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but there is no holding back his dreams. thank you for. the sorts of a twenty seven on the w. . this is day two of the news live from berlin and one person is killed and at least five others injured after a passenger plane belonging to a russian carrier aeroflot makes an emergency landing in moscow aircraft tail was engulfed in flames when it touched down we'll go live to our correspondent in the capital. also coming up israel israel's prime minister orders massive strikes on
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gaza. counter-examples scores of rocket attacks on southern israel by palestinian militants we'll go to gaza for the latest . brands thailand's nearly crowned king makes his public debut huge crowds turn out for a round of the tents in bangkok as he takes part in a ceremonial procession to celebrate his ascension to the throne. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program at least one person has been killed and five others injured after a passenger plane belonging to the russian national carrier made an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport according to russian news agency the plane was on route to moments when an engine fire broke out shortly after takeoff during the landing the reception. of the circle
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a super jet was already in gulf in flames the aircraft reportedly had seventy eight people on board. let's bring in our moscow correspondent me a drag sorry mayor thanks for joining me can you give us the latest what do we know . well rebecca we still don't know what exactly happened with your contradicting information about how many people were injured according to pass through the state news agency after thirteen people died when the plane so of course we're just one hundred crashed on the runway here and show me what they're reporting with your airport is one of the big there was that we have here in moscow apparently the pilot house actually landing a chance possibly lending year broke off and hit one of the engines but i cannot confirm this information so far russian media report that the plane how it was being evacuated right now and that russian l l l l a swat clarified that the
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engines of the aircraft called fire after landing i'm not sure about that because when you when you have a close look on the videos on social media it seems to me at least that the plane caught fire before the plane touched down so some conflicting information there and i know it's a very early days we don't have that much more information but do we have any word on how how this might have happened. well we're not sure about that the only information that we got and i cannot confirm this is that there were problems with the energy in we know this but where this problem came from we don't know this right now what i can say that the so poised to project one hundred is your model. and while that is built in the far east of russia it had issues in the past several times for example first time two thousand and twelve as the point of a model crashed in jakarta indonesia and twenty five people were killed in the
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crash was supposedly caused by pilot error but i am not sure about that right now when they see what's happening today to the mid to off the plane had technical issues two thousand and thirteen icelanders and one krisna was injured and displays have also problems two thousand and eighteen when it on its flight from a long day mongolia to your cuccia i know that the russians were trying to compete with boeing and with out there trying to sell those. jets to western countries they sold several of those flames to mexico by the have technical problems in mexico as well so it's a damn not very they're not very good at. blitz looks good but often starting to sound off late because of those technical problems that just this plane just passed . and did it is man drag sorry it's in moscow thanks for that update
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and we'll be bringing you more on that story as it comes in but turning to israel now where prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's ordered the army to keep up what he calls massive strikes on palestinian militants in response to rocket fire from the gaza strip and mass has made a similar value the violence has claimed lives on both sides of the border and there are reports that casualties are rising. the sky above gaza city muddies with smoke as this latest exchange of violence leaves its trace israel says its own child hundreds of s trikes on militants in gaza this weekend in response to over four hundred palestinian rockets. at a cabinet meeting israel's prime minister vowed to keep up the bombings and send more troops to the border. and. this morning i instructed the i.d.f. to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and cook
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you know a blow i also ordered the reinforcement of the units around the gaza strip with armor artillery and infantry. people in the gaza strip once again navigate a landscape of rubble authorities here say several people died and dozens of wounded. when neighbor called me of two o'clock in the morning and told me the building had been destroyed. i was surprised so i came here and i saw the destruction well of the first three mess halls of the building which is seven floors high and i was shocked before one of the myths about one of them of all the model. in southern israel air raid sirens wailed as palestinian rockets continued to be fired at the country. israel's iron dome defense system has intercepted dozens of them but this house close to the border shows how some have made it through. an israeli father of four was killed when
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a piece of ricocheting shrapnel launched in his chest several more israelis have been wounded by palestinian fire israel has closed its crossings with gaza for people and goods a carefully negotiated truce between the two sides has once again proved fragile. i'm joined on the phone by has a militia journalist in gaza city has i'm thanks for joining me we spoke earlier to our correspondent in southern israel but you're in gaza what's the situation there right now. well the bombardment and the feeling is continuing in gaza. israeli jets and hilary's and navy boats are shelling from western and eastern and from the air on several targets they are targeting. from fighters as well is accusing them of plunging orcutt's
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into is well. they are the story destroying some more. buildings some of it as well is claiming it contains some of this is for hamas and other factions. lately there was. an airstrike on. security both belong to hamas. in the same time in the morning there's a palestinian state or is there but the bodies of at least eleven people were killed and over one hundred were injured they bury the bodies and in a funeral. various cities of gaza strip has a lot of people in gaza nervous of this could escalate into a full blown. in two thousand and fourteen. definitely this is one of the toughest wave of violence. experienced in the twenty fourteen.
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on the eve of the holy month of ramadan which is tomorrow. you could see in the people. i talk to some people and industry and they are they have the fear it will be and you wore a new round. of. a larger scale operation in gaza strip this is what the people don't want from all that people are. you know think this is the way to solve the problem but still the majority they are not happy and they are they are horrified by having a new war the new israeli prime minister has found strikes what some ass saying and doing. well hamas is trying to abide by the israeli base think this is the way to break the israelis to apply than the standard that they have reached last month before the general israeli election they think and they say is well didn't come
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show commitment of. the understanding that. to ease the blockade on both in gaza and. easing the weekly brought this along the border so the league ation using kero is was before this way. to discuss with a gyptian. how to bridge the israeli so hamas think this is the way how israelis and that that was very obvious in their state they want israel to ease the blockade that imposing gaza since twelve years ok doesn't the lucia thank you very much for that update. the newly crowned king of thailand has been taking part in a seven kilometer procession through the capital bangkok on the second day of his three day crowning ceremony the position comprises more than a thousand soldiers police and government officials and the chance for the thai people to see a monarch in his royal gob king digital along corner ascended to the throne two and
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a half years ago when his father came passed away after reigning from woman seventy years his son's official coronation ceremony began on saturday. our correspondent charlotte tells them kill was in bangkok for the day his position and she described what she saw but the thousands of people who gathered here along the procession route today was a day celebration many were bussed in from across thailand to witness this historic event some that been here since the early hours of the morning hoping to get their sponsor along the procession route they braved the intense heat with the hope of catching a glimpse of the new the crowned king as he possibly only here on his second kilometer journey in his own night's golden carriage people sat as a mark of respect they chanted long live the king as he was passing through the streets now for most people here this is the first time they've seen the coronation of a thai king the last one was sixty nine years ago to the day. now to some of the other
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stories making news around the world the brother of algeria's former president has been detained for questioning along with two other former regime officials. has been accused of usurping presidential powers after his brother suffered a stroke in twenty thirteen the arrests come amid ongoing protests for political change after abdelaziz bouteflika resigned in april. pope francis has called for a revolution of charity injuring his first mass in bulgaria urging people to open their hearts and homes to migrants during his three day visit to the balkans the pontiff is also expected to improve ties try to improve ties with the orthodox church he said to meet the country's patriarch fit in severe. south africa's governing african national congress has held its final campaign rally ahead of a general election on wednesday president cyril run the poser told the tens of
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thousands of supporters the victory was certain despite high levels of corruption and unemployment he said his government was entering a new era of accountability and that it be stepping up efforts to fight corruption and graft he also promised new jobs and economic growth. data christine manuel has been at that rally and she sent us this update. the official figures are not yet out but the agency was expecting a crowd of about one hundred thousand people to come out today to listen to sit i'm opposed to give his final address before wednesday's election as expected and i'm up also addressed the issues that south africans are facing he talked about houses being built in the next five years jobs being created he talked about investment coming back into the country most poignantly he addressed the issue of the party having neglected its mandate of looking after the people saying we've looked into the process we've seen where we've gone wrong and we will now be putting the people
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first that message appears to have resonated with a lot of people here i must add though that this is a lot at stake for the african national congress twenty five years into this country's democracy and millions are so that ricans are without work this is one of the most and equal societies in the world there is desperate need for investment and job creation in this country we're talking often unemployment rates north of about twenty five percent the bulk of that young south africans many of them by the way who've not registered to even participate in this election the i.e.c. this is the electoral commission talks about the number of youngsters not having registered this is eligible voters not having registered for the election about sixty percent of them are below the age of thirty these are frustrated people who are tired of politics many of them didn't come to the stadium today but what i'm opposed to was hoping to do was to sort of send a message that the a.n.c. is changing course that that the possibilities ration headed by jacob zuma that
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it's it's a new direction that the party's taken he's made remarks before about nine wasted years and that going forward things will be changed. to strong minor of that top story we're following for you at least one person has been killed five others injured after a passenger plane belonging to the russians national carrier made an emergency landing in moscow. or on that next down but up next. shift to living in the digital age trying to will be back within the next hour for all the headlines from a on the inside thank you. first the. first clinton. gore is a grand moment around and join their ranks hang on her journey. in our interest to turn to iraq and iran in turn returns home.