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this is. from indonesia reason from its rumbling volcano to a red apologies warn the public to keep their distance from the. people to stay away from the coast. get an update from a correspondent in the region and also coming up u.s. president makes an unannounced visits to troops in
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a combat zone for the first time. at an air base in germany on his back. and discusses a proposed tax on practicing muslims to pray for mosques and the mobs the so-called mosque task to actually be similar to the church taxes that. catholic state. authorities in indonesia have raised for the bill kid on that cause a tsunami last weekend they warned that fresh activity from the on the. my school was another tsunami and they've ordered all flights to steer the area saturday's deadly raid skilled at least four hundred thirty people since then heavy rains and flooding. have added to the hardship do you have news on
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a son to us has this report for you. on. these villages thought they were safe after escaping the tsunami that tore into the western coast of java but now they've returned they face a new problem. around six in the morning when 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 lawyer. johnny moved his family because of the risk of another tsunami. here he is leaving behind way three other children and twenty five other individuals it's a title he said but at least he's living with the comfort of the place and they're all accounted for great now on his feet his family.
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attorney his wife may several remembers the moment she had to leave. 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. and that report by the devil is anathema she now joins me from the coastal town of anya in west java on a party said the crocodile wilkin or has the potential to cause more devastation how worried are people about another tsunami.
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there is definitely still much anxiety about the possibility of another tsunami authorities today raise that level to three which is the second highest level because they said that there was more volcanic activity from the volcano more volcanic ash and smoke we're seeing the spewing from krakatau the locals that i've spoken to tell me that they are afraid but residue they say that their faith is what keeps them strong and it is their face that will keep them that was see them through this disaster. and i asked this so in your report green and doing is adding to the misery of the people how is all of this impacting the rescue and relief efforts. search and rescue teams told us that extreme weather conditions remain to be their biggest challenge roads are either blocked by debris or flooded so this impacts their access to the
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affected communities and the immediacy by which they can extend aid to those that need help. right in this is i know how people coping you know we can see there's a lightning behind you know what is is more rain forecast. yes there is more rain for those forecasts for the coming days and as we saw yesterday sometimes it comes in torrents right and then we where we you wake up the roads are flooded and some of the villages are filled up to their rooftops and completely submerged so the residents they tell us that ok this happens and. they are tired but yes still very determined and resolute that their faith will see them through this disaster on a santos in west java thank you very much for that update. on just weeks after the resignation of his defense secretary jim artis u.s.
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president donald trump has made his first trip to meet american soldiers in a conflict along with his wife milan here trump made an unannounced visit to troops deployed in iraq on his way back you made a brief stop at the ramstein air base here in germany trump spend just two or three hours in iraq. the reception was everything he could have hoped for it was donald trump's first visit to a u.s. military base in a combat region and just a week after a controversial move to pull u.s. forces from syria. first of all. let's have a good job but what a job you have done what they have done i made it clear from the beginning that our mission in syria was destroyed by issues of. it's military strong halls we're not nation building rebuilding syria will require a political solution. and it's a solution that should be paid for by its very rich neighboring countries not the
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united states let them pay for and they will they will. come in hot on the heels of a government shutdown at home and of course christmas unannounced visit was meant to be a minute left or as much for the troops as for trump himself with tears signings and selfies in their three hour stopover. mingled with the very soul just taking the fight to the so-called islamic state. trump was then briefed by military leaders where he again pressed the case for other countries to take over the fight against isis. that we've knocked them out with nothing silly. i will tell you that i have a very good with the president who wants to knock him out also and he will do it and others will deliver the goods were in their region they should be really sharing the burden of course. there was time to for
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a surprise visit to enthusiastic troops stationed at an air base in germany the president using a refueling stop for one last chance to take his mind off what awaits him at home. let's look at some other stories making news around the former madagascar president . has been declared a runoff presidential election his rival has charged electoral fraud and asked for an investigation by the country's electoral commission. high constitutional court now has nine days to confirm the result. a clean up operation is underway on the italian island of sicily after an eruption off the mount triggered enough quake the tremor struck just north of injuring several people and damaging buildings
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a court in austria set to rule on how much. birthplace is worth that's after the state offer to buy. in for three hundred thousand the current owner is demanding one and a half the judge is expected to rule on the matter in january june is exploring the idea of a so-called mosque tax it would be loosely based on the existing tax which funds catholic and protestant churches in germany the idea is that a challenge and practicing muslims here would make german mosques less dependent on financial support from abroad. the central mosque in cologne is the largest in all of germany the moms in germany come largely from turkey and are paid by the turkish religious organization the d. on it the concept that mosques could be offered an alternative financing by germany appeals to many politicians in the government coalition. i believe it's important
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that mosque associations in germany and islam are independent of foreign influence from currently the fact is that most of the money comes from foreign states and that's not good for our society or islam in germany to be to florence we can search after all fitting islamic deutschland port city for the turkish community gives the plan a cautious welcome to interest groups often i support the wish for independence in germany in all areas because here in germany we have a federal constitution that covers all religions. for finished. but the structure of the muslim organizations in germany is more differentiated than that of the christian churches in order to implement a mandatory tax on all members it would first be necessary to centralize all muslim communities says say run a test founder of the liberal roast go to mosque i just had this is why the new idea or approach is to think about how muslims can be represented so that they have
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a democratic advisory committee and create something new together with the liberals and conservatives this responsibility could be initiated by muslims but at the same time supported by the government. funded muslims that's come about classmates from start before. the interior ministry plans to begin discussions on the mosque tax idea with german muslim communities. to a champion football now where senegalese defender kali duke really barely was subjected to racists chance during napoli's one the last two into milan controversy erupted when it was books for this fall in the eightieth minute he was then sent off the field after he appeared to sarcastically applaud the referee. claimed he was responding to racist taunts in the crowd not fully coat. he said his side had asked for the match to be suspended three times because of the chance.
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after the match and chill out he was furious saying his team would walk off the pitch in future games if similar racist incidents take place. 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 young politician and a man of two thousand and eighteen was a year of sporting success for many german athletes actually care where won the u.s. open and the men's ice hockey team to comb silver from the winter olympics but there were also a bitter defeats and tragic moments olympic track cyclist christina forty was critically injured in june when she collided with a fellow cyclist during a training exercise she is not violence from waist down but she's determined to
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regain as much mobility s. possible having them. in hospital has been home for the past six months it's where she was operated out of the crash and this is where she's begun to prepare for a new life in a wheelchair. something stand work and other things work differently now i have to learn how to do everything like getting out of the wheelchair on to the. bed. 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 but she must now rebuild it's a live boreas process. continue to play the 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. for dominated her sport in recent years she wanted to olympic gold medals including
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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 as part of a team accident still hits her german teammates harmed him is the first 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 do her beloved sport 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. i mean you're watching the news that's it from me
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under thirty monday news team but i encourage you to have a look at our web site there's lots more on there and the address is dot com you can of course on twitter and on.

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