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this is news live from berlin klim an aerial lection results point to another waited for indonesia's president joko widodo looks on course to lead the world's third largest democracy for in second term but what will his victory mean for the country we will hear from jakarta also coming up we don't reconstruct the cathedral now if you're going to be even more beautiful than the full. goal to be reached
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within five years. france's emmanuel mark khan promises notre dong will rise from the ashes today he needs ministers to plan its restoration and japan's cherry blossoms have become a symbol of sprains about what about mexico's jacaranda traits their vibrant plowers are well loved and specially in springtime it's a bit of a spectacle in the country but it was a japanese immigrant who made them popular there in an homage to his homeland goal tell you more about the lost some secret history. welcome to the program limiter results in indonesia's election are pointing toward a significant victory for the country's current president joko widodo he's on.
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forced to win roughly fifty five percent of the vote against his main rival candidate and former general. be on top the result could be pivotal for the country's future as well as its reputation as a tolerant muslim country the contest brought the country's huge voting public out in force. the scale of these elections is vost one hundred ninety million potential voters scattered over eight thousand dial and across three time zones and spanning hundreds of different ethnic groups and languages. thousands of seats are up for grabs but the focus is on the two main contenders current president. and his challenger. seem keen above all to embrace the democratic process.
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because we were under the dutch that he had no fifty years ago we don't have the right to appoint anybody we just received whatever said by the government here so now this is the dam got to be. applied how rights for. number one yeah i think it's obvious we want him to complete his job my health for. our country. to have a better president and hoping to be a better. many indonesians are proud of their reputation for being a pluralistic society but rising radical islam also played a significant role. and religion especially in the past five or so years has become a mother thing again some political issues because the evidence of the islamist
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groups and also the impacts of. islamic radicalism in their nature. both candidates pushed them credentials and there has been an upsurge in attacks on minorities. often praised as a model of democracy in a region where governments so that the outcome of this election could move the country in a different direction. and our reporter claire richardson is in the capital jakarta she joins us now so claire we've heard the president he looks set to win the second term what does it mean for indonesia. hi sarah this election was in many ways a referendum on job performance over the past five years as president and another term as he is also known would mean that he is able to carry out more of the
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policies that he meant to put into place in terms of things like the economy a lot of the voters who i spoke to here said that they wanted to give him that extra five years to continue some of his programs particularly in building up infrastructure and roads he is also encouraged foreign investment so those are the sorts of things that we're likely to see more of it down the line now some of the people who i spoke to here also weren't major fans they were kind of choosing between what they saw as the lesser of two bad options or the better of two bad options i should say but either way we are going to see is him back in government you know at the forefront of indonesia for the next five years and religion also really a hot topic we have to mention in this election because indonesia we know that they have the largest muslim community in the world winning over those conservative muslim voters was a part of both of the campaigns of both of the candidates. how do you see this outcome claire what does it mean for those conservative especially religious groups
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there. well that's right if this election was about economy on the face of something that was playing out largely behind the scenes. especially in kind of the informal discourse taking place on social media was that this religion of base identity politics that has come to define this last election and now of the concern is that some of the bork conservative muslim groups in indonesia have really got a hold of the ears of the two major candidates joko widodo was criticized for not being a muslim and not by his opponent in this race and he has brought on as it as his vice presidential candidate one of the nation's top muslim clerics in response to that but no matter what the outcome was going to be of this election it became a very clear that these a voice is so from a. friend what used to be previously more fringe movements have found a place in the mainstream just parts of indonesian politics clear just briefly when can we count on the final result. will final results will be coming in in
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a few weeks time in may at which point we will have more information on the results from other levels of government that people were voting on here today as well. claire richardson joining us with the latest from jakarta thank you. and let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world sudan's deposed president omar al bashir has been moved to prison according to his family relatives say that bashir was previously being held inside the presidential compound in the capital khartoum bashir was ousted by the army last week uganda says that it may be willing to offer him asylum. teenage environmental activists where to turn bird has met the pope as she brought her campaign to tackle climate change to the vatican's timberg who has inspired student protest against global warming chatted briefly with pope francis who urged her to continue her efforts in protecting the climate. and the environmental activist glued himself to
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a train in london's canary wharf financial district to demand more action to tackle climate change to weather protesters climbed onto a train roof as part of a third day of demonstrations in the u.k. capital police arrested one man on suspicion of obstructing the railway. france has announced that it will hold an architectural contest to design a new spire for notre dame cathedral that's the country or that is as the country looks to rebuild the landmark which was gutted by a fifteen hour fire that started on monday evening president emanuel mccrone has vowed to restore the cathedral within five years and is meeting ministers today to discuss funding the ambitious plan. the government which owns the no for dom may decide not to replace the spire at all we'll hear more on that from paris in just about went but first this report on how the blaze at notre dame has affected the people of paris. a moment of unity for the present is coming to terms with the fire at notre dame.
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they drew together to sing and pray during a candle a vigil close to the cathedral. for many it provided an opportunity to reflect and hope that notre dame will one day be restored. to. the spontaneous gatherings tonight has led to small moments of prayer but also a lot of hope we can at last say that this fire which seemed so insurmountable and caused great damage to the cathedral still left the most important parts preserved and it remains a place of prayer. thoughts are now turning in earnest towards reconstructing notre dame the restoration has become a matter of state france's president a man of mcallen says the cathedral will be restored to its former glory. we
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are a people of builders and we have so much to rebuild so yes we don't reconstruct the cathedral of north you're going to be even more beautiful than before. and i won't buy gold to be reached within five years. that will be no easy task footage from inside the charred building shows debris everywhere however its build towers and walls are intact. that's thanks to the hundreds of firefighters who fought the raging blaze. at the vigil a spontaneous show of appreciation. a moment of optimism and gratitude as france pieces the damage done to a beloved landmark. let's bring in correspondent lisa lewis who has the latest now from paris and lisa we know that the prime minister has also been speaking about this fill us in on what he said. well he
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said that the government would all denies an international architect architecture competition to rebuild the spire that was destroyed in the fire two days ago the government will also over see the nations that will come and set up a national commission to make sure that every euro that is actually donated will go into the reconstruction of this and you know we now know that this will take about five to six years as the president indeed has said because the rector of the cathedral came out earlier today saying that the cathedral wouldn't be open before six or five years' time. what has this fire and the aftermath meant for the mood there in the country. well you know the people here are really watching what the government is doing about this the people off talk to say you know it's really needed that we reconstruct this cathedral as soon as possible but
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it needs to be nice it needs to be as it was before her and now when you think about the competition that the government is organizing that might indicate actually the architecture competition for the spire that might indicate that there might change plans so i think people will really be paying very close attention to this obviously you know like the french love to do how they the french love to disagree so this is the one topic they somehow agree on you know they all are really attached to not all are really shocked by the fire and in a way also very relieved that a great part of it is still standing how about the rebuilding effort i mean are they all in agreement on bad as well because there's been some pretty ambitious goals set forward including president emanuel mcconnell who thinks that they can do this in five years. while absolutely i mean i think everybody agrees that they want the church to be standing again fully standing as soon as possible but some people
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are saying you know five years is too fast this will take more time because we need to needed to be nice you know and we need to pay attention to every little detail on the other hand there are this saying you know every day is coming together all our craftsman will be working on this and we all want to chip in so this is really possible if we all stand together. lisa louis and paris thank you lisa. let's get more now on that restoration effort of the cathedral we are joined by elkan algal she is a professor of architectural history and conservation at the technical university of munich thank you so much for joining us this afternoon and i'd like to begin by asking you we've heard about micron's target of five years in order to rebuild notre dame how do you see that is that realistic. well the french are great build us and well the collective effort and the support of all the world might prove me wrong but this seems
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a very tight schedule indeed they might manage to reconstruct the outer shell the walls the windows the roofing maybe parts of the tower but if you consider the craftsmanship and the mastership of the stone masonry of the bridge it turret which fell down it seems quite unconceived to talk with us a little bit more if you could just elaborate what do you see as the biggest challenges when it comes to restoring this cathedral well in first place you need to secure and safe which which isn't an expertise task so you need to find old where the damage is actually are there this a bit damages of course the surfaces have been damaged the but there are internal damages as well when the cold water hit the heated stone surface then there was a term of stress and this caused sometimes big cracks and sometimes just headline damages which might cause follow own damages then in the couple of years so you
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have to detect them and you have to consolidate the walls and the stone and you have to. equal out the disorder which has been caused by the collapse of the tower and by the collapse of the vaulting so you have to regain the stability of the building in the first place and then you have to find out which way in which way you want to rebuild it. in terms of the historical importance of notre don can you give us a sense of how big of a loss this is i mean is it really as bad as it looks and what are your prospects for the restoration. well indeed it is it is as bad as it looks given the importance of the building for france the heart fronts the importance for the road . because of one of the earliest. edifices in the gothic style then the damages are
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really bad. it has a long chain of history and every part of it is as important say the medieval times i ask important as the nineteenth century plans and all of them have to be analyzed have to be found out how damaged they are and then have to be reconstructed. professor of architectural history in munich thank you so much for your insight. in syria paramedics at the out hole refugee camp say the children are dying because they are not getting enough medical care the kurdish red crescent says that it is that is where its workers are simply overwhelmed their tens of thousands have arrived at the camp in the north east of the country in recent weeks they fled fighting in the town of the last stronghold of the so-called islamic state among them are thousands of children who urgently need medical treatment. michel bilk is
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heading out on a new mission with the head of the kurdish red crescent he's on his way to the whole refugee camp to get a first hand look the german emergency medic has been to north eastern syria many times despite the challenging conditions. it was on the problem a camp is over its maximum capacity it was set up for far fewer people there more than seventy thousand there now providing medical and general care is a massive challenge for them from coming in they drive south on the muddy road. their goal is the mobile clinic of the kurdish red crescent situated behind this fence in the enormous refugee camp. during the kurdish offensive against so-called islamic state vilks treated the wounded and saw much suffering and death but dramatic scenes are unfolding here as well seven hundred cap residents visit the clinic each day most are malnourished children there are only fourteen doctors
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working here they'll cleanse hand and give some advice but his help is limited with the lack of specialists equipment and medicine. materials aren't the only challenge personnel is too and then there logistical challenges it's a battle that's constantly verging on disaster there's also been so. many mothers are angry they came here hoping for quick help but are often left short well i'm off there's hardly any medicine here we haven't been given any. thought because the situation is very tough particularly with this rain for my children they're always sick that they meant. no one planned for such a large number of refugees seventy five thousand fled the fighting in which had been the last i-s. stronghold here it's a sad existence with no prospects food supplies are tight and those without money
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struggle to survive children to odd jobs to stay afloat a dollar for instance question chickpeas for hummus which earns him twenty cents per kilo that means that i need the money to buy bread and groceries with it from my family. and many here still cling to the so-called islamic state and the idea of their caliphate despite the terror and the thousands who died. vilks says he always helps anyone in medical need with no questions asked . but he can't always help this child died from malnourishment just one of two hundred twenty five who have died this year alone among the most moving thing of course was when they brought in a child who had died. and their ever more children dying due to the malnutrition caused by their flight before not in the end they'll keep believes prospects here are precarious not least because of the toxic legacy left behind by ass.
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you're watching news still to come on the program they are mexico's equivalent of japan's cherry blossoms the flowers of the just around a tree to life every spring but who made them popular in the latin american country you might be surprised to find out. that first humanitarian aid provided by the red cross has begun arriving in venezuela earlier this year president nicolas maduro shut venezuela's borders to convoys carrying food from the united states and major international aid organizations mando insisted that they were part of a ploy to unseat him but now he's agreed to let the red cross in despite denying there is a humanitarian crisis in his country at all. medicine medical equipment generators the first red cross shipment has arrived in venezuela the red cross says supplies will now be delivered to hospitals around the country more ball we want to thank
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old public and private institutions for making this delivery possible. we ask that this great success not be politicized. the. president nicolas maduro welcomed the aid he's now agreed to accept from the international committee of the red cross your fingers to the ministers have accepted the delivery in the legal and orderly manner that complies with international standards we've done it. you are free to play. venezuela has been lacking medical supplies for. years hyperinflation has made food too expensive for many there also water gas and electricity shortages. declared president said majoris government has long denied the crisis and is therefore responsible for it. or you saw today humanitarian aid has entered the country only because the crisis has come to light and the people of venezuela have demanded it.
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these thirty truckloads of aid are badly needed but much more will be necessary if venezuela can't find a way out of the crisis. football news now and barcelona advance to the semifinals of the champions league by beating manchester united last night eventis to remain suffered a shock to one defeat at home to dutch club i x. the home side struck first with christian over and although pulling eventis ahead i.x. pulled even less than ten minutes later thanks to dani and then to be the winning goal came from nineteen year old mathias to lift the win puts i access in the finals for the first time in more than today. on tonight's champions league focuses on the blues side of manchester as city hosts an all english quarter final return leg against tottenham have cordella side are chasing a one goal deficit in the tie and the chance to make for all history.
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the self-proclaimed exceptional one looking to advance to the champions league semifinals has urged manchester city fans to come out in droves to support the club in manchester city has high ambitions already this season with the club still in the running for an unprecedented quadruple of four titles before that they must focus on getting past domestic rivals tottenham petitio we know how tough it is so all the teams eight teams. i mean into competition are contenders to you know to end this crisis spurs are without star striker harry came in may also be without daily hourly as they fight to make their first ever champions league semifinal. still to do it still for me for my just to see these defy would eat. and of course it's going to be tough your getting at liverpool finalists in last
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year's edition are currently leading the premier league table and have the upper hand against opponents porto in this tie to celebrate our situation actually to go to an extra. because the season's not finished and we can win this in this competition and we have to we have to. if all goes well for the english clubs there could be all english champions league final something the football world hasn't seen since two thousand and eight. it is spring here in the northern hemisphere and that means trees and flowers are like the cherry blossoms in japan in mexico jacaranda tree bloom right now and a beautiful sight to see it is all thanks to a japanese gardener who wanted to emulate his home country springtime cherry blossoms. there's plenty of violet petals lying on the streets of mexico city right
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now but the cleaners here don't seem bothered by the extra workload spring has a bribed and everyone's and a good mood. everyone thinks the jacaranda trees are sort of beautiful when the wind blows the flowers from the trees people love to take far as hers. pockets of violence have been blooming across the city since mid march. jacaranda trees are not native to mexico have only been here since the nineteenth thirties a japanese garden and named matsumoto brought the tree from brazil after trying and failing to cultivate the japanese cherry tree since then the violet has only added to the country's colorful landscape. but on the soul of this this color is something fundamental to our culture. and the south american tree is now deeply rooted in that culture. in which stood out for residents of the mexican capital
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just become something more than just a beautiful tree. but i'm a little sis for us they are an important symbol in these times i mean every debate about migration they show us immigration can be enriching to both peoples lives and cultures. the explosion of followed color only lasts a few weeks then street cleaner diego's daily workload will go back to normal. a quick reminder now the top stories that we're following for you here at the w. pullin ari voting results in indonesia say that the country's president joko widodo has won re-election earlier indications show that he could take fifty five percent of the vote against his opponent x general to be on top. as france's president emmanuel makana is holding a cabinet meeting in paris to discuss raising funds for rebuilding of the notre dame cathedral. has vowed to restored the burn out to the evil church within five
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years. still to come monday w. news that more than likely a second term for indonesian president djoko we goto after an election that placed religion front and center in the campaign and elsewhere in indonesia survivors wait to rebuild their lives six months after a powerful earthquake devastated the city loop on studio with ai. all that more coming up indeed he needs asia i'm serious cali in berlin it's quite.
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belonging to one official estimates more than one point two million venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. already why we're trying to pass a law. i visit friends i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. witness global news that matters.
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