tovan 1st 2019 from september 6th to september 29th. place. this is b. w. news live from berlin a blow to indian attempts to rove on the moon and engineers at mission control have lost communication with their live in atlanta the signal from the chandrayaan 2 spacecraft disappeared off or it entered its final descent to the moon's surface but also coming up more than 70000 people are in need of food and water in the

bahamas after their homes and communities were completely destroyed by hard dorrian authorities say the final death toll will be staggering. and hong kong's freedoms must be guaranteed that was german chancellor angela merkel's message to chinese leaders on her state visit she says dialogue is the only solution to the ongoing political crisis and. mckinnon welcome to the program. it was an ambitious plan from the very start india wanted to be the very 1st country to shed light on the dark side of the moon the chandra on 2 mission set out in july to explore the uncharted territory of the luna south pole but shortly before the scheduled touchdown the space center in

bangalore lost contact with the land now mission control is trying to figure out whether the spacecraft crashed or landed well no one was watching your hoppe the devastation at india's space agency as the scientists news contact to the chandrayaan 2 only seconds before its landing. the spacecraft was meant to become the 1st ever to touch down on the unexplored south pole of the moon indian prime minister narendra modi came to see the landing from the control room later he found console attending worse as he addressed the nation. both crew of ours that nation by the way we write our way. in this sort out or 3 inside a very rigorous scientists who hired and bar. on one

of the most ambitious mission of our space program. victim very low voice but. we really need to cover more ground on. the landing of the space craft was also broadcast life on television across the country tensions were running high ahead of the event the chandrayaan 2 was successfully launched in july after a previous attempt was called off due to technical problems. chandrayaan which means moon craft in ancient sanskrit spent the last few weeks travelling to us the south side of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown it was supposed to measure the surface and locate water deposits india would have been only the full scan tree in the world to achieve

a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 and it with the space craft probe intentionally crashing into the moon. for now india's invasions to become a global space superpower appear to have suffered a setback but scientists hope to get the communication to the spacecraft back up and find out what happened. or at his brandy w.'s deli correspondent michelle gys well nimish a prime minister modi has been talking to employees of his country's space agency now we know the loss of contact doesn't mean the mission has failed do we have any more information they can tell us. well scientists some observers have pointed out that the mission had 3 parts to it there was an orbital a lander and a rover it is the lander and the rover that the space mission has lost control of it but the auto is still operating the more it will continue to do so for us and it

will be sending images back to this part of the mission has been successful but of course the soft landing was what the focus was on india would have been the 4th time treat just after the u.s. russia and china to have successfully me the soft landing so of course there's disappointment on bad front but at least partially the mission has worked when it comes to the auto and distant hoping to establish control to stablish contact with the lander and rover you can as you say india was set to become only the 4th country in history to land on the moon just how significant would it be if this mission indeed turns out to have failed also from an emotional point of view think india. well of course there's been a lot of enthusiasm on the ground even among civilians and young students and it within school is about this mission there's been a lot of pride attached to it they have been following the mission to was really the launch was observed across the nation and today as well after we heard from is

through on twitter that they had lost contact there was an outpouring of support not just from the prime minister but from leaders of the opposition and other people all across the world to slightly as well expressing that support for isreal this mission would have of course put india in the space. all right we seem to have some technical problems that we'll try to come back to. in delhi later in the show all right let's have a look at some of the news that i'm making and other stories that are making news around the world. leaders of 7 countries in south america's amazon region have signed a pact against the destruction of the rain forest at a summit held in the colombian city of look sisia they agreed on measures to preserve the river base and they clashed over cooperation sovereignty and venezuela's exclusion from the toolbox amazing it was cold after a surge in wildfires in the region this year caused

a global outright. britain's upper chamber of parliament the house of lords has passed a bill to block a no deal back set on october 1st and then another blow to prime minister barak some opposition policies again refused to grant him an early election. and greasy but with huge smiles the small town of basra in southern spain has celebrated its beloved and unusual festival like some more us with $15000.00 participants is the poems the celebration takes place annually in a frenzy of block paint throwing the tradition is believed to date back to the late 15th century. now hearken dorian is speeding towards canada off to making landfall in the u.s. states of north and south carolina for costas expects it to bring hurrican force winds to parts of nova scotia late on saturday it has already left

a trail of devastation in the bahamas thousands of people have been fleeing the islands by boat plane and cruise ship to escape the catastrophic health of the storm the death toll is now at $43.00 that it is expected to grow significantly. in shock and in pain people on the bahamas are desperately trying to leave the islands ravaged by hurricane dorian for many the meager possessions they're carrying are all they have left you know our no power over our own. mind it's 5 everything we have everything is i mean they were trying their best but it seemed right they were going to be going to a good enough job to record the people just to please their people for no what we are the ones who live here. the people who once called this shanty town home are among the most desperate of dorian's victims. national and international aid

organizations have begun moving in to airlift the injured to to hospitals and bring food water and other staples to those who have no means to leave. but the widespread destruction poses for medical logistical challenges to teams scrambling to distribute supplies. in the u.s. dorian made landfall as a category one storm hitting the coast of north carolina with battering waves storm surge and heavy rain caused extensive flooding while powerful winds and a series of tornadoes ripped the roofs off houses and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. dorian has lost a little steam as it barrels on toward eastern canada packing sustained winds of up to 145 kilometers an hour it's forecast to touch down in nova scotia later on saturday. the german chancellor angela merkel has called for the rights and freedoms of hong kong residents to be respected during a visit to china and she made the comments off the meeting with chinese premier. in

the capital beijing michael said everything should be done to avoid violence and recommended talks between demonstrators and the hong kong leadership the chancellor is also aiming to strengthen business ties chinese and german business leaders signed economic agreements expected to create ounce of kewl thousands of jobs in both countries. and pay for more let's bring in journalists an enormous triano in beijing hong kong pro-democracy activists saying michael should have been clearer in her condemnation of the violence used against protesters but considering what's at stake economically here is not really realistic. well i know that merkel said to some extent what everybody was expecting her to say she called for a peaceful resolution to the protests she called for dialogues here. spoke

in favor of a move that the hong kong government. made earlier this week to withdraw an extradition bill that was at the heart of the conflict so for i guess to observers she she said what she was expected to say but of course the protesters wanted more from her they even wanted to meet with her. one of the protest leaders joshua long road the tauriel in the build newspaper in germany asking for merkel to speak out for hong kong and to meet with them but she hasn't she has declined with them so she has had a moderate position ok now whatever chancellor merkel says is it likely to have any effect at all i don't know how words merely sort of symbolic gesture in support of the protesters well due to the fact that germany is an

increasingly important partner trading partner and like geopolitical partners in a way for china now that there is this like a rift between china and the united states. i think the chinese government puts some. importance to what merkel says for example in the past there have been cases when the chinese government released human rights activists that had been that held in china and. they let them go to germany after the german government requested their release. ok now metal also met with president xi jinping what was on the agenda there when they match. what president xi jinping they most likely spoke about trade and their country's economies both the german and chinese economy are slowing down because of the trade war between china and the united states so so trade arrangements and especially

a planned. investment agreement between the union and china must have been at the top of the agenda ok during the discussions but hasn't she ok and trade and of course business i mean michael was traveling with a large business delegation what can you tell us about the business deals that were structured merkel's visit. well i was it as usual when foreign dignitaries travel to china they sign a variety of investment agreement and so the most of them are non-binding but they they like the scribed are danish and steps for projects and in this case they signed agreements in the areas of clean energy. and electric buses automotive . all sorts of other areas like. aircraft so we can see from that that. germany and china want to continue to to work together in areas

various areas all right. in beijing thanks so much thank you. all right some football news now and the netherlands have managed to embarrass germany at home by winning forsooth in their euro 2020 qualifier surge could not break gave germany and early lead storing after only 9 minutes but 2 quick fire dutch goals turned the game on its head in the 2nd half and although toni kroos equalised from the penalty spot for germany the netherlands had the last laugh they scored twice in the last 10 minutes and they made it a rather damning scoreline oh yeah he moves team. i all right here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour. indian engineers have lost communication with their trying to drown 2 lunar lander the

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