the be. the big. man i am i am . this is deja vu news live from berlin questions mount after new zealand's volcanic eruption with the death toll rising to 68 missing and dozens severely injured people are asking why tourists were allowed to visit the site in the 1st place. also coming up welcome to sydney australia as their city is shrouded in smoke as forest fires burn out of control residents say they'd never seen anything like it. the ethiopian prime minister collects his nobel peace prize in austin has been awarded for resolving the long running conflict with neighboring

eritrea and. the rich streams are increasing months of drought suddenly followed by terentia rain they've destroyed our pastures and never used to be like this. how climate change is impacting the lives of farmers in a remote region of bolivia. i am. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us police in new zealand have raised to 6 the number of people killed in monday's volcanic eruption 8 people are still missing presumed dead dozens are injured many with severe burns search teams are on able to return to the volcanic island they fear it could erupt again questions are also being asked why tour groups were allowed to visit the site in the 1st place given that threat levels were raise. last week. it is

a search operation because rescues considered unlikely 1st responders are flying over for kerry island after the volcano erupted on monday afternoon local time 47 people were on the island during the eruption most of them had a narrow escape but a few are still missing with little hope of finding them alive. the scale of this tragedy it's devastating police and defense force personnel have undertaken a number of aerial reconnaissance flights over the island since the eruption however no signs of life have been detected. clark was one of the 1st on the scene after the catastrophe hit the paramedic flew in by helicopter what he saw when he arrived was shocking. there was just it was just plain to the nation it was it was quite quite a. bit overwhelming response there was a helicopter on the wall and it did it all sleeping there at the time. was to try to quite rough it. up so it is believed the bodies of the missing people remain on

the island but they say it's too dangerous to recover them if you're the volcano crew up to get some people still wait to hear from their loved ones. we do know that i were on they all. said this morning. he was on their. so long as. i didn't come up through yeah so. we think i might be most people who in all truth the new zealand police have set to launch an investigation scientists have noted an uptick in volcanic activity in recent weeks the question to be on sort of why were people allowed so close to a disaster apparently waiting to happen. well earlier we spoke to cover a journalist in auckland and we asked her what she knows about the people who have

been on or white island when the eruption began police already are also mentioned that the surveillance photos of the island showed what it's believed to be 6 bodies which were covered in ash. based on the effects of the eruption on the bodies they mentioned the recovery operation will need to be and dealt with expert skill and care it was confirmed that there were $47.00 people in total on friday when the eruption happened. 38 of them were from the roofs ovation of the seas 2 are from the u.k. or from germany 24 from australia and others from you in china malaysia and united states currently 31 victims are in the hospital and all burn units across the country currently are in full capacity. in australia authorities have issued warnings of dangerous fire conditions as temperatures rise across large swaths of the country already ravaged by bushfires

in sydney australia largest city usually unmistakeable structures like the harbor bridge and the opera house are blanketed in a cloud of. weather forecasters expect the situation will get worse with temperatures predicted to soar above 40 degrees celsius environmental officials say the conditions in sydney over the last month have been unprecedented the hot weather combined with gusty winds are making every day life a struggle for people across the state of new south wales. now 9 desperate and helpless before the ruins of their lives 4 weeks ago a bushfire barden through. taking everything to see the new it was a risk zone but this is far from normal they're angry at their government for not teaching climate change seriously it just makes me bloody angry because. they were

saying this is going to happen this is going to happen it's going to happen here and now that it's happening like we lost our. politicians that this is scientists have been talking about for bloody about. climate change are not. deeply divided just a few miles farther north from our property smaller fires are blazing in the forest bushfires are normal for australia but large parts of the country have been suffering from drought for years so fires can spread in no time the. burning back through forests but 2 weeks before is something that is not really been seen in the past in this is an unexpected thing that the fire. which is making a lot of people nervous people and creatures like australia's national. the koala bear. they've become the unintended symbol of these bushfires at this

koala hospital help is on hand since the pictures of barn poles went viral the hospital has received nearly 1000000 euros indignations. are particularly vulnerable in the flames says the clinical director. koala strategy was always to go higher in the trees and bear in mind before humans come along the trees were huge when when europeans 1st came here there was massive massive trees everywhere there will go so it could go right up the top and the sky flags never catch. the headquarters of the largest volunteer fire fighting group in the world in new south wales inspector ben sheppard shows us the many fires in the region. is hot season has only just begun. and already. $2000000.00 take on an average season we would tend to say probably right about 252300000 picked is

. not a real prospect and we. he's going to be tracked it's. christmas is coming but for some us trillions this year will not be one to cheer. let's get a round up now some other stories making news around the world a gunman has shot dead 6 people at a hospital in the czech republic the shooting occurred in the eastern city of the gunman later killed himself as police officers approached his car his motive is being investigated. france's into a 6th day of strikes on public transport and schools the industrial action is in protest against the government's proposed pension reform which would force workers to either retire later or face cuts to their pension funds. the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian

president vladimir selenski met for the 1st time to discuss the conflict centered on the donbass region it is currently held by russian backed separatists mian mars leader aung san suu kyi has arrived at the international court of justice in the hague to defend me and maher against accusations of genocide the case over the military campaign against their will hinge on minority was brought by the african stage of the camp suchi is due to speak on wednesday. ethiopia's prime minister abi ahmed has received the nobel peace prize at a ceremony in norway the nobel committee praised the for his efforts to end 2 decades of conflict with ethiopians longtime enemy eritrea since coming to power in 2018 is made sweeping political reforms in his acceptance speech are being warned that militant groups continue to pose a threat to peace in the horn of africa. abhi has also stepped up as a mediator in political crises in eastern africa and at home he's led radical

reforms but his country still faces challenges following a rise in ethnic violence. july 16th 2018. ethiopians prime minister eritrea and soil. the move shocked even his own officials . on the left reached across the divide and soon signed a peace deal with eritrea as president he says of worki restoring ties between both countries if you and eritrea are like estranged siblings they used to be one nation before eritrea's independence in 1903. between 982000 they fought over their shared border. it's estimated 80000 people were killed the war was followed by a standoff that lasted 2 decades. suddenly those barriers were broken with abby calling for unity. your.

dear people of ethiopia and eritrea. because i would like to bow down and humbly thank you. because you chose compassion not cruelty. peace not conflict love. forgiveness after fighting embracing and not pushing each other away but. there were a lot of. the division had gone beyond geopolitics families had been separated against their will and only reunite had after the peace agreement was signed. extended the message of reconciliation to sudan during a power struggle between the military and the opposition there. at home he attempted to overturn the old order promoting free speech pardoning thousands of political prisoners and decriminalizing dissident organizations his nobel peace

prize award has not surprised many. i'm going to guess that i'm looking one of the important things he did is to reconcile us with our brother us the people of every triad even if some people argue that he doesn't deserve the price i don't agree. that it's not. as a citizen of this country as an ethiopian and as an african i feel happy that he won the prize. but he seems passive about the uprisings in some parts of the country they have not been controlled as quickly as one would expect that's where his problem lies if you are the leader of a country you need to make sure the rule of law is respected. it's clear that despite the fanfare around the man not everyone has welcomed his reforms that ethiopia has become. a grenade

attack during a rally in the capital added in june 28th. the prime minister escaped unhurt. he still faces the huge task of keeping the country united and peaceful even as its ethnic regions seek greater autonomy there is still a long journey ahead for theo pia but under abbey ahmed the nation is charting a different course from the past. the united nations climate change chief is urging world leaders to take action warning that the window of opportunity to act is closing at the serious can also made that call to action at the u.n. climate conference in madrid were taken out of the frontline of climate change and one of south america is oldest indigenous peoples. bolivia say extreme weather patterns are threatening a way of life that has existed for 4000 years. every time a farmer it was documenting visits his fields he gets

a sharp reminder of the extreme weather of recent months he was stuck here is one of the people who have subsisted on the rough and the in the highlands of bolivia for more than 4000 years territory is more than 3000 metres above sea level yet even in this remote region extreme weather patterns are becoming more common. we believe is that if you will suddenly there was this danger from above my thunder and lightning in the way sheep or even killed in the storms will tell you everything has to happen that we never had such heavy rain and thunder in the past . the farmer lost his entire harvest mainly because of flooding and he's not alone everyone here is feeling the effects of the changing climate. sometimes we think about moving away. the weather extremes are increasing months of drought suddenly followed by torrential rain they've destroyed our pastures it

never used to be like this. several andean glaces live within the church pyar territory global warming has caused them to retreat less glacial water means longer periods of drought soils and rivers are gradually drying out. the cheap pyar have survived almost barren and in plateau for thousands of years but now they're up against it. only one crop can cope with the dry salty ground here can while this is weather in ound protein rich superfood hails from. up to know the high demand for can was provided many cheap hire with a stable income but this year the extreme weather has taken its toll. sudden storms flooded vast swathes of japon land. smart phone footage like this

shows how once dried up rivers have burst their banks. their stock you like most others in the village lost his kin one harvest. he's convinced the seasons are somehow mixed up. bill bill it's getting worse the weather is coming more extreme that dam was built around the village to protect it from flooding you know you know without that the water would just destroy the houses all but with. around 2000 to pile live in the village where the last descendents of one of south america's oldest peoples they have their own language and culture but without an imminent miracle pyar could one day disappear entirely from their own territory their livelihoods destroyed by extremes of climate.

let's get more on the story we can go to the cock 25 conference in madrid to speak to us from the institute for climate impact research in potsdam cierra good to have you on our program we've just seen there how migration or displacement due to climate change is an increasing problem you've done a lot of research on this year there in madrid is this being taken seriously. well we see a lot of site events happening on climate change and migration but the question is the political action will be taken to address this phenomenon and to help people stay or to facilitate movements out of areas that may become uninhabitable. we said it is an increasing problem kara what do you think can be done to mitigate the challenges that are facing people who are living in areas that are already affected by global warming well the 1st thing is that we need to limit global warming and

mitigate our c o 2 emissions to make it even possible to adapt however we should also focus on those who are most affected switch up people in rural areas like subsistence farmers whose life was out risk and to give them the option off different livelihoods of the future our people they're ready to think about the fact that we could see large scale migration due to climate change due to people being affected by a global warming. well what we know is that 'd most of them opens that are currently happening are trying to movement so within countries however if we see large scale climate impacts that could also shift towards more transponder in movements because people will not be able to relocate within their own national boundaries ok well later today world leaders are supposed to present their statements to the conference there in madrid carol what would you like to hear them say and do. well

we really need heighten our ambition now so we would like to see some more so i just foresee a chill mitigation that can meet the problem of climate change we are now entering in a really dangerous zone and we have seen the impacts from forest fires from tropical cyclones over the past year and as of now countries are not living up to this challenge and it's than last time we can still act on the coming years so we need to do it now there's a lot of alarm from scientists like yourself here are you confident that people are there or that world leaders are willing to take concrete action going forward you know it's still not enough action is being taken so one cannot be confident about this but we have a growing use movement that is putting on pressure on people to actually hold on power to do so and so i am hopeful but i'm not confident i write

a cure i think of the institute for climate impact research and possum joining us now from the cut 25 conference in madrid thank you very much thank you very much now lawmakers in india's lower house have approved controversial legislation that could grant citizenship to religious minorities from neighboring countries but not muslims the law if approved by the senate on wednesday would grant citizenship to non muslims who arrive from bangladesh pakistan and afghanistan before 2015. this is the latest flashpoint for india's culture wars protesters in the northeast border region fear the government's new citizenship bill will beckon an influx of migrants by daytime the anger hard boiled into reach roads were blocked for hours and there fiji of the prime minister home in the streets. if you did you live gorman is and the indian constitution the n.t.

a summary court disagrees with i did that and the lower house of parliament there were arrived the scenes as the government finally got their bill through. but for this muslim lawmaker no cause for celebration the politics is passed in my mind to find out who got parco here in the congo. whose discrimination you're on or not and who's discriminating on the one hand you stand up and accuse me of singling out the minority what are we doing we are giving the minority their rights just that the orders are from bangladesh pakistan and afghanistan got me. my number. following the vote student groups from the border regions to their voices to the capital critics here say the bill is part of the ruling party's agenda

7. he had a party scene and he does 947 and this time into the 19 we are not built on another body should we stand with the muslim community of this country the minute citizenship government board speaks saying that it wants to see if the prosecutor we have a simple question i answer. why aren't. you has the back for some positions of the bill is about demography as much as decency that it can't come soon to me and with that maximum number of influx from the neighboring countries it will make a drastic geographical demographic linguistic change. whatever the motivation and what ever the change the bell already threatens to ignite ethnic tensions in india once more. now the world anti-doping agency watch out has banned russia from taking part in international

sports competitions for 4 years that includes the upcoming tokyo olympics and 2020 the beijing winter games in 2022 and the football world cup in qatar in 2022 letter will that russia should be punished for manipulating laboratory data planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats some athletes who pass trick tests may still be able to compete under a neutral flag well let's take a look at some of the recent reactions to the decision starting with russian president vladimir putin who question the motives behind the ban when you go to see you think one has every right to say that these decisions are not based on kaffir clean international sport but on political interests that have nothing in common with sports and the international olympic movement and you get caught red handed pulling off the biggest fraud in olympic history and nothing's going to happen to you and you'll still be able to sin

a whole delegation of athletes to the big games to continue to win medals you know that's a system that just can't simply survive to think at all for it is let it out there's no it's it's really. disgusting. and at the right all of this was the most worrying thing is that all young athletes who went to school at the time of the offenses will now be deprived of the right to compete at the olympic games under the russian flag he can while gump. now the champions league final group stage games will be played out today and tomorrow and soon those kinds of matches could be watched on amazon the american company has secured a portion of champions league broadcast rights in germany for 3 seasons starting in 2021 is the latest sign of amazon's growing appetite for sports rights last week their prime service streamed english premier league games for the 1st time amazon's deal breaks the stranglehold on football rights in germany currently shared by sky

and the streaming service. rocks that singer marie fredrickson has died at the age of 61 that is according to her manager the swedish pop star died on monday after a long battle with cancer rocks that sold more than 70000000 records worldwide finding success with songs like it must have been love the look and listen to your heart. let's get a reminder now of our top story here and g.w. police in new zealand have raised to 6 the number of people killed in monday's

volcanic eruption 8 people are still missing presumed dead dozens are injured many with severe burns search teams are unable to return to the volcanic island they fear it could erupt again. you're watching d.w. news coming up next on news asia myanmar faces genocide charges in the un highest court will hear from rohingya muslims who want. to be held accountable. and a look at the dramatic rise in teen pregnancy in the philippines and why some want to declare it a national emergency. don't forget you can always get out of your news on the go download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the d.w. app to send us your photos and your videos.

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