germany's federal police because it's almost impossible to earn a living wage as a professional track cyclist. after her accident the federal police will continue to take care of her. fully expect sport to continue to play a role in her life in the accident clinic she has found pleasure above all in

archery is this possibly the beginning of a second paralympic sport career. my ambition hasn't been killed off in fact it's been awakened to base and i've still got that fire in me to think of competitive paralympics i'm still far away from that. it will be three or four years we focus enough decides whether she will return to a sports arena as an active participant pronounce she has to get used to everyday life on four wheels. and just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the news indonesia has raised the alert level from the erupting. volcano and warned to steer clear of the area it's also told the public to stay away from the devastated coast nearby in case more volcanic activity triggers another tsunami. well still to come here on news

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