this is d.w. news live from the rescue teams search for survivors of the 2 the past approach tragedy 21 people are still missing after a tourist boat sank overnight on the river down officials fear the worst fast hope of finding survivors from still we are the past for the latest also on the program . and a makeover honors is honored for her commitments to democratic ideals she's been conferred into doctors. by harvard university and she'll give the commencement

speech in a couple of. i'm phil gail welcome to the program rescuers in budapest say there is minimal chance of finding survivors after a tourist boat capsized and sank on the danube light on wednesday police have launched a criminal investigation the sightseeing vessel carrying more than 30 south korean tourists was hit by a large river cruise ship in bad weather 7 people have been confirmed dead. 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 river bed 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. hungary your. government will work

closely with the hungaroring government to investigate the cause of the accident for the 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. will get 30 customers and one of us boarded the cruise boats for the past. through that. at the time of the water level was high but other crews or it's operating as usual not just. through the. 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. straight to budapest. correspondence to both the banks of the danube welcome staff and please press up to date on the rescue. very very desperate i can tell you they have so far not found any survivors and at least people are already confirmed. people. injured at least a life but. 20 people. very little. people are saying. and. very difficult. raining but i can tell you during the whole day. that happened doing tonight of course sent. very strong that makes it increasingly

difficult. to rescue workers to. ration. to. remain and indeed. this was. a very busy stretch of the river. well indeed it happens a new york market bridge where i'm standing now just a few meet it's literally behind me a huge ship coalition took place between the boat and huge cruise ship

and it's happened between 2 to breach here behind me and of course what happened last at least in a few seconds literally that whole boat came down and you can imagine the water was cold people were of course desperate hanging on to whatever to head. off and many many are believed to have died and of course the question as being raised now how does what's possible. looking into possible failure or mistake by the by the captain and also they are of course looking into the fact that a lot of ships are moving into danube river i mean it's quite a full pillar. for tourists questions remain i'll be in the future. in budapest thank you. take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world i'm al cheery and mad charged with setting off a package bomb in the french city of leone has told investigators he had pledged

allegiance to the islamic states jihad his group he was arrested along with other men 3 members of his family what's being treated as a terrorist attack the explosion last week when the 13 people. u.n. secretary general and turn of the terrorists has been awarded the annual salary prize which recognizes that work done in the service of european unity the jury in the german city of athens said they selected the secretary general for his work in reviving global cooperation. japan has condemned what it calls russia's increasing military presence on i haven't played by both countries since world war 2 the comments came during talks in tokyo between seeing the japanese and russian ministers russian foreign minister sergei lavrov insisted that moscow have the right to conduct military activities on the archipelago. hundreds of monks and their supporters of moments in miramar to protest against the arrest of a high profile tourist preacher known as without sin that monk was charged with

sedition for criticizing the country's leader on sun city cheek to force to say the word is an infringement of free speech. german chancellor angela merkel has been honored by one of the world's most prestigious universities harvard university has awarded her an honorary doctorate in law chancellor merkel received a degree german ceremony on campus in cambridge massachusetts she's also due to give the commencement speech invest in 2 hours bring that to you live. so it will join d.w. washington bureau trees chief alexandra from norman outside harvard university welcome alexandra why did they choose chancellor merkel. well we have to say that she is here among friends and many people who admire and respect her and when the announcement was made the president of the university said in a statement that angle on merkel is one of the most whites of the at my art and

influential states people of all worth times that her leadership has done much to shape the course of her nation and the course all fueled so these were very flattering words even more flattering was to video the university put together or to end now in some miracle and this as this year's commencement speaker let's have a look at the speak.

it's very hollywood for a woman who's become known for being understated to what's going to happen today. so the 1st part of the ceremonies is over right now the morning exercises the actual graduation ceremony that was a very traditional song but also very cheerful ceremony at the end of this ceremony merkel was awarded it and on the road the dr off last agree and the whole theater of war the ceremony was taking place stood up and applauded and she was praised her for her devotion to science but also for her leadership she was praised as a leader who is committed to democracy democratic ideals and common values and

i talked to students here who told me how impressed they are by merkel heard by a biographer of her life the fact that she grew up in east germany and then became a chancellor of the united germany and they also told me that they respect her they see her as a role more there and they are looking forward to what they believe to be a memorable speech were merkel will be holding this year as commencement speech later this afternoon and this is the likely to talk about the transatlantic relationship during that speech. i think so we can expect her to talk about it especially at this moment in time the relationship is quite strained so we have with donald trump you asked president who is calling hugh up for who is accusing germany in particular of taking adventure and adventure taking advantage of the

u.s. and the u.s. economy so we definitely can expect that america is going to talk about the transatlantic relationship but i would expect her to over concentrate on the positive shoes common values we sure or ways to bridge problems bridge gaps. but we have to mention that normally you would expect a german chancellor who is it seeing you asked to meet with you ask president this is not going to happen this time according to german diplomats this is due to scheduling problems but of course this is something that you normally would expect both leaders to meet live while they're busy people who are not going to talk about university in the united states thank you. course will bring you live coverage of the chances of commencement speech which is due to start in about an hour of. where the president alexander from the ballot is named constitutional judge to get to be

alive as the country's interim chance to talk to bill and will lead a caretaker government until snap elections shettles for september is so with likelihood government will not pass any major legislation she's austria's 1st female chancellor under places conservative sebastian cook's who lost the confidence of vote after his coalition collapsed. 900 modi house being sworn in for his 2nd term as india's prime minister his party the b j p made history by increasing its majority in parliament after a 2nd consecutive landslide but he took the oath of office in the gardens of a presidential palace in front of 8000 people including south asian leaders on the woodstock concert it was sworn in at the same ceremony. hospital following the ceremony in delhi. india as prime minister and i remember more of the has been sworn in today for his 2nd term in office as the prime minister of india he has

taken his oath in front of the president of the country and along with him his council of ministers as well as as this cabinet have all taken or not this government has been charged with dealing with several critical issue was. crisis the highest unemployment that the country has seen in 45 years but with the massive mandated they have been awarded it looks like the country trusts the prime minister as well as. to deliver on the promises they made in the run up to be election and now the interesting thing about this wedding instead of many odd guests invited the foreign dignitaries invited from other countries now at the last swearing in back in 2014 prime minister and leaders of the so are 2 nations the south asia region a walk. mission group invited now. actually somehow become the fun because it actually has pockets fun as a member and it was back in 2016 the last time

a summit was attempted in get rejected going to that summit because off a terror attack that had happened back in 216 now this time in 2019 members off the beams to a group have been invited this is basically another beach no cooperation group that centers around the bay of bengal to the east of india and these regional leaders have been invited to focus not only on maritime security in trade but on neighborhood 1st look east policies are clear indications being made about national policy as well as foreign policy and as ready with its new government for the next 5 years and primus in any of the more the is at the helm once again. reporting from delhi as a reminder of top stories at this hour rescuers are searching for 21 people missing after a sightseeing boat sank last night redundant in good past 7 people are confirmed dead and 7 others were saved after the boat was hit by

a larger vessel in top level. on top universities pay tribute to the german chancellor angela merkel by awarding her on the doctorate chancellor merkel is due to give a commencement speech just under to bring that to you here live on. the jobs house side business africa in just a bit we talked about at the top of the hour good to. rock and roll. down. with them to buy the church. and all that evil feeling that you feel when you fight. your past. stuff no one is.