truth detectives starts feb fifteenth on t.w. . place. this is d.w. news live from berlin a dramatic reversal in thai politics princess candidacy for prime minister is withdrawn her party says it will obey the king's order declaring her political involvement in appropriate princess noble rot had broken with tradition and announced she would run for office in next month's election we'll get the latest

from bangkok also coming up heartbreak in brazil as disaster strikes one of the country's most famous soccer teams ablaze tears through a dormitory for young players at rio de janeiro's flamenco clubs at least ten teenagers are dead. and the latest from day two of the berlin international film festival we take a closer look at by the grace of god a french film about sexual abuse by catholic priests is a fictionalized account of a real life story and it's in the running for the golden bear. thanks for joining us i'm marian evans dean we begin in thailand which has seen a roller coaster of twenty four hours the political party that nominated the king's sister for prime minister. has suspended her candidacy obeying an order from the

king google rock shocked the country on friday when she announced she would be running for a populist party loyal to ousted ex premier toxins shinawatra the right had defended her decision to stand saying she had relinquished her royal titles when she married a foreigner in one thousand nine hundred eighty two. all right now to some of the other stories making news around the world the fiance of murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi has said she would welcome a change in u.s. president donald trump's approach to the killing meanwhile there's been an angry backlash on capitol hill after trump failed to meet a legal mandate to tell congress whether he'll impose sanctions on those responsible for she's murder. he was prosecutors are investigating an american newspaper his handling of amazon jeff bezos is extramarital affair bezos has accused the publisher of blackmail he alleges that the national enquirer threatened

to publish intimate photos of him in his lover if he did not comply with their demands. the deputy governor of the u.s. state of virginia is facing a second accusation of sexual assault a woman has accused democrat justin fairfax of assaulting her when they were university students earlier a woman came forward claiming fairfax had assaulted her at the democratic national convention in two thousand and four for his part fairfax denies the allegations. she was completely in. brazil is in mourning after ten people died in a fire at one of the country's most popular professional soccer clubs the blaze broke out before dawn on friday at a training facility at the flamingo club officials say some of the victims were teenagers from the flamingo youth team who were sleeping in the center's dormitory . this is where the teenage football players lost their lives. on the training grounds of one of brazil's most popular clubs flamingo.

the blaze started while the boys slept in their dormitory. only thirteen managed to get out alive. we'll look at a call from the time each of. the place was completely engulfed in flames and sit down. and we tried our hardest to get to the victims. but all we found were dead bodies no forty has a lot to use for you so i want to explore investigators are looking into reports that the blaze started when an air conditioning unit caught fire there are also questions over the building itself officials say the club had not been authorized to build the dormitory for relatives it's a tragedy that should never have happened. if it wasn't i thought it was and so one looking after these boys. there was

a fire and they died but this could have been avoided. and no one was maintaining this building everything that was lacking still you know there's a lot of. fans and relatives are in shock supporters of the club turned out to pay their respects to the young boys that died whose dream it was to play football. all right let's get more on the story and for that i'm joined in the studio by dave browning from sports so dave this is quite a tragic tragic tragic story is there any new information about what caused this fire stephanie a very tragic story we're still waiting for details to trickle in there's tons of conjecture about what exactly happened and what might have caused the fire but we do know it's an official investigation has already been launched to find out what happened and there are some local reports indicating what it could have been one of those mentions the. that the dormitory was built on land that actually wasn't

licensed to be zoned for residential use and should actually have been cleared as a parking lot so it's a little unclear if the building was actually up to code and had tracked fire standards and there are also reports from local media indicating that maybe an air conditioning unit had actually created the fire but that's still not confirmed so we're waiting to hear from that but for now we do have a clip from the health minister from rio de janeiro talking about the response so let's listen to that. just fact some three days of saying there are three injured teenagers two of whom are in stable condition and the third who is in a more serious situation. he has been transferred to another one of our hospitals which has a burn trauma center at the specializes in the kind of treatment he needs besides outspread oafish that doesn't get it he says well this was a training center for up and coming soccer talent what more can you tell us about the facility itself well the facility actually has

a state of the art facility that was very recently renovated and expanded at great expense to the club so something of this magnitude happening so quickly just two months after these renovations are done is quite the shock but it is also worth noting it's a residential facility which is quite common in south america for a club of this size for these players to be living there but there are also reports that the building which caught on fire was actually one of the older buildings that was scheduled to be torn down relatively soon so again it's unclear if exactly where the fire broke out as part of the kind of shining new glitzy facility is that are part of the club's training ground well we've already said you know this is been quite a shock for brazil what kind of an impact is this likely to have on brazil's soccer community or even on soccer community outside brazil it's a very big story in a very big deal both in brazil and globally flamengo is the largest and most

popular club in all of brazil and they're also quite well known and well supported the world over and of course such a tragic kind of hard hitting story like this has quickly spread around the world and we've already seen lots of notes of condolences and support coming from clubs and players not just in brazil but the world over so it really has sent shock waves throughout the global and brazilian soccer community. the. first team was scheduled to have a match today but we'll see how they go forward and how exactly they will deal with this for a bit more on the club's response we have a clip from among those president who talks about how exactly the cup is dealing with this let's hear. obviously we are all dismayed. this is with the worst tragedy this club has been through in the last one hundred twenty three years the loss of these ten people. before.

now dave this is yet another tragedy for brazilian football there was in twenty sixteen that plane crash involving the club we understand that they've actually been in touch with the flamingo club can you tell us about that yeah so in two thousand and sixteen there was a horrendous incident that involved the death of seventy one people involved with chapa cohen says club on a plane crashed including almost the entirety of the first team and you are correct tropical and say has reached out to flamengo sending their condolences and having gone through something tragic as well they might have a bit of an understanding of what exactly is happening to flamengo and their community of supporters and families and one thing but both tragic stories dave reneke from sports thanks so much.

we'd like you take to take you back now to our top story in thailand where the political party that nominated princess oval road from prime minister has suspended her candidacy obeying an order from her brother the king now and shocked the country friday when she announced she would be running for a populist party loyal to ousted ex premier taksin shinawatra let's get some more on all of this and for that we're joined on the line by the boston heartache who is in the thai capital bangkok hello to bust and so is there now any chance of the princes could still run perhaps as an independent so i think it's back to a question i think it's important to understand that. the position of the monarchy in that country the mark even to suit that is highly revered in that it's highly respected it didn't highlight it it's a defacto untouchable and there are three laws required to any criticism of the

modern p. and the family of the king no the king came out yesterday in a statement which we broadcast on all sides television station site. cruelly saying that you think that inappropriate for a high ranking member of the royal family to get involved and to go on for political office and now and having i think do that and i think it's completely inconceivable that any one beautiful party or be different than what stand up in and openly oppose the king on that not only because they would miss prosecution but also because it would be deemed that it sets extreme we can in appropriate in thai society speak out against the king in that way and pretty far away is which is. now boston it's really been a roller coaster twenty four hours we had first the surprise news that the king sister is running and now the reaction of the king and then the announcement that she won't be running how are people in thailand taking all of this. well

look as you said this all happened in a very short period of time just within twenty four hours and people haven't really had a lot of time to take all of this in and to figure out what they're going to make of it i think the candidates the princes would have been would have been a popularity for the military campaign because you have to understand the military here has a huge advantage over the other parties in this upcoming election that is because of the constitution the way that is the way that is written and also the electoral laws and the electoral system and also when you look at campaigning for example. the good political parties have only been allowed to campaign for a few weeks now in the run up to this election whereas the military government as the tool in the country for months remoting their policy and handing out to the population so this would have been leveled the playing field to a certain degree now we're going after wait and see how that plays out because of course there are people in thailand who were really excited about the prince's.

going into the political arena and running for office but there were others as well . it completely inappropriate to the member of the royal family and the world family shouldn't get involved in politics so we're going to have to with the obvious things out of this is going to this is going to be beneficial for the anti government for them to military camp or it's going to be a backlash all right boston hartigan bangkok many thanks indeed. all right time for the latest from the berlin international film festival also known as the berlin nolen day to showcase veteran director francois was on film the grace of god which depicts france's they guess church abuse case and its attempts of cover up the silent self has also been caught up in the scandal the priest accused of molesting more than eighty boys is now trying to block the film's release in france. it was

a rather quiet night on the red carpet with the premiere of the movie technique the difficulties show. a claim french director alfonso wallace on tells the story off several men who were abused by a catholic priest when they were kids. long repressed memories awakened when they find out that the same priest is still in charge. he says you got connected to. sufficient moment had also been critical of us and call them because could you keep the faith in this based on the real case. on the french priest who is currently facing charges of sex really assaulting around seventy boss direct office while was also as he wanted to break the silence about the alleged crimes in preparation for his film he spoke extensively with the victims. and. i stuck closely to their stories but to protect their families i took

some liberties with the details which were much more disturbing than in the film. which is you don't watch and i don't hear in the movie as in real life the victims fight for justice and against father play in a superior whom they accuse of covering up the alleged abuse. you're up to date now on. american evan steen from all of us in berlin thanks for watching. hey listen. that's more video game music sounded like thirty years ago. today these tracks take the experience to another level

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