witnesses starts december 13th on t.w. . this is you don't reduce life from berlin a manhunt is underway for the thieves in a brazen and jewel heist all there is no trees as of yet of the intruders who staged the biggest burglary in post-war germany in the city of dresden and made off with priceless diamond jewels also on the show. a deadly earthquake hits albania rattling the nation overnight the $6.00 magnitude tremor killing at least

16 people and injuring hundreds an intense search and rescue operation is underway to free survivors still believed to be trapped underneath collapsed buildings or in the capital tehran. on live ark if you so much for your company everyone we begin right here in germany where the manhunt is on for their grays and thieves that made off with priceless 18th century jewels in the german city of dresden police are now combing the crime scene at the green vaults museum still looking for clues that might lead them to the robbers all devastated museum officials are trying to work out what exactly they lost. treasures that even the french king louis the 14th was said to be jealous of the gemstone sets of the saxon prince elector 3 of them have been stolen their material value is estimated to be in the millions their cultural value is and

calculable made 5 and it's a unique collection the biggest saxon treasure of the 18th century which is at the heart of that cultural heritage. that's just a few years ago the museum's previous direct acclaimed sophisticated alarm system was on par with fort knox but on monday this threw a spanner in the works around 5 am a fire in an electricity junction box near the causal suddenly plunged the building into darkness and the thieves struck. the perpetrators entered through a window facing the casa square cut through the bars smashed the window pane and targeted a specific display case. between a. surveillance video shows them breaking the display case the guards then called the police but when they arrived just 5 minutes later the perpetrators had already fled potentially using

a car which had later been found in an underground car park and set on fire with me on this he had considered the security measures in place at the state collections in the dresden causal to be excellent and extensive we can now see that this wasn't the case experts believe the alarm system may no longer have been state of the yacht. when i had to for minimum one could have quite simply prevented such a break in with a decent security strategy mechanically and electronically the security was not sufficient. so what will the thieves do with the jewelry the most likely scenario is a simple one you did of the unseen and the thieves and for will break the individual stones out of the casing. then change their cut so that their origin is no longer recognizable. then they will try to sell them on the global market.

and upsetting idea if of those who hold these cultural looms did one small consolation the museum's most valuable jewel is the green diamond currently still safe and alone in new york and just moments ago the museum held a press conference at our very own did have you correspond tilton know was there and he's also at the crime scene in dresden aaron of course was so baffling about this story is the security or the lack of security was that addressed at all or during this press conference. oh it most certainly was the museum's head of security actually again raises the question everyone seems everyone here rather seems to be asking whether or not the burglars actually had a man on the inside of the building now the head of security said the attack was unusually well prepared and executed and saying that they may have actually had some inside information where you're actually allowed them to carry out the attack so swiftly i mean they were in and out in just some 5 minutes time there's also been questions raised about exactly what they knew about the security system

because of all the their attack on the lighting system outside the building we know that they use a small fire which actually killed the city lights on the streets and that was able to darken the inside the building enough to make all the internal security cameras basically useless so the question of the hour right now here in today's debate is whether or not they had some inside help all right that's another interesting turn there in this very interesting story i mean what do we know about the manhunt that is under way for this particularly those 2 thieves that were caught on camera during the highs. well the police have been very tight lipped so far we know they're taking a very very close look both at the fire at that junction box we heard about in the report there and also the fire in the getaway car which they've actually now managed to find in the northern part of the city i mean they're also taking an extreme look an extremely close look at the forensic evidence left inside the building but so far we haven't heard anything about whether or not they have they've gained any leads earlier today one of the police spokesman said however

that looking for forensics inside the building is basically like looking for a needle in a haystack because the green vault is plays host to some tens of thousands of people each and every day so looking for the evidence of just that of just 2 burglars is rather difficult rather difficult but let's talk now about the priceless jewels the historic artifacts that are lost for now at least what is likely to happen to them. well as we heard in the report there the scenario most people are kind of assuming will be the correct one is that that they will most likely attempt to break apart the individual pieces of art and then sell them on the open market however museum staff seems to be think that will be more difficult than initially expected because many of the diamonds in question have a very very unique cut one that can only come from this collection and at least any serious jeweler will not likely be able to touch them that was that is the the mood coming out of the the. museum staff at the moment but you know the chance of them

actually being able to recover them in the near future are just kind of decreasing with each passing hour very depressing the thought there are until 10 injuries and reporting i thank you very much. want to say now about some of the other stories making news around the world and mall to 3 top government officials including the prime minister's chief of staff have resigned amid a growing scandal surrounding a murdered journalist daphne karunya. was killed in a car bomb in 2017. after reporting on corruption in malta her family has accused the government of protecting those involved in her death. floods have killed at least 39 people in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa to ensure rains lashed the city overnight causing landslides near the university well at least 2 bridges and part of a major road collapsed the search for missing people is ongoing. in iraq one

protester was shot dead in baghdad and many others were wounded in the country's south amid escalating anti-government protests and busta protesters blocked the streets to prevent government employees getting to work demonstrations began in october directed at what protestors see as a corrupt political elite. thousands of furious farmers have rolled into berlin on tractors to protest the government's agricultural policies they say plans to introduce stricter environmental protections go too far and would threaten the existence of their farms. in albania rescuers are reducing against the clock to find survivors after a powerful earthquake struck the country early this morning authorities say the quake has killed at least 800 people and injured hundreds more the magnitude 6.4 tremor struck about 60 kilometers northwest of the capital tirana is the most

powerful earthquake to hit the country and decades. with some people trapped alive rescuers but carefully trying to stop the rubble from collapsing that means sometimes working by hand it can be painstakingly slow in this race against time to rescue survivors of the worst earthquake to his help pena in 30 years a survivor pulled out of a collapsed building in the coastal resort of duress but many were not so lucky. that hours ago that it was an orphan to maine a child's body is found. the quake struck early on tuesday morning when most of the people here were asleep in bed. notably the bottles in my bedroom went to my kid's room and the door just slammed on me like hurt both my arms this is horrible.

adding to the fear and causing further damage albania is one of the poorest countries in europe and its neighbors were quick to offer help. from it's. already helping rescue operations. using hand signals rescue silent as they listened for cries of people trapped under the wreckage many people are still missing their families are hoping and praying they will be found. her ordeal there for the people in albania there let's take you now to the capital toronto to journalist alice taylor alice please bring us up to speed what is the situation there right now. ok so it's a nightmare and people are still missing the families are still missing family members there are still a large amount of people unaccounted for as darkness it's falling as we're

approaching so there's heading towards 24 hours since the quake struck people are desperately trying to get people out without causing any further carnage so receiving these concrete blocks and bubbled and things like that has to be done very carefully and very delicately so as not to dislodge everything out. 13 outstanding reaction from civil society a group of civil activists the alliance of the protection of an arsenal see it in the capital of toronto being prolactin type applications and also. from people in the capital and sending it out to the areas that have been affected by the earthquake people within the cities and the insecurities affected have been doing the saying people are spending the nights in open spaces but the support from members of the community has been great very heartening. very heartening indeed alice can you tell us a little bit about of course there are so many people that are also injured. our

hospitals and other support systems that coping with that amount of people that they have to treat. as well actually as a response to the sheer number of people that are injured 2 of the largest private hospitals in the country has opened their doors have announced they will treat the goofus free week has been excellent i don't think even though i mean this december the house here is pretty good considering it's a killer tourist country but i think they were the struck hooch to have dealt with the sheer numbers of people. suffering from shock as well it's not just physical injury you have to remember the emotional the psychological impact that something like this is going to have of. cases p.t.s.d. i mean my neighbor's daughter saying. this is it even myself you know i'm in a constant state of anxiety and this is going to have repercussions for long term

journalist hours taylor thank you so much for bringing us up to speed and we wish the people there all the very best thank you. the ukrainian filmmaker all accent's off has finally picked up the european union's top human rights prize when he was awarded the sack or off prize last year since off was served a 20 year jail sentence on terror charges in russia in september he was set free in a prisoner swap with ukraine he said he accepted the award as a tribute to all ukrainian political prisoners in russia. only makes sense off spent 5 years in a russian prison camp in the arctic circle russian investigators accuse the ukrainian filmmaker of planning terrorist attacks in 2015 cents off and was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he had publicly protested against the russian occupation of crimea international observers called it a show trial now free travel to the european power. and to accept disaster off

prize which he was awarded a year ago during his detention. i do not accept this award as a personal one. but as a tribute to all ukrainians who are political prisoners in russian prisons. in september sense of was freed after a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine he has long campaigned for human rights in his home country and was a key figure in the ukrainian revolution of 2014 for over 30 years the european parliament has been awarding the prize to individuals and organizations which fight for human rights this year's award will go to 11 toti the we go human rights activist who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by china in a recent 2 day trial. you're watching the news still to come. the number of tech cups and start ups across africa has risen sharply increased

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