this is d.w. news live from berlin the devastation of cycling kenya unveiled homes are destroyed food is running out and families are struggling to rescue their last belong. we are in mozambique where one week after the cyclonic and it's made landfall only now if help is reaching some of the affected rural areas. also coming up we need to housewives mothers and grandmothers who joined an all female militia in kurdish

controlled northern syria they stand ready to fight against the assad regime in damascus. plus breaking into k. pop we need some of the young asian k. pop fans who are moving to south korea and battling through grueling auditions all for a shot at stardom. i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us. the destructive force of cycling kenneth the starting to become clear a week after a tour through mozambique the government has confirmed that the death toll has reached forty one but that number is expected to rise a many parts of mozambique are inaccessible with remote areas and small islands still waiting for aid supplies our correspondent adrienne krisha travel to an island in the north of the country that was hit especially hard. we are onboard an aid flight headed towards the vacation island of now for the first time we get an

aerial view of the massive destruction up till now flights have hardly been possible due to the strong. i've never seen anything like this there's an entire village just completely destroyed not a single house standing and if you look at the trees most of them fell down just like toothpicks. now we're about to land on the island of e-books the first aid packages have arrived but this is by far not enough to help out the six thousand people living here the island has been almost completely destroyed nearly all the houses have been torn down including that of. what they see is them trying to bring order to the chaos. momo mingin in our beds our clothes we have lost everything we are doing our best

to put things in order again at least the sun is shining at least dry the few clues that we have managed to salvage. it has been raining nonstop for nearly the entire week since the cyclon hit shows us her house what is left of it this is where she and her children lived. at the new i got to but i don't feel the wind was so incredibly strong that it ripped away nearly everything we lost everything now we don't have anything in the new puppy up as i don't know if we will receive any kind of aid but nothing is left i don't have a job or field was destroyed it. i am a single mother i have to take care of my children and i have to take care of my parents my mother is sick we have to do our best to make ends meet.

nearly everyone who lives here has found their way of life ripped away from them most of them are fishermen but many boards were washed away with the storm those that remained have to be repaired the mangroves were destroyed as well and the fish disappeared and have not returned since the cyclon hit. the fewer tells on the island we're all so hard hit it might be a while before that your wrists return. most are completely destroyed it looks as a bulldozer drove over this little city here a lot of people have no places to stay anymore so they had to build little shacks like this one but many of told me they don't know how life will continue because they don't have the money to build new houses. and her children can't spend the nights in their own house anymore because the danger of it collapsing on them is too great. so they have to take their only remaining bat and

all eight of them sleeping under an improvised roof their food is slowly running out they still have some fruit and vegetables but is only enough for one meal a day but she tries to stay optimistic nonetheless she wants her children to know that one way or another she will make things work. that report from adrienne krishna and he joins us for more on this story from on the main line hi adrienne good to see you those images of utter destruction we saw there were so dramatic tell us more about what you've been seeing and hearing from people where you've been reporting. you know what i saw in these villages that are cut off from the outside world is really shocking and looked like a movie to me but it is reality for a lot of people living there the families you have seen in the reports when i met them they haven't eaten the whole day they were hoping that late of the day maybe a relative would come by bring them some food so that they had least have one meal

a day up until now and on this island they haven't started food distributions because only a few items could arrive the last days many flights were grounded because it was raining it was not possible to get aid there so that's why i'm standing in right now in front of one of the food trucks and one of the deliveries eighty livres that are here but they are needed outside and the organizations here despite me trying to get them there what about the most governments relief efforts is it on top of this. well if you have a situation whereby like evil people who haven't received any food aid after one week after the cycle and i don't think we can say the government is on top of it of course there where the weather challenges the president was yesterday he visited other communities as well you promised to help but now action is needed but what is also clear is that the mozambican government alone can't handle this issue we've seen it thousands of people starting from zero again they've lost everything and they of course also hoping for international support and i mean what about the fear

that more rain and flooding could be in the forecast. that's really a major concern also here in pember where several neighborhoods are still flooded but yesterday there was rain predicted heavy rain it did not rain at all the whole day to day it rained just a little bit so far so this is a sign of hope i talked to a material just today and she told me well we're still expecting rains but most likely more moderate rain so this is reason for hope but of course she also said they can't guarantee that heavy rains will be starting again. our correspondent reporting for us there in pemba thank you so much. now to some other stories making headlines around the world and you know doherty's are evacuating hundreds of thousands of people as a major storm approaches the country's east coast cyclon funny is packing to rental rain and winds of up to two hundred kilometers per hour it's expected to make landfall because he's had resorted on strike. britain's parliament has approved

a motion to declare an environment and climate emergency it was put forward by leader of the opposition labor party jeremy morgan the declaration comes after weeks of civil disobedience by climate activists it does not compel the government to act but recognizes the need for action is urgent. to venezuela now where president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone plotting a coup this after opposition leader called for a series of strikes hoping to force modo to hand over power though was called the move the final phase in ousting model but the protests have so far not broken the political stalemate clashes yesterday left one woman dead and dozens injured why though to clear himself to be venezuela's interim president back in january a move supported by the u.s. germany and several other european and latin american countries.

i must get some analysis on that story now we have nicholas vats with us professor of political science at the university of rostock and he's an expert on that as well of course thank you so much for joining us in our studio but first now though as we heard there has been recognized internationally by various countries including germany and the u.s. as the interim president of venezuela they were fairly early to do so to to recognize him as the interim president and now this crisis continues to play forward it's been going on for months now were europe and the us germany as well too early in recognizing what the i hope spoke with. i have to go back to the situation in generally of this year where the overall selected the new president of the assembly and. the national assembly freely elected parliament the freely elected parliament and he appeared to be a little bit venezuelan obama youn he symbolized hope

and he promised to organize the opposition so the people were with him in venezuela end of the people outside of in this way and perhaps this was well organized we don't know that up to now but there were some previous diplomatic actions specially from the united states and from latin american states who prepared the situation so we got caught up in the momentum of it germany and europe perhaps the u.s. as well has that really affected their ability germany's ability to influence the situation on the ground in trying to resolve this conflict the conflict is. on it started nearly fifteen years ago we have demonstrations manifestations since nearly fifteen years and it's very complicated because who are the partners for a dialogue everybody wants a dialogue special in the european union but the president maduro don't accept the opposition and they don't accept. oh he says this is

a young man very primitive what to whom when i talk to. this new face did not have the real power and this marks a situation until now and specially until the first of may yesterday but what about engaging russia in dialogue because we can't forget that russia is a big supporter still of the mother government yeah but you know the russian influence was not very high in venezuela russia has some interests now in the oil business it has even some military men they are not very much they are new players i sink the. there are some hidden conversations between the united states and russia and specially with china too because china has interests that the minutes will pay back what they gave to them industry support from europe's perspective from germany's perspective what is the way forward now. we

have to wait if something is happening of this failed coup or what we would call that. and then try to make a dialect it would be easier if i'm. resigned but it doesn't look my dual has any intention to resign and we don't know if the us will and military men are interested in moderate to resign because a little bit he does the job for them right nicolas vast professor of political science at the university of all stripes joining us here in our studio thank you very much thanks to you. italy's populist government has opened its new minimum income welfare program fulfilling a key campaign promise to try to reduce poverty and unemployment the new system for poor households provides more money than current unemployment benefits but critics say italy can afford it the country's debt load is the second highest in europe after greece. ferraro got the good news

a couple of days ago their application for a basic income has been approved she's just one of some seven hundred thousand to tally and citizens who will soon receive the new social benefit for years rafaela has been getting by doing odd jobs she's a single mom with a seventeen year old daughter. now fed up and that my hope is that from now on we won't be limited to just buying what's on sale that we might sometimes be able to buy something better. to me rafaela finds out how much she will receive in the coming days the highest possible amount is seven hundred eighty euros but if you will receive that much it depends on the recipient's income and their assets rather yellow receipts three hundred euros a month in child support from the father of a daughter so she's hoping for about four to five hundred euros even before it begins the program has been heavily criticized by many in the e.u. italy currently has record levels of debt and many experts believe the country

can't afford a program like this with a price tag of about six billion euros but the criticism isn't deterring luigi demaio his five star movement wants to get the program up and running before european elections. it was one of their election promises very important ambition of this government specially for the five star which has come under increasing pressure in recent months. italian authorities have been busy with applications for weeks a lot to do with the payments will be strictly monitored money won't go directly into bank accounts rather on to special credit cards it's strictly forbidden for example to buy lottery tickets buy items online or book on flights but experts doubt if the system will have the effect on the country's economy but the government promises. the basic income is rich states investment policies that were implemented by many european countries up until well into the

one nine hundred seventy s. and then bit by bit disappeared. rafaela ferraro says she will vote for the five star movement next time she goes to the polls she's grateful for the money but she would rather have a job. still to come on day w. news they're heading to south korea to learn a new language and some new dance moves to meet the young fans giving it all up for a shot at stardom. but first to syria where over the past seven years the kurds have succeeded in carving out an autonomous region in the north of the country but with the u.s. pulling out its troops from syria that region is now under threat from the assad regime as well as from turkey which regards the kurds as a terrorist threat to the sorry annoyed hospices of the town of derek near the turkish border to see how a group of kurdish women are preparing to face potential attacks. these women are

not fair weather warnings. braving the rain they have come to practice their marksmanship. of. their house wives mothers and grandmothers but they're also part of the p.c. gen an all female militia that sprung up all of a coach controlled more than syria. this group from the town of derek is led by sharon farmer a veteran of the struggle for kurdish rights that's not the. p.c. gen was formed as an internal security force but back at base sharon says the women will also stand up to any outside threat. because i'm not saying we are not afraid of our enemies and we are always well prepared for them was on the board our enemies threaten as daily we will fight and sacrifice for this land. the kurds expelled the outside regime from northern syria when the civil war broke

out in twenty eleven they have since been autonomous but the regime has a lingering presence. it's it will hold on to some neighborhoods in the town of commission the capture of the kurdish region. and now that it is winning the war. goes once for control of the country. turkey visible from the rooftops of the border town commission is also hostile to kurdish self rule in syria. in the kurdish region it's not unusual for women to pick up a gun thousands joined the fight against islamic state and many did not return home they lie buried in cemeteries like this one income usually. cuts of control over in syria an offshoot of the p.k. a guerrilla group that waged a bloody insurgency in turkey and that's been designated a terrorist organization by nato. it's lead up to actually one has been sitting in a turkish jail since one thousand nine hundred nine from

a cell he now preaches ideals such as full equality for women it's an idea that the syrian kurds have been putting into practice. jagga is the co-president of the autonomous government based in coming here government positions a coach at by a woman how about the whole mission. of what we consider this revolution to be the revolution of women. we are trying to change the mentality within our society by implementing gender equality you know. creating a new society based on democratic governance. and have a video of them back at home cherie imposed for a son and daughter she says that's not inspired her to join the kurds resistance in syria when she was still a teenager. who. did a lot for. before he came we almost forgot that we are kurds because of the

oppression and the denial of the kurdish identity by our enemies. warm enough. on sharing phone memories of a fight for kurdish rights it's been a long struggle and she's determined to defend the hard won gains. israel is marking its annual holocaust remembrance day making sure that the world never forgets the atrocities committed against jewish people during world war two but now one israeli tech entrepreneur is trying to bring that history closer to a younger generation he's used a smartphone to film the story of a thirteen year old jewish girl just before she was deported to auschwitz. this film depicting the german army and during hungary during world war two might look like a hollywood film production but it's not in fact it was shot on a smartphone and portrayed format for an instagram audience it tells the true story

of thirteen year old eva hyman in nineteen forty four she kept a daily journal for three months before the nazis deported to auschwitz even a story is told in the first person as if she had a smartphone during the holocaust and could have regularly documented it on instagram israeli tech entrepreneur marty called harvey personally financed the project and together with his daughter directed it with the help of social media they're trying to establish a new way to remember the horrors of the holocaust museums and books and bring the locals in a meaningful way into the social media. and young people to learn about it and young uses are already starting to discuss even a story online many have suggested the effect heavy instagram portrayal is too superficial for a story of such suffering others appeared to be imprest we break yeah yeah but the media. has traditionally been in the past so i would say that i was a little bit taken aback thousands are now learning about the fate of eva heineman

she gave her diary to a neighbor shortly before she was deported to auschwitz it survived she did not she was murdered in october of nineteen forty four. german chancellor angela merkel is on a three day tour of west africa which will include a visit to german troops in mali on wednesday she promised millions of euros in german aid to help fight terrorism and support economic development and the g. five so help countries work in a fossil mali need share and chad economies in the region are suffering due to poor security and conflict and poverty are driving migration to europe. the german chancellor has come to the sawhill to show solidarity in a region where countries like book enough. have to spend more than a fifth of their budgets on security germany has some eight hundred fifty

soldiers stationed in mali as part of the un force merkel pledged support to continue to build up the g. five own capabilities to tackle terrorism. but the joint meeting in d. five leaders called on the chancellor and europe to help solve the political conflicts behind the violence. that. we talked about the situation in libya that questions concerning you know and sudan and also first and foremost the impact of the crisis in libya on security in the extended region. we were all of the opinion that it is important that europe's leaders and institutions make a plea in favor of the g five so hell for all of these issues since these are of course questions that concern us. because on the sort of group reports. the fact that germany didn't agree with the two thousand and eleven bombing of libya that

ousted moammar gadhafi gives it great credibility here macko accepts europe's joint responsibility. it's the responsibility that also affects europe because if chaos gets the upper hand here which we would like to prevent that would also make itself felt in other areas also germany's message here is that while it won't deliver weapons it will keep up its support for the d. five in this sorrow a region where the former colonial power france continues to do most of europe's heavy lifting in fighting terrorists. german chancellor angela merkel wants to reassure the region countries the g five that they are not alone in their fight against terrorism she's brought some fifty million euros in first funds for book enough aso and he said alone at the same time germany still stop sort of from missing anything beyond military advice and the eight hundred fifty soldiers

currently stationed in mali as part of the e.u. stabilization force for now france will remain the big player here in the region. now to what's becoming the dream job for many young k. pop fans young pop star want to be is from all over asia are leaving home and moving to south korea for a shot at stardom they spawned a booming industry of dance schools language schools and talent agencies. meets you can she's seventeen and from japan and she wants to be a k. pop star that's why she gave up her schooling back home to move to seoul where she auditioned for the copia training school here she's taught the skill she'll need for hours every day. i'm going through stretch training in taking my skills to a higher level to reach perfection that's what it takes to meet your date. of the. u.k. will have to study hard if she wants to beat the estimated one million others in

south korea and beyond trying to break into k. pop among them is one thousand year old now a neat suit of japanese students living in tokyo she may have the moves. and the voice but she'll also need to speak the language she's learning korean with a bit of inspiration from her favorite k. pop boy band b.t.s. . paid for by her mother another die hard b.t.s. fan now has taken a flight to seoul for a round of notoriously competitive or decisions. well by helping me with this i'm nervous to be here in south korea but i also want to enjoy my audition so as much as possible if i achieve my dream of becoming a k. pop star i want my story to be able to offer the same kind of hope to others that only said to me out there that the awful thing that he did in. his she follows in

the footsteps of her heroes like this band black pink she'll add to what's increasingly a cultural crossover between japan and south korea the three japanese members of the k. pop go group twice helped make them the second biggest selling act in japan the collaboration is being driven by a generation that seems untroubled by the diplomatic tensions of the past stemming from japan's occupation of career in the early twentieth century. passed for now new to her trip to seoul has been a successful one of the ten agencies shortish and for she was accepted by five. coming up next on news asia afghanistan is considered one of the most difficult places in the world for women to left we visit a shelter where women have found refuge from violence and abuse. most of china's that's right coming up in a few minutes but first images of israel marking holocaust remembrance day with two minutes of silence.

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