this is g.w. news live from berlin and a little hope left in the hunt for survivors of the budapest boat accident an ambulance spokesperson says that the search for missing passengers could be futile after a storm sank a sightseeing boat with over 30 tourists on board police have launched a criminal investigation. also coming up

a setback for israel's benjamin netanyahu 2 months on from elections the country's long time leader fails to form a government the knesset votes to send the country back to the polls and the mothers who refuse to give up hope in mexico these women have taken the search for their missing children into their own hands in a country where 30000 people have disappear. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program rescuers in budapest say that there is quote minimal chance of finding survivors after a boat accident on the danube late on wednesday police have also launched a criminal investigation after a sightseeing vessel collided with another boat in bad weather more than 30 south korean tourists were on board 7 are confirmed dead so far. we have team coverage

from budapest and seoul in just a moment but 1st this is sesame of what happened. as day broke in budapest most of the passengers who had been aboard the mermaid were still missing authorities have located the boat on the riverbed of the danube but they say it could take days to bring it to the surface in seoul south korea's president announced they were sending a rapid response team to budapest john going on. all government will work closely with the hungaroring government to investigate the cause of the accident one child's correlated departments to do their best to support the victims and their families. the south korean travel agency which hired the boat apologized but also defended the decision to conduct the tour despite the bad weather. 30 customers lost and one of its border decreased boats for the past.

through that. at the time above the water level was high but other crews or it's operating is usual not just out of the 3 that south korea's foreign ministry says the passengers were not wearing life jackets the youngest on board was reportedly a 6 year old girl hungary and authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the routine sightseeing trip which turned into a tragedy let's bring in our correspondent stefan balls who is joining us from the banks of the danube there in budapest also as we've heard emergency crews they have been working through the night what is the latest on the rescue operation. which well the latest here steps a day are still searching for more than 20 people who remain missing and science are running out. desperate they are not believing that survivors will be found

because the current cost of danube river is also very strong. boring rain for most of the time and divers are really really struggling to find that they have already found 7 people depths of course they also rescued 7 people. who are still on and you know i can also see behind me several rescue workers still being active on a boat still searching but for now. we still. such a boat tours they are routine what more do we know about the circumstances of the collision because we understand that there is now a criminal investigation being launched. yes indeed to be close to resupply criticism because people are saying how's that possible. because so fast because we see in 7 seconds coalition ways in order shift it's basically basically

went down already and people are really asking questions also how supposable that they didn't inform each other that they were so near and i think it will also raise questions quite frankly about the number of sightseeing tours being held on the danube river very very popular and of course questions have been asked about lifejackets now i know myself when i was on such a tour life jackets are never being distributed among passengers so that's what i thought as i also say but definitely they are going into it safety issues as well i believe stefan both joining us from the banks of the danube there in budapest where the search for answers is only just beginning and of course to see also if there are any survivors from this accident thank you so much for your reporting. israeli lawmakers have voted to dissolve parliament after prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to form a coalition government talks stalled because of inflating infighting excuse me

among netanyahu is right wing allies he was unable to broker a compromise between the secular nationalist party of the former defense minister avigdor lieberman and ultra orthodox jewish parties on the issue of military conscription netanyahu missed a midnight deadline for forming a government paving the way for an unprecedented 2nd snap election in september last what was held just 7 weeks ago. well earlier we spoke with middle east correspondent tanya kramer and asked her how much of a setback this is for benjamin netanyahu. yes definitely a big setback for mr netanyahu it was a real drama here last night in the knesset here just behind me when the lawmakers voted for the dissolution of this knesset session so paving the way now for new elections which are set for a september 17th in the last elections just to remind us just on april 9th not so

long ago it was mainly because of a dispute over this conscription draft law between the us also talks coalition partners and now the secular writing party is right be tane know and just how and that's obvious to lieberman and mr netanyahu lost the 5 seats of the months party so he was unable to form the question he needed 61 seats out of the 120 so that is why we will see now elections are coming up but some commentators here also point to the fact that it became actually also a power struggle between these 2 former allies so let's see what mr netanyahu had to say off to the vote last night in the knesset. you're watching news still to come on the program the mexican mothers force just search for their own children in a country where part tells are behind in force disappearances thousands of family

people families. take matters into their own hands with sometimes devastating results. just a quick check now some other stories making news around the world president has threatened to dissolve congress unless lawmakers passed reforms aimed at ending corruption and a televised address he accused lawmakers of trying to obstruct the fight against graft after they moved to reject one of his proposals a series of corruption scandals have discredited major major political parties and institutions in recent years. a man charged with a bombing in leone france has reportedly confessed to the crime the explosion last week into a 13 people the suspected bomber 24 year old algerian citizen was arrested along with other family members in what is being treated as a terrorist attack. we're going to have to syria now where a report says that western sanctions aimed at president bashar al assad and his

regime are actually deeply affecting the syrian public rather than their intended targets the u.s. and european countries often impose economic sanctions as a way of penalizing rulers of states such as iran russia or syria or to persuade them to change their ways now the u.s. government recently announced that it will no longer ship oil to syria sanctions against the assad regime also restrict oil and financial services. in this report just presented for the 1st time in germany the un special rapporteur to our interest as i criticize these measures saying that they mainly affect civilians. of special. mr joins us now in the studio for more on that thank you so much for joining us and welcome to. i'd like to begin by asking you about the sanctions in question i mean they were put in place by by the u.s. and europe they are intended to target president assad to what extent do you see

them affecting the population and what. sanctions were imposed by the u.s. and the e.u. and several other western countries they do not really affect the situation of the government itself they can find a way of protecting its of from their impact. the sanctions have created the new elite the people that thriving on smuggling as a result of the sanctions the people that are rarely paying the price of those whose conditions of living have that there are a to an enormous extent and i'm talking about ordinary people that have nothing to do with the princes between western governments and their own government. the way this materializes in practice is that the prices of food have increased considerably through inflation

a half of the population is lives on fixed incomes 1800000 kids cannot go to school because cools have been destroyed and they cannot find the permitted to import the building material and the teaching the territories the schools so. they are the one that paying the price and i think they claim that there should be smarter ways of exercising pressure on the government such as what are the smarter ways because i mean you know sanctions are one of the main tools basically to you know penalize the assad regime for murdering its own people with impunity yes but if people die in hospitals but. breakdown in the power supply on the road where they're being operated if people died because they can get cancer drugs to address the needs then these are silent

deaths but they are no more compassionate as a result of fighting oh but it's so i do realize that the conflict itself has been a major cause of the ration of the conditions of living in syria but it has been internationally recognized that sanctions have exacerbated these sufferings is there not a way of addressing the problems that do not make poor people pay for things that they are innocent about and can you answer that question just propose what is the other way is there a way that was chartered by the united nations which was created to of to preserve peace by promote thing different for negotiations negotiation is the solution new imposing sanctions which were not approved by the united nations as is the case

for the sanctions applied to syria give the impression that you want to create an alternative framework through the u.n. framework the un framework was created by western countries essentially to be true to the. commitment they have to uphold this system to provide solutions to standing disagreements and thank you so much for joining us for sharing that you interest as we mentioned un special. thank you. an ounce of the united states where former special counsel robert muller has broken his silence over history or investigation into russian interfere. of the 2016 election he has contracted white house claims are contradicted rather those claims that say that his were port does not exonerate the president of committing crimes

he added that it is the job of the u.s. congress to hold the president accountable raising the prospect of house democrats beginning impeachment proceedings. the justice department gave washington's media less than 2 hours to prepare for the special counsel statement in the 2 years since his appointment robert mueller had never publicly commented on the investigation but on wednesday with his office formally closing down he seized the opportunity to push back against president donald trump's repeated claims that the investigation had cleared him of any wrongdoing. if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so we did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. also stressed that charging the president with a crime was not an option his office could consider justice department policy holds

that it is unconstitutional to charge a president with a federal crime while he's in office. trumped reacted with a quick tweet saying there was insufficient evidence and that therefore he was innocent case closed. but congressional democrats believe melissa statement confirms that they are right to pursue their investigations of the president. congress to respond to the crimes lies and other wrongdoing of president we will do so make no mistake no one not even the president of the united states is above the law. his testimony he said is contained in the report that he submitted mueller made it clear to congress that it could not expect further help from him. every year the western city of auckland hands out

a special award known as the charlemagne prize it authors those who promote european unity past recipients include french president german chancellor angela merkel and hope francis that this year's recipient is un secretary general antonio ted ish according to the jury he has revived global cooperation based not only on the values and goals of the united nations but also the principles of the european union. one week it's vienna the other vanuatu as un secretary general antonio de terra has a punishing schedule meeting world leaders and market traders alike the 70 year old is a mediator in some of the toughest issues facing the world terrorist political career took off in 1995 when he run for prime minister and his native portugal a former university lecturer and devout catholic he was an unusual choice for the

socialist party found after winning the election he continued to break the mold seeking dialogue with all sections of society to this day he remains one of portugal's most popular political figures. in 2005 the un named him its high commissioner for refugees outspoken and passionate he managed to win hollywood actress angelina jolie says special envoy he focused on iraq and syria criticizing european countries over their handling of the mediterranean refugee crisis in 2015. the international community has failed twice these large number of refugees failed 1st because it was not able to prevent conflicts or to timely solve them and failed a 2nd time because it is not providing the resources necessary to assist them to

get into their human dignity. in october 26th seen the un chose him to succeed ban ki moon as its top diplomat because he took office at the same time as the new us president donald trump the multilateralist has often been at talks with the unilateralist trump not least on climate change. and says all countries must work together to fight it. if you don't hang on to that goal what you will achieve is a total disaster so it's better to make it achievable than to face of these us a constant campaign or terrorist often appears the eternal optimist in troubling times. well now we're heading to latin america the region that has the highest number of forced disappearances in the world official figures estimate that some 200000 people have disappeared in the last few decades the real number could be

much higher the country with the most missing persons is colombia in 5 decades of armed conflict more than 100000 people are thought to have disappeared here. meantime civil war in guatemala also led to tens of thousands of disappearances since the end of the conflict in 1906 the country has also been criticized for failing to bring those responsible to justice further south argentina has on the other hand been praised for its handling of its past during its tator share from 176-2183 of the security forces abducted some 30000 people government and military leaders have since face trial in mexico the war between drug cartels is now one of the main causes of death amnesty international puts the number of missing at more than 34000 and the u.n. says that about 30 percent of them are children or adolescents we have this report

now on a group of mothers whose children have disappeared. that men are finally found her missing son. he disappeared without a trace 5 years ago i never. thought i would be a no one day he was selling cell phone accessories as usual and he was just kidnapped at a gas station because my son was disappeared in the off thirty's didn't look for him i started my own search local police were no help she says but there was no surprise ordinary police officers are suspected of frequent collaboration with the drug cartels. minima dina started to search with this simple tool that helps detect the scent of decaying corpses beneath the soil. over time other mothers looking for their missing children and jointer they call themselves less that often as the trackers they relentlessly entirely search for traces of their missing children that treasures as i lovingly refer to them they can't believe

they're dead until they have proof and that's exactly what their motto says. that out of their search for you until i find you. for many women here this says become their sole mission their search often turns up the bones and skeletons in. the women's findings on this day become the top story for mexican journalists now the stench of rotting corpses is overwhelming me time and again the mothers of the disappeared are confronted with a tormenting question could this body be my child. to look at me got a hold it feels like my heart wants to jump right out of my body oh i'm shaking my ears or my heart oh yeah i think i'm going to i'm glad and sad at the same time because i don't know if it's my son or her son well. now that all's come in the end it doesn't matter we're looking for them because we love them. and i mean dina and

her group have already found nearly 500 bodies according to local media many of the disappeared a believed to have had ties to the drug trade victims are often young men who had no prospects for legal employment minima dina and the other mothers found the remains of 15 people on a single day neighbors who had observed suspicious activity gave them crucial tips on where to dig the search missions are a provocation to the drug cartels releasing a killer him who was caught they tell us we should stop looking yes it is proper otherwise the same thing will happen to us and we're going to then one day someone else will find us buried but in my case we're scared but love and the uncertainty are stronger i mean i said. it took 3 years. to find her son at last she says he can rest in peace. and that was you know he is mariel reporting now we had to the u.s. state of georgia where plans to introduce

a radical anti abortion law could cost it economically it's a major hub for the movie and entertainment industry but now some production companies are threatening to pull out of filming their. story takes you to new york tokyo and even into deep space but this year's greatest blockbuster almost entirely in atlanta avengers and again this is just one of many movies produced in georgia the southern states it's one of the biggest production helps in the u.s. even surpassing california as the state with the most feature films produced. but with conservative forces turning back the clock on abortion and threatening women's rights many of the traditionally liberal studios are threatening to leave. many people who work for us will not want to work there and will have to leave their wishes in that regard right now we're watching it very carefully if it becomes law

and i don't see how it's practical for us to continue to shoot there. with netflix also threatening a boycott the state's movie industry seems in peril and the potential damage huge business insiders pick the economic impact of georgia's movie industry at around $10000000000.95 jobs. meanwhile the fight continues and for georgia governor brian camp it is more about faith than business . we are called to be strong and courageous. and we will not back now we will always continue to fight for life george's radical abortion ban and similar legislation in louisiana missouri and other bible belt states is expected to be challenged in court. well we're staying with phil now. all of a different stuart steps aside now king kong because the biggest baddest movie monster

is back and i am of course talking about the giant radioactive lizard godzilla as the hero of dozens of b. movies he's returning for this summer as the 1st of the blockbusters. world is changing. the man 16 should we fear and. has already. monster movie fans have had to wait a long time for the new godzilla movie the 200000000 dollar blockbuster finishing 2 years ago now just in time for the summer season godzilla is back. the film stars were out in force for the movie's premiere in los angeles. and even the kings of monsters themselves got all spiffed up for the red carpet. the film's director sees godzilla as a universal tale. ever since we're telling stories around the campfire stories about demons and dragons in giant sea monsters so godzilla and his kind are just

sort of the latest incarnation of. planet earth. the 35th godzilla movie has added an environmental subtext to the story godzilla and the other big beasts have come to save humanity from itself our heroes have to unleash the monster. global catastrophe. yassar of bring him in for beer not this time we join the fight there's a reason why godzilla comes to humanity's rescue mission is my wife said it's like a bump in the head to mankind you know wake up and so it sort of gets in today's times you look at it it's already time godzilla come in because we're always screwing things up one way or another but the environmental message takes a backseat to the monster fights fans criticize the last godzilla movie for having too much blood brothers it was world. he says live in a. star billy bobby brown nicely sums up godzilla's cool of the summer

that obama. won wide his obama's unanimous mama. with less plot and more bad ass battles this godzilla movie is one for the fans. up next on denmark's controversial approach to policing immigrant communities i'm sorry thank you so much for watching have a good day. something

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