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this is deja vu news live from berlin there are no survivors in the crash of an ethiopian airlines jet authorities combing the site near i disagree about where the plane went down shortly after taking off for nairobi one hundred fifty seven people were on board the seven thirty seven max it is the second crash in months of boeing's latest airliner. also coming up the next confrontation in venezuela as power struggles opposition leader one why bill calls for a nationwide march on the capital that is as crippling power outages in the country dragged on there to reports of patients dying in hospitals without electricity. and
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tibetans around the world marks sixty years of failed uprising against chinese forced their spiritual leader into exile. i'm sumi so much kind of thank you for joining us ethiopian airlines says all one hundred fifty seven people have been killed in the crash of a boeing seven thirty seven max jet the airliner lost contact with air traffic control minutes after taking off from i disobey ba to nairobi kenya an ethiopian canadian and chinese passengers are said to be among the dead now the plane was the newest version of the seven thirty seven it was just four months old at the track and website flight raider twenty four said the plane had an unstable vertical speed and these pictures have just come in recently from the crash site or kenya as
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transport secretary earlier gave a press conference on the crash let's listen to what he said. we don't have much in food information regarding this very regrettable. incident which happened. to this morning. you may be aware that there is a dent placed it's a thirty foot eight that eight when their flight took off from bali international airport. and six minutes little. bit to go to last in terms of the dock surveillance. on all parts is you know if it is we are with you for more information to come from a distance of a book. but in the meantime we initiated the rule can you help what's. you might consider sponsors. to basically take care of
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all that actives and friends. who may be affected in the who. want to deceive the posse just up on are able to at all be the populace of this interest is to provide. directives we call me doesn't greet us. with information. this much as we hope. at the same time to provide them with an element of privacy. because until we know what has happened. of those they'll be a lot of ones. but we have our correspondents tracking the latest developments for us melanie is following the story from nairobi and none take after it's a lay she from debbie on heart has been tracking the latest for us as well good to have you both melanie let's start with you what is the latest you can tell us on the crash. so i mean all morning there was search and rescue operations
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going on at the crèche side around the town called the shelf which is just sixty kilometers outside of the ethiopian capital we have now learned that no one survived four of the passengers from fifty three different countries but we have now some more information on then nationalities authorities say that the passengers killed include kenyans if you know peons british french italians dutch slovaks egyptians indians chinese canadians and americans there is still a lot which is unclear we do know though that the plane crashed just six minutes after it had taken off but we're still awaiting details on the reasons why we do not know yet melanie we understand that people have been gathering at nairobi airport that was the flight's destination as we said many kenyans on board you just told us tell us more about that. yes people have been gathering here at
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kenyatta outport where the boeing seven thirty seven max was expected to arrive at around ten fatty this morning that is off to a two hour long flight many people here in the country are still learning about the tragic incident but there are some who have come out to the airport in support of the families and friends and of course the kenyan president a hurrican also has tweeted out his condolences he has extended his condolences to the families and said that the prayers with everyone who was on board and with the people who are who are lost the press interest but yeah i mean a lot of people here do also hope that the imagine two thousand to which promise now will be established quickly so that the families and friends can get the support that they need that's hardly a lot of people waiting for more information month after thoughts come to you now
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this is the worst aviation disaster in ethiopia's history can you tell us more about this airline safety record well it's really a big disaster is a huge tragedy for ethiopia actually you know this well is the biggest one but in two thousand and ten in beirut off sure you know ethiopian airlines for all nine. coltan flight and crushed eighty nine travelers including prue kid that was you know the huge disaster but no this one is the biggest one. of the after two thousand and ten there is some kind sophie cups you know it's on the safety landing and something like that but the huge disaster it does what what is the airline saying about this. the airlines didn't say anything more about our correspondent is heading to the
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press conference at the moment they didn't you know detail they didn't issue in detail but they want to say something about incidents but nobody knows what would the code is and how play was crushed nobody knows but they're going to give press conference which talk about one hundred fifty seven people on board want to go after what are some of the reactions that you've been seeing from the ethiopian side. it's really in a i'll try to follow on twitter and facebook and own social media outlets and people are really really really sad and nobody was expecting such kind of disaster because you know as you know ethiopian airlines is one of the safest and most profitable airlines in africa not old enough but. across the globe so people didn't expect such kind of things. people are saying that you know if you're going
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airlines is safe as the end how could this happen and nobody know nobody you know the reason so people are just really really kind of confusion at the moment say you know right all the stories we said is developing our correspondents following the very latest for us melanie credible and mantic after salacious thank you both thanks. now to some other stories that are making news around the world fourteen people have been killed in a plane crash in central colombia a local mayor and her family were among the victims emergency services suggested engine failure could have caused the propeller plane to crash. officials in algeria have rescheduled spring break for university students moving a forward by more than a week is being seen as an attempt to quell protests against ailing president with if the students have been at the heart of demonstrations opposing his bid to run for a fifth term in office. in syria the u.s.
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backed syrian democratic forces have paul's military operations against the so-called islamic state in to allow more civilians to be evacuated more than sixty thousand people have been displaced by fighting there as syrian regime forces prepared to retake the jihadists last enclave. in the japanese coast guard says at least eighty seven people were injured when a ferry collided with a moat rina animal thought to be a whale and the ferry operator said the vessel was able to continue onwards to its destination although a fifteen centimeter gash was found in its turn. venezuela's opposition leader one guy though has called for a nationwide march on the capital caracas it is the latest round in his power struggle with socialist president nicolas maduro who claimed on saturday that attempts to overthrow his government had been defeated venezuela has been crippled by nationwide power outages one n.g.o.s reporting that fifteen patients died in
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hospitals because the blackout shut down their dialysis treatment. with one of venezuela's worst ever power outages entering a fourth day tensions have been running high and tempers fraying. now that i riot is about to kick off because of the blackout not because of madeira not because of anything else we want to let. tricity we want to let tricity that's all just electricity for many venezuelans the ongoing power struggle between president maduro and the man who wants to oust him has taken a back seat to more pressing concerns. but come march with me but don't turn the electricity off on people our people are dying. most power had been restored since thursday a beleaguered nicolas maduro told supporters at a rally but another cyber attack directed from abroad had stopped progress on saturday he said. when there are talks like this
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the country's opposition the extreme right wing are without any doubt behind it. using high level technology that only the united states government has. five meanwhile opposition leader one why don't was ramping up the political pressure at a rival rally announcing a nationwide tour he called on venezuelans to converge on the capital in protest atman duros government. we will announce the organizing dates in each state. when we will all together all together come to caracas. the challenger announcing the next round of a power struggle in which neither side is backing down. today marks sixty years since the spiritual leader of tibet the dalai lama fled his homeland
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amid a failed uprising against chinese rule he has been living in exile in india ever since for many tibetans today's anniversary is a bitter occasion a standing in the rain in delhi of this group of activists chant free tibet and same traditional songs and buddhist channels the gathering was also to commemorate the many thousands of tibetans killed during a failed revolt in one nine hundred fifty nine well after that uprising an estimated one hundred thousand tibetans fled the fighting as refugees here's a look at tibet today and into the key events leading up to the sixtieth anniversary. it's known as the roof of the world nestled high in the himalayas today tibet is governed as an autonomous region of china but it's an autonomous in name only the chinese state controls almost every area of life religious observance in the traditionally buddhist territory has been reduced to an
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absolute minimum. it was nine hundred fifty when china asserted its rule over tibet in the years that followed resentment to beijing grew tibet's then head of state to the dalai lama sought to negotiate with chairman mao zedong but march nine hundred fifty nine saw a full scale uprising in tibet thousands are said to have died during the suppression of the revolt the dalai lama was forced to flee. crossing the himalayas on foot eventually arriving in dharamsala india he set up a government in exile where he has remained ever since for years he has pushed for greater autonomy for tibet all these today beijing still views him as an enemy a separatist threat. china says it has liberated to bed and points to modern progress and greater prosperity but sixty years after the dalai lama was forced into exile many tibetans still view him as their rightful leader for then this
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anniversary is a day of mourning. are now of our top story at this hour. there are no survivors in the crash of an ethiopian airlines jet one hundred fifty seven people were on board as the boeing seven thirty seven max lost control shortly after takeoff from i disobey about to nairobi it is the second deadly crash of boeing's latest airliner in five months. that's your news at this hour up next the bundesliga where the press harrington byron's relentless pursuit of leaders dortmund continues with the go fast but could they we take the lead that much more coming up on going to sleep with press here. and don't forget you can always get you know if you news on the go download or out from google player from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as follows push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d.w. off to send us your photos and your videos. and we'll
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be back here at the new sets it up atop the hour thanks for watching. good. earth. tunes of species the whole world series ring. here is much.

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