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this is news a live from berlin in southern california is rattled by one of its biggest earthquakes in 2 decades building shake as the magnitude 7 point one quake hits north of los angeles cutting power supplies and sparking fire more tremors may be on the way also coming up. she's been called a hero and a criminal. made international headlines last weekend after forcing her boat carrying rescued migrants into an italian tour she's now in hiding but says she has
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no regrets. i'm joining us a magnitude 7 point one earthquake has struck southern california it hit near the city of ridgecrest some 200 kilometers northeast of los angeles the region's strongest earthquake in 2 decades the u.s. geological survey says for tremors were felt as far away as mexico injuries and fires have been reported but so far no fatalities aftershocks continue to rattle the area it's the latest in a series of quakes to hit california in recent days and experts are warning that more are likely to come we have had 2 magnitude 5 aftershocks to the 7 point one the probability of another 5 in the next week is extremely high. probably
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quite a few more magnitude 5 to com. the probability of a magnitude 6 in the next. week is over 50 percent something probably around 60 percent and very preliminary estimate or probability of a 7 might be as high as 11 percent so all of that saying we're having a very robust sequence not a surprise it's going to continue there's no reason to think that it's going to be stopped for more i'm joined now by daniel raydon correspondent at n.b.c. 7 in san diego by phone daniel i've lived in los angeles for 12 years and know what a terribly surreal feeling it is to sit through an earthquake tell us what you experienced during this quake. yes i thank you for having me it was around dinner time when the earthquake struck i was with a big group of people at a restaurant and the favors was swaying you could feel it i was about
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400 kilometers from the epicenter. so you could still very much feel that there was something happening and. quite a bit of panic over here in southern california. we just heard that officials say that this was a real bust she plans what's the latest on the situation right now. there is a shared feeling among residents here in california because we are used to seeing smaller earthquakes but having to in a row like this there was a 7 point one today there was also a 6.4 quake that happened on thursday and that's making a lot of the residents over here very concerned that there's going to be even a big one in the coming days like the officials are saying there's a feeling of panic amongst people down here we
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heard about people around the area that were playing board and had the scoreboard shaking they had to stop boarding games we also heard about people's pets reacting $11.00 local said the 3rd dog actually brahman from the shaking and so there was quite a bit of of. reaction here and the l a department of water and power says the about the salad last summer. were affected after the quake which is often which is often the case thank you danielle raiden in san diego pre-show that day thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world. a team of swiss scientists says planting one trillion trees would be enough to absorb the c o 2 emissions that are
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fueling the world's climate crisis the trees would cover a landmass the size of the united states but they say it's no substitute for using less nonrenewable energy sources. dozens of animal rights activists have protested the running of the ball in spain this weekend event she's hundreds of people run through. streets from bowls activists say the animals are tortured and killed supporters say the event millions of euros to the. thousands of people have celebrated in sudan after opposition leaders and the ruling military reached a power sharing agreement under the deal a joint military civilian council the country for the next. sudan has been shaken by protests since the ousting of longtime president al bashir in april. pro-government rallies have been reported in venezuela as the country marks its
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independence day a large crowd of anti government demonstrators are also in the capital caracas led by self declared president. many protesters were calling for an end to torture in the country after a report by the united nations head of human rights accuse security forces of abuses and killings government says the report is biased. reported extensively on venezuela and we just saw in that report talking about the possibility of of talks with the opposition which the opposition rejects. do we see the opposition and the leadership coming together for talks anytime soon this is the never ending story in venice that we have 2 completely different versions on one side the mother is saying yes this we're going to have a 2nd round of talks on this on the other hand we have the saying no way we're not
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going to talk with a date or ship so what is going to happen we'll see in the in the days to come but what i think is that maybe this kind of dogs in norway could be maybe the last chance for his love to get peacefully out of this crisis i mean we have seen months of brought this industry it's we have a huge international pressure we have u.s. sanctions we have a lot of things on mother was still there sometimes a stronger and stronger so what is the way to get out of the. calling for amongst the army to step aside aside from their own to oh i was the mother oh so it's like we are wishing military coup that would be got the profit for one of the for the region so maybe norway is their last chance to get out is fully it's a strange situation i mean it's been months of the sea since one guy joe declared himself the inner interim president but he's still not in power even as we speak nell why not and will it ever happen the answer we saw yesterday why though where
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went out to the streets with people i'm sure how to minutes are arrayed so the answer is because my wife doesn't have. any support but the message was clear yesterday i mean now there is going through that the straw food situation 130000 percent of inflation according to true true. numbers incredible yeah by the end of the year according to the international monetary fund that we're going to have 10 millions percent of inflation of 43 percent of unemployment so is one of the he's still there why because he has the weapons and yesterday these military parade was the message i mean he's certainly still there for now but as you know this week the u.n. pretty. entered a report that accused president we're dura security forces of torture and extrajudicial killings in 2018 do you think this report this report will have any impact on venezuela i think. it gives
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a new key element to why those speech i mean he is not just the opposition in the national assembly who is denouncing this is huge institution international institution united nations who is saying ok look we have talked to anyone as well as they are denouncing honduras arbitrary detentions almost 7000 executed. since 2018 there are these are numbers that when we see this number we think about the think that there are steps on that number and the seventy's and eighty's so it gives the new strength but we cannot forget that the situation of the hasn't changed went on to say yes about yesterday there were less people in the streets supporting weibo yeah of course because this equation hasn't changed so they've priorities the people is not honestly democracy and free elections or freedom for political prisoners is every single they funded something to eat and something some of the medicines you who are in there as thank you so much for that thank you. the german captain of a migrant rescue ship says she has no regrets for defiantly docking at an italian
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port. last week angered to telling authorities by lending her boat carrying dozens of migrants rescued at sea she's gone into hiding ahead of a court appearance next week on possible charges of assisting illegal immigration related gave an exclusive interview to german broadcaster. on route to a secret location in italy reporters are off to interview count all. the sea watch 3 captain has been in hiding since she rescued migrants off the libyan coast and brought them to the italian island lampedusa a mission she doesn't regret. thank you on this one on this list and i'm like we did everything right we obeyed maritime law school through so there was never a question of whether we should rescue people or not is hogwash to have to have a whole mission see watch 3 sailed to lampedusa after 2 weeks of waiting in vain and despite a recent ban the captain says some of the migrants were suicidal and others
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threatened to go on hunger strike. and what is important in the end is that we rescued these 53 people and brought them to a safe harbor that's 53 people who don't have to go back to some torture camp in libya. italian interior minister amount called her a criminal now she wants to sue him for defamation but she faces likely prosecution herself on charges of being an accessory to illegal migration a hearing is planned for next week could in case of an indictment which we don't expect i will of course turn myself in because i expect to be acquitted if it comes to that. maritime experts suggest another possible outcome entering the harbor could amount to a violation of italian law she had to be i mean be that she should have kept waiting she could have tried to get other harbors to open up and continue to ask for help from italian authorities. other rescue boats have had the same problem the
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german rescue ship island kirti saved 65 people off the libyan coast on friday it's also seeking safe harbor. the women's soccer world cup and on sunday with current champions united states taking on the netherlands in the final it's been widely acclaimed as the best ever women's trying to mate with outstanding games and strong audiences now fifa wants to increase the number of teams and double the prize money at the next women's world cup. noisy supporters a sold out stadium the semifinals of the women's world cup. went exactly as free for had hoped as in the opinion of president jenny infantino did the whole thing this women in france has been. phenomenal has been incredible has been emotional has been passion has been fantastic has been great has been. the best women's world cup ever in fact tino wasted no
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time in announcing features big plans for the future he hopes to expand the women's tournament to 32 teams and double the prize money also tabled plans for lucrative new women's competitions sports politics means women's football is becoming big business. politics is a hot topic too in the u.s. camp in protest against donald trump several players have suggested they may refuse an invitation to the white house if they retain their trophy. i think we'll make that decision after we finish sunday's game i think there's been a lot of talk prematurely about the white house and about. but 1st we have to do business the u.s. head into sunday's showpiece as clear favorites european champions the netherlands would appear to have little chance in their 1st ever world cup final but they will put up a real fight the on site of the 2 semifinals and host to sunday's final is already flooded with fans much to feed 1st delight. you're watching
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