this is g.w. newsline but. there are reports of multiple fatalities tonight after a bus crashes. reports are coming into that leaves twenty eight people have died many of them german tourists will go wall to the capital to move. across france church bells ringing out in tribute to montreal.

as the nation pauses to remember what was lost in the blaze there are plans to rebuild and firefighters are rejecting claims that they responded too slowly. plus the trump administration cracking down on cuba the white house announcing fresh measures designed to choke off with little cash in travel to the country the move could dry up for the best for the cuba some say washington is also targeting. nicolas. it's good to have you with us we start on the portuguese island of madeira where at least twenty people are believed to have been killed after a tourist bus veered and crashed. from the room local reports say the vehicle

rolled down the hillside overturned after the driver lost control in the coastal town of honeycomb at least fifty people most of them tourists are believed to have been on the bus germany's foreign ministry and other sources say at least some of the day are german nationals. are in for more of this we want to bring in said c.l.'s edda she's a journalist for the newspaper j.m. medea cynthia can you tell us a little bit more about the action and what the real. ok ok do you think and we don't know that much but the official violence is twenty eight people and twenty eight injured is it really the oficial information rest of us simply really as far as we know among the victims are a lot of fun males and seventeenth being out eleven. miles and it is

seventeen females from. the contract there were sixty fifty takes i'm sorry fifty six passengers on the bus most of them are from the german they are from that is the nationality but we don't know if there were others there still that's information to current term because we don't know that much been true my shame is being we are in those hazing information from the government and from the special forces. from hour to hour is not that much and we know that we have the church from germany one driver and one tour guide to try for and for our guys are with their men and from watching know this blogger is alive but in shock of course and say what happened about. i could just interrupt i just want to make sure that we've got the numbers right there were fifty six passengers in this bus

and there were twenty eight tallies right eleven men and some women who died correct. but what about people who were injured or people who are in the hospital right now or he may be in critical condition do we do we know that now we don't know how they are going and here and we don't know if here yet but we've been hearing that there are here. but we don't know their condition. the know. it that i have about three thirty pm and then. went off the ground and fell on top of a house. and this bus particularly if he lives in a hotel called keep trying to get it and they're taking the splendid that is going to make them and then disclose and they were leaving

a restaurant in. the capital of his era and didn't have. is going to ask you how would you describe the place where the accident happened. well we have our. roads are really inclined and they are not we don't have the same pay and what's the point you make when he was kerning he was offended and inclined to growth and to me so and it fell down and since it's a reeling i don't know it's a cliff. i don't know how to i wasn't i wasn't there from what we call. we don't know if it was the fortune of breaks we don't know because we know that's just the kind of bug is five years old so it's not so old this is a new practice so see it let's say joining us tonight from there at the field we

appreciate you giving us this latest information about this bus crash twenty eight states how these eleven men seventeen women dead many of them german nationals thank you very much. you're welcome bye bye. well to france now in the country's struggle to move forward after monday's devastating fire at notre dame earlier today president convened a special cabinet meeting to discuss restoring the cathedral within five years france also plans to hold an architectural contest for a design to replace the spire which collapsed emotions across the country are still running high this evening the nation paused to pay tribute to the damaged gothic church. six fifty pm the time when the fire at notre dame broke out on monday bells of commemoration in

paris. in the young. stross berg. and son danny. the country took a moment to pause the shock still lingers but there's also some measure of relief despite the destruction much of the cathedral could be saved. that includes its horgan from the seven hundred thirty s. . the instrument has been saved at the mall obviously for me you just can't imagine the evening and tonight that i had when i watched this. because i thought that if the organ was destroyed when a part of me would be destroyed. the tweet this instrument is a part of my life. as a city talking maybe but it could be years before the organ is heard again for now

the church is being secured ships it would just sit bolt the lead which covered the entirety of this vault melted completely so we have to continue monitoring the building and its hotspots as well as a third area the scaffolding. it's still us it's surrounded the spire before it collapsed inside the cathedral he said to fully. the planned reconstruction will bring huge expense but around a billion euros have already been donated. french officials are vowing that the money is in good hands so. we will present draft legislation next week that will ensure transparency and proper oversight of the donations. shock every year zero that was given for the reconstruction of notre dumb will be used for that purpose and for nothing else. the french deserve to know everything that happens with not. be asked for their opinion we leave the rebuilding of not true down to the experts the goal is for it to be even more beautiful than it used to be. one thing is clear

the collapsed spire will be recreated france is launching an international competition to replace it and entrants will have to act quickly the aim is to have work completed on the new notre dame in time for paris the summer olympics in two thousand and twenty four. or here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the first iranian woman to win an international boxing match has canceled plans to return home after allegedly issued an arrest warrant for. a french boxer on saturday. boxing is allowed in iran provided women. dress codes and provided that the referees are women. once india's largest airline jet airways says it is suspending operations from wins tonight on boards after failing to find lenders to keep it afloat

airlines is sitting on more than a billion dollars in debt jet airways pilot say they have not been paid in four months twenty thousand jobs are reportedly at stake former point b. and president alan garcia has died after shooting himself in the head just moments before he was due to be detained by police in the capital lima the sixty nine year old underwent emergency surgery at a local hospital after he shot himself he had been the target of an investigation for allegedly taking illegal payments from a major brazilian construction firm president garcia had always denied those allegations and. now to the u.s. and its target cuba the troubled ministration announcing new measures aimed at drawing up the flow of cash to cuba washington says it will limit the amount of money that families can send to relatives in cuba as well as curbing travel to the country by u.s. citizens the restrictions come just a day after the white house lifted

a long standing ban on wall suits against foreign companies whose use property that was confiscated by cuba followed me to ninety fifty nine communist revolution keep as president has said no one will be allowed to take the island away from the cuban people. the new u.s. restrictions on cuba are set to effectively keep foreign investors out of the communist country today we are holding the cuban government accountable for seizing american assets we are helping those in the regime is rob get compensation for their rightful property and we're vets acumen rights and democracy on behalf of the cuban people. the cuban people are already struggling with a range of economic and social problems. the country desperately needs foreign currency to pay for imports the crisis in venezuela is spilling over every day supplies are becoming scarce or supermarket shelves are empty and people face long

lines for basic supplies like chicken cooking oil and eggs. but things could get even worse warns cuban communist party leader raul castro in a speech to the national assembly last week he said his country would never give up its solidarity with them as a way something which has prompted the u.s. to tighten its restrictions on cuba. should the u.s. decide to sanction companies doing business with the caribbean island it would affect thousands of european investors the e.u. envoy in havana protested that was you know we believe that this will homicide it will be self-defeating obviously this will create even more confusion more de terence and more confusion for foreign investments and especially. for the e.u. the change to u.s. policy on cuba comes at an awkward moment just as brussels prepares to negotiate a trade agreement with washington spain which is heavily invested in cuba says it

wants the e.u. to challenge the u.s. move it the world trade organization. or preliminary results in indonesia's election point to a victory for the incumbent president djoko. is on course to win fifty five percent against his rival the former general or votes of bianco the result could be pivotal for the country's reputation as a tolerant muslim country the election campaigns brought the country's huge voting public out in force. they pulled out all the stops to get voters in election officials dressed as superheroes in the hope of maximizing turnout. it's all about this man sitting president joko widodo comfortably on course to be reelected as leader of the world's third largest democracy. let us unite

again as a nation as brothers and sisters who share the same motherland. as after these elections let us develop and nurture harmony and brotherhood as one nation and motherland. but as our barrage. the main challenger firebrand former general prabhu over subi antonio claimed there were irregularities in the voting setup insisting many polling stations opened late. urged my supporters to remain calm everyone should stay calm and refrain from hasty action focus on safeguarding the ballot boxes because they hold the key to our victory. the election was on a vast scale with one hundred ninety million potential voters across three time zones most seem to happy to participate. you know you funny thing is this a race i think i would fare very have been there because it's my first time through . the festival. i'm very proud and my i was so i did it and at this

very finally decided to follow it. the series of so-called quick counts by posters give the incumbent we don't know a clear lead these have proved reliable in previous elections but official results are not due until next month. you're watching t w news d w business is up next with janeiro stick around for that. burst. home two days of species. a home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovate.