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locked once again lie in peace for eternity. and a warm welcome to you i'm shima more than 70 people have died in a fire on a tree in southeastern pakistan the blaze is said to have broken out when a gas stove exploded as passengers were preparing breakfast the train was on its way if wrong in the south and it was making its way to india which is right next to islamabad the accident took place in the town of sports in punjab province a local official said most of the victims died after jumping off the fast moving train dozens more were injured and some of them are in a critical condition. the passenger to. rain turned into

a death trap as flames engulfed 3 carriages in a raging inferno. officials say the blaze was ignited by a gas stove that exploded as passengers prepared breakfast cooking oil carried by others then caught fire those on board stood little chance as the fire broke out the train was traveling at high speeds through eastern punjab province witnesses say it took nearly 20 minutes for it to come to a halt many of those who died to try to escape the flames by jumping off the train on a. hill or to. arrive at the scene we saw flames and smoke streaming out of this train or passengers resulting for help and jumping from the train. to the rail real officials arrived and started rescue work you have to say that. this was just the latest in a series of accidents on pakistan's railways a lack of investment has caused the system to fall into disrepair but it's the

worst disaster on the country's railway in almost 15 years and the death toll could rise further. joining me now is journalist us of how she is on the speaking to me from the pakistani capital islamabad welcome us and 1st of all can you bring us up to date with the latest from the scene of the accident. yes what we now know is that the rescue work at the scene seems to have concluded authorities say that about 150 kilometers south of most on is where this accident occurred and they are now ferrying those who are more seriously injured to the city of motown which has better health facilities is the major urban center in the area now because the area is so remote and of course the incident took place on the train track so it's not quite close to a rule that cetera so some helicopters are also been called in the military is providing those to ferry those who are more seriously wounded to the serious burns units one of the problems that doctors have been facing on the ground is that the

closest. does not have a burns unit in the local government run hospital and so they were very quickly overwhelmed and now people are being very doable don as you say authorities have also said that the track closure of is not going to affect train schedules they claim that trains are all running on schedule and that the plane that is currently still stuck on the tracks will be cleared quite soon and what can you tell us about the cause of the accident because it's a huge amount of casualties. yes what it seems like happened to officials who are reporting on this that it was in the fire was caused by a gas stove that was being used a crude to cook breakfast this morning now this unfortunately is quite a common occurrence on pakistani trains because while the carrying of gas stoves or things of this nature is actually prohibited on these trains a security checks are quite lax when it comes to interesting transport probably

rail is the wont is the most lax when it comes to security checks and so what is quite common is for people to carry their own tools in their own things on board because the israelis are quite long as you mentioned the journey was from the southern city of karachi all the way up to the old bindi would just pick them typically it takes about 18 or 20 hours for this journey they were cooking breakfast they stayed over they slept overnight they can record their own 630 this morning when one of the stalls cause the gas burner that was there was fueling it to catch fire and then that in turn apparently caused you still got was next to it to catch fire and that set ablaze one of the coaches know when one of the coaches was ablaze said the 2 adjoining coaches on fire as well and that's why we've seen such high casualties and as it seems that train accidents i'm not uncommon in pakistan what's the reaction been to this one. well there have been definite calls for a proper investigation into how it was allowed for these gas canisters to be allowed

on board in the 1st place and for those responsible going even as high as the rule was minister to resign over this issue as you say correctly this is not the 1st time that we've seen an accident pakistan's real system in fact in the last year we've seen at least 7 accidents happen we've seen at least 2 head on collisions and some do real events as well now a lot of this is due to pakistan's real incest structure many of the reels that are being laid down and the infrastructure that goes around it is actually from the colonial era still and upgrading this is obviously a huge task that requires the vast amount of investment bugs that has been trying to do this over the years and not least for its own industrial is to be able to move things by freight more easily but given the amount of money that is required and given the paucity of government resources it seems like that's something that is unlikely to happen right. thank you very much for that update from that. there's been have been yoplait with some of the stories making news around the

world police in indian administered kashmir say at least 5 people have been shot dead by separatist militants the attack on workers from eastern india came as a delegation of e.u. lawmakers began a 2 day visit to the region on thursday delhi formally implemented legislation that dream moves gosh music semi autonomy status and places it under direct federal. the us department of defense has released the 1st video of the operation that killed the head of so-called islamic state abubakar al baghdadi it shows us special forces storming into his compound in northern syria and its subsequent destruction baghdadi his family members and loyalists were reportedly killed in the special forces raid. the philippines has been struck by another strong earthquake the 2nd within a week it's 6.5 magnitude quake in the country south further damage structures already weakened by

a tremor just days earlier the philippines is located on the pacific ring of fire red about 90 percent of the was earthquakes take place. turning to south africa where police have forcibly evicted scores of migrants and refugees who have been camping out for weeks in cape town around 100 people were arrested after a violent clashes in front of the united nations building the migrants are not demanding to stay in fact they want to leave this year recent wave of xenophobic violence directed at african migrants shows south africa is no longer safe for them . they came to south africa to seek refuge or simply a better future now all they want is to get out for weeks hundreds of migrants have been camping here outside the un's refugee agency in capetown demanding to be relocated to other countries but on wednesday after an eviction order the police

moved in. they fired water cannons and stun grenades. police say they arrested some 100 foreign nationals who refused to disperse. for the protesters the use of force by the police is fueling anger over what they call as xenophobia atmosphere in south africa that there's such a threat that you know i just i don't know. if it was easier for the next military in the past or i missed the time i let everything be right that we are your forte agent it's circular definition of freedom of us really but you know even if you but i was going to talk a little bit for you know anybody in america still forget the middle of. the many migrants from other african countries go to south africa seeking better

job prospects. but after a spate of deadly riots in attacks in september many say they no longer feel safe here. that's why these protesters in cape town have been calling on the u.n. to move them to another country. last week the un refugee agency issued a statement saying false messages were being circulated about resettlement and that only a very small number of refugees and asylum seekers met the criteria but that didn't stop the protests here. i i after wednesday's police operation remaining demonstrators headed on. for now their new home is a local church where they've been given temporary shelter. of these obvious cars for an ardent greece is standing right outside the very church in cape town and

joins me now from the high are going what people saying to you there and what is going to happen to these people. so you know i'm still in front of the church here right now you can find a lot of people sleeping outside at the moment some are cooking more even inside in total we're say that about 300 refugees and migrants are seeking shelter here at the moment and they're not sure what is going to happen because it is quite unlikely that their demands will be met many of them are asking to be relocated to a 3rd country they would not want to go back to their home countries because they say it is not safe and it was going to be difficult to find a solution because this 270000 refugees in south africa are now imagine the government or the united see i would take a decision to take this group somewhere else it would be likely that others would be interested in such a solution as well and why did they keep down police crackdown so how did on the protest is there going to be an investigation among the level of force you

specially given the women and children that. are. right we've all seen these shocking pictures from yesterday and a lot of people are actually calling for an investigation because of this massive force massive use of violence that we've seen yesterday by the police here grenades there was a lot of things going on there women were beaten in front of their children but we also have to say realistically it's not likely that such an investigation is going to happen we've seen that in the past often when protests happening the police overreacting and then no consequences and didn't give us a bit about the bigger picture why are these xenophobic attacks taking place and what are the people who are being targeted. if you will and then what i mean when apartheid ended here 25 years ago the hopes are very high for the poor majority of that the economic situation would approve for them but the reality at the moment is 60 percent of the young people in south africa unemployed this year alone another half a 1000000 people out of work and this leads to

a lot of frustration but what we also have to say the peak of the violence that we have seen was not in cape town it happened in other cities like in johannesburg and we have a look over here on the other side of the church you can see some shops are. on this side where people are actually selling some odd words to cheeriest these are mainly nationals from other african countries as well and i talk to some of them they do not disagree with what some people here are saying that they're not safe here they're actually not happy that this protest is happening here because it is bad for their business right to contact situation r.d.m. crucial in cape town south africa thank you very much for your reporting. the move wildfires have broken out in southern california but a dozen of them are being fanned by strong winds with gusts of about 110 kilometers an hour the blazes have led to widespread power outages and hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. a grim dawn in southern california simi valley

a blaze has just broken out and it's been found by strong winds i'm not made for local beth rivera her bags are packed but for now she's determined to stay and try to fight for her home. it started over the top of that hill behind the pile of. the neighbors that you're. right that is this. safe is ok. as the morning wears on the blaze picks up 1st in the line of fire the rural ranches in the hills it's not just residents who have to be evacuated ranches struggle to coax terrified horses toward scifi before the flames wade through. you're nervous with. the document they're going to be good i'm going. to take. this so-called easy fire in simi valley also threaten an american icon flames tore

up the hill towards the ronald reagan presidential library. in the end fire department helicopters saved it baiting back a blaze that was within 30 meters of a library full of valuable historical documents i mean this smoke in the wind i've been here in l.a. for 45 years and i've been through a lot of fires and this was one of the scariest nearly 1500 is has been brought into the battle against this ply is the county's using every resource it has to tackle as. the pot is dug expect conditions to improve in the next 24 hours meaning the risk for multiple suburban neighborhoods of southern california remains . here 3 farming families have taken them back against climate change to court together with greenpeace this suing the german government because they say it

was not able to achieve the promised reduction of 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by next year. i now look to mean host works as a farmer book together with 2 other farming families he's taken legal action against the federal government's climate policy climate change is hitting him and his from heart and future. we don't have another water temperatures during the summer months are too hard to reach if we have an economic disadvantage from climate change because we have to make additional investments so that we can compensate for this for example with artificial irrigation. plus we have to find new species that can better cope with these changing weather conditions that i've heard in the tourist. high temperatures paired with next to no rainfall have produced burnt out areas that's meant smaller harvests especially in

the last 2 summers including sunflower seeds he's never experienced this in 30 years and it will probably get even worse in the future. before in any case these are considerable economic difficulties they certainly won't cost us our existence. but they will make production considerably more expensive hormone. lawsuit aims to force the german government to reduce c o 2 emissions more quickly measures for climate friendly agriculture could also contribute to this mess livestock farming in particular is responsible for a high proportion of c o 2 emissions. this concern is going to you know not every farm has to go organic because it would be great if conventional agriculture fulfilled more ecological requirements. class erlang is 26 and works in the cow shed on the farm she supports her boss's lawsuit however she doesn't think

politicians can act quickly enough. if go over this this didn't fly fishermen falling off 100. i don't think they'll suddenly pull back the curtain and change everything. but i believe that this will force people and politicians alike to think about it. and that's a step by step process it doesn't happen from one day to the next of course it was at this good night with mr and i often talk. it's not clear what the next step is but when i looked last and his colleagues are hopeful that the lawsuit will at least be a wake up call but it's hard to say which side will win the lawsuit. so for more i'm not joined by our correspondent william no argue crossed from bottom entries to do is welcome not so private individuals followers are taking the

government to court what are their chances of success. well the latest we're hearing from the courtroom right now is that the court is leaning towards rejecting the plaintiff's claims that they have they have any argument or any case to bring against the government but the case overall really comes down to some very fundamental questions about the role of the state in protecting its citizens protecting their property and ensuring their well being that's what these farmers are suing for they're saying that the government is violating its constitutional responsibilities by not hearing to climate change goals which does have an adverse impact on their livelihoods the government of course is saying that this of course is not something that they can be directly held responsible for and also even if the court were to rule in the favor of the plaintiffs these farmers it's of course the government's role not only to ensure the livelihood of just 3 farmers or 3 farming families but they have a number of factors have to consider economic and environmental and of course an entire economy in an entire population to find the right balance for so there's

a lot of leeway that the government has here in sort of swiping away swiping aside the claims that these farmers are making despite that might we start seeing legal action become a more common way to press for action on climate change. yes and indeed we already have just earlier this year a report by the london school of economics took a look at lawsuits happening all around the world there is just the united states alone since 1990 there's been more than 1000 cases against mostly but against the government at the state and federal level but also against companies against a fossil fuel industries trying to trying to do something take action take legal action against the effects of climate change and now in just the past year according to this report there are ongoing climate change cases in 28 countries there have been some some positive outcomes for people filing these cases in against climate change such as the netherlands there was a major case recently that ruled in favor of the plaintiffs who said the dutch

government was not doing enough and there's an ongoing a very mulla multi-year ongoing case from a peruvian farmer who's been trying to sue our did you eat a major a major mannion major company german company here coal company for its impact on the environment there in peru and that that's a lawsuit that's being seen as a litmus test for just how much legal room plaintiffs have to bring cases against major corporations and governments when it comes to climate change now jim davis was considered a leader in environmental policy why is it falling short of its climate a good civilian beef if you can well in short germany is a major economy a major heavy producer of a lot of heavy goods like cars metals and other kinds of industrial output it has a major impact on environment a major car producer loves driving its cars is absolutely against having speed limits which is one way to reduce emissions and critics of the government both the

current climate goals in the one set for 2030 say that's just not enough to reduce the carbon footprint the way the government says it wants to. really know if you can thank you very much for that. to other stories and the boards of peugeot and fia to chrysler have announced plans to merge into the world's 4th largest carmaker if the deal goes through the new industry giant for both a market value of about 50 $1000000000.00 chrysler's bids to see the partnership with french automaker fell through earlier this year. twitter has announced a bad political advertising beginning november the 22nd the company said that targeted advertising brought significant risks to politics the decision puts pressure on the other social media platforms to follow suit amid increasing concern being used to present misleading information to voters. japan is mourning the

loss of a unesco world heritage site surely castle on the island of okinawa a fire started during the night although firefighters managed to put out the flames they were not able to save large parts of this popular tourist attraction. a piece of okinawa's cultural heritage devoured by flames firefighters battled the blaze for over 10 hours but they could not save the main hall. casal has stood on this site for over 500 years this is not the 1st time it's been destroyed it was reduced to ashes during the battle of okinawa in 1945 its reconstruction was an important step in the island struggle to recover from the ravages of world war 2 but now the castle has been lost again no one was injured in thursday's blaze but for the residents the toll is emotional. stickler this was the. growing up

at the sherry castle that was always nearby it's really sad i have no words it's. the new york now where it's really okinawa's cultural heritage and it's painful to see you. the site had reopened in 1992 it was a major tourist attraction in the area it was going to be a planned stop on the olympic torch relay rate during the olympic games in tokyo scheduled for 2020 the japanese government has already vowed to restore the call so to its former glory. in jerusalem excavate as a building and underground cemetery inside a mountain the idea is to eventually create a city of the dead a final resting place for tens of thousands of people space is at a premium in jerusalem with existing cemeteries filling up in west jerusalem lies

in a hot with 170000 graves the hilltop cemetery is the city's largest yet it's long been considered too small to hold those to be buried in the coming decades. israel is a small country with a fast growing population with commission traditionally prohibited by judaism the answer could look like this. a gigantic underground necropolis costing at least 45000000 euros and housing 23000 graves as well as several main and connecting streets relatives can find their loved ones grieve. we could make a burial ceremonies here in. pure son you know oldest son in his early years and same goes for. gluing glass orbs helped create a special atmosphere there the brainchild of a german artist who wants to bring light into the darkness. floats upwards

it's very atmospheric very gentle. it doesn't scream it doesn't say here i am. rather it fills these catacombs with a certain mood. it will be 4 more years before the subterranean city of the day it is complete. a festive lights on a feature of many cities around the world in the run up to christmas but the italian city of purity in is tries to up the ante in the festive season turning itself into what it describes as a luminous open their art gallery for the boss trendiest to dean has hired artists to design mesmerizing illuminations the lights will be switched on off to dock every day until the trust of january. you're watching the news has a recap of the dull story that you're following feel more than 70 viewed 11 died in a fire on a train in southeastern backus on the blaze reportedly broke off when

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