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oh. oh oh. oh. oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh. oh oh oh this is g.w. news live from berlin a shoe south central line leaves more than a dozen people dead authorities raided the home of a suspected terrorist linked to the east of bombings seizing explosives isis uniforms on flags we'll hear from our correspondent in the sri lankan capital also coming up mozambique says the promise of another giants like tropical storm hanna unleashes high winds and trench raids on the country the u.n. warns of massive flooding ahead. on venice claim as political crisis plays out in
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the country's embassy in washington d.c. activists supporting embattled president nicolas maduro state assistant to keep diplomats loyal to opposition leader one border town. a man you could mackinnon thanks so much for joining us. at least fifteen people including six children are dead after sri lankan police raided a suspected is the next height out the country's been scrambling to crack down on extremist militants since the bombings that killed more than two hundred fifty people on easter sunday security forces have carried out rates across the country since then. another bomb blast in sri lanka this time the victims suspected militants blew themselves up as special forces closed down on their safe house
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residents say this densely populated neighborhood was the scene of an intense gun battle left several dade a young girl and a woman who were poodle live from the rubble. to look if they could probably be their family members a mother and daughter they were sent to the nearest hospital well actually they had already gained consciousness as the army medical team had given them attention immediately. as investigators try to piece together what's happened here and the links to last week's attacks police carried out door to door searches in the area authorities in sri lanka are under pressure to deal swiftly with islamic extremism . this won't stop so we won't stop either we are the army we are the type of people who protect the country we have the ability we will definitely in good time completely remove these groups from the northern province we're sure of this i say
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this with personal responsibility. yesterday a series of raids turned up ball making material and a militant hideout one hundred thousand metal balls nightsticks unfair to lies are among the stylish. it comes as the cleanup operation of the site of one of last weekend's bombings begins one hundred people were killed here and anthony shrine in colombo but still no sense of peace is on the way. earlier i spoke to journalist jamila nudging that in in the sri lankan capital colombo she told us how the country remains on lockdown following last week's attacks. people are extremely scared at the moment because they do not know what to expect in the next coming all even the coming did so since remain closed last remain closed and the information we get getting is that even the buddhist temples are now going to be the main closed this is because people have yet to step out of their houses and
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since there must exist something across the country the forces are encouraging people saying those people are leaving at the moment people are gathered at the moment they do not know what she longer is going to expect in the coming week. i was journalist jamila not but in speaking to us a little earlier from sri lanka. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today leaders from almost forty countries are in beijing for the second day of china's massive global infrastructure project the belt a road initiative president xi jinping wants to suit says about the projects construction costs the critics say it's increasing chinese influence around the world and it settles coronations with unmanageable debts. hundreds of migrants hoping to reach the united states of borders a freight train in southern mexico this follows a massive scape of migrants from a holding center in the southern border city of tapachula the mexican government
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says around one thousand three hundred people escape from the center but it says the majority returned. u.s. president donald trump says he will remove the united states from a u.n. treaty aimed at regulating the global arms trade trump made the comments in a speech to the national rifle association america's largest pro-gun group was pivotal to trump's twenty sixteen election victory. and celebrations are underway in the demilitarized zone that defy aids north and south korea to mark one year since the country's leaders held a historic meeting that sounds of people formed a human chain along the border to express their wish the peace and reunification. the organizers of democracy protests and sit down say they are missing with the ruling military council for negotiations on forming a transitional government the talks come off to thousands of protesters again
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turned out of the capsule costume calling on the military to hand over power demonstrators have been massing outside army headquarters for three weeks even after the ousting of president omar al bashir on the eleventh of april. correspondent jeff abdulla curry and spoke with some of the demonstrators in the capital costs whom everyone i talked to in sudan is thinking about one question should power be in the hands of a civilian council or a military council will last and what do you want a civilian government of course one because nothing's changed since we ousted al bashir and got a military government one soldier was replaced by another one where's the difference it's the same situation we've had before we got rid of a dictator and got another dictator. i want to civilian government together with the minute she won because the minute she provides protection if there's no military with a civilian government it's not complete to me that's going to. people cherish their
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freedom a military government leans towards force that's what i'm hoping for a civilian government you know. it's a little more than the. the home of the new we should have civilian rule we should have freedom the change should favor civilian society but then. under military rule is not freedom no god knows it should be civilian. we've had military rule for thirty years and every time they say two years two years and it goes on and on like that look at egypt general el-sisi said to use of military rule and he's still in power this is a little if we're ruled by the military it'll be the same systems that no one's going to. the united nations is warning of massive flooding in mozambique that south of the second giant storm in just six weeks plowed into the african southern african country sightline kenneth made landfall late thursday and authorities say
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it's often asked to bring twice as much rain it's like it i did last month's disaster agencies say seven hundred thousand people could be at risk at least four people have died since the storm struck. we're joined now by matt casa from the international federation of the red cross he's in them to let mozambique tell us how are things looking now since the cyclon made landfall and how are the people coping it's early days our assessment. is still carrying out work in that oh it will be the first indications are there are there are some districts. are more most over the severe damage of all the smaller you know one history losing ninety percent of its homes. but it just are there without power and as you say the bulk of this for a long spell of heavy rain. we you know we were really worried about landslides and
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about flash flooding in the short what's of them most urgent priorities now what are what are they focusing on. i think in the short term particularly well. some districts that have lost a large proportion of their housing. it's providing tents it's food and water in the short term but we also worry that standing water will never simply give rise to water borne disease we saw an outbreak of cholera in the weeks after and we we found this might happen again in the north the longer term. it's harvest time here a lot of agricultural land by well of the damage to those subsistence farmers the worry is what they're going to be eating in the next three to six months. for those working on the farm of where the low point we've gotten so you know they were crossed over a long long process a long time president will go anywhere and we'll assess the situation which is
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always best we care all right matt carter from the international federation of the red cross thank you so much and good luck t. . to washington d.c. now way in recent weeks the venice walen embassy has become an outpost of the country's political crisis activists supporting venezuela's president nicolas maduro have occupied the building they're trying to stop diplomats who support opposition leader. from taking it over now the u.s. and the organization of american states recognized as venezuela's president the activists say the u.s. government is helping engineer a coup in venezuela elena humphrey sent us this report from the embassy. venezuela's power struggle is playing out here the country's u.s. embassy in washington d.c. for two weeks now american supporters of venezuela's embattled nicolas maduro occupied the building day and night they want to stop representatives of opposition
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leader and self declared interim president one by door from setting up shop in the leftist group calls itself the embassy protection collective is only one of its leaders shows us inside margaret the flowers doesn't play in venezuela as leaders for the country's economic and humanitarian crisis so much as her own. if the united states actually cared about the economic situation in venezuela we would stop the economic coercive measures that we're using you know the preventing them from having access to their gold in the bank of london or being able to use petro dollars you know we would stop you know we would let them have the assets that they have here in the united states of the united states is holding onto we would stop pressuring other countries who try to you know provide goods to them. other activists say they're concerned about the prospect of u.s. military intervention americans have a special duty to the people around the world to stand up and oppose that kind of aggression which is carried out in our name but without our approval. they accuse
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the us of being part of what they see as an overthrow of power. i know so much about the various coups in which the united states has either been complicit or the instigator and i think this is a rare opportunity we have to interfere at of time. but time is running out for the activists in the u.s. government says the protest is a breaking the law and will have to leave. certain where either people are after or embassies like the one behind me and now becoming flashpoints in an international tug of war between two men who are both claiming to be president of one country. nearly sixty nations have joined the trumpet ministration in back in one go i don't like this embassy in washington remains a rare outpost of support for my daughter. to
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germany's bundesliga now on friday night gave live a cool is in a better chance of making it into the champions league next season with its impressive away win against despite the visitors falling behind in the game one nil they then took control with kevin sol on getting equaliser his teammate kai habits then gave live a cruise in the lead just after half time with this looping shot in the end leave a cruise made it look easy and showing the match for one even split a couple more but a video assistant referee disallowed the goals. tennis now and at the barcelona open rafael nadal is the hot favorite having won the tournament a record eleven times that in the quarter final he came up against the german. who despite being bryant fifty first in the world proved a summit of opponent. young men not sure if was only attack. the
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german had already knocked out two top ten players at the boss alone open them threatened to do the same to nadal who was both play. is broke so in the first set but eventually nadal avoided a time break to win it seven five. in the second set again went toe to toe with the world number two but nadal pulled off a stunning shot to also claim the second set seven games to five after the match he conceded there was a bit of luck involved in overcoming this tricky opponent. by had been very difficult shots so when i saw the ball going exactly the way that i wanted to hit so i had been an important moment for me was you know was a pressure much because he is a very aggressive player difficult. with him so yeah happy fourth part of a car you have to have it have to find the way the way that much and i think the
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way for that's making. the crowd pleaser will battle it out with austria's dominant team for a place in the final. you're watching it again nice life from thailand coming up next a documentary the very nice and mike lee congressman will be here with more news at the top the hour thanks so much for joining. us. here what's coming up in the bundesliga. here. it's time to look at what all that means for the table of course. the bundesliga every weekend here on t.w. .

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