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this is it every news line from berlin a passenger plane skids often istanbul runway and breaks into pieces officials say no one was killed in the crash that rescuers are receiving to help dozens of people who were injured the plane was being lashed by strong winds and heavy rain as it attempted to land also coming up as the coronavirus claims more lives we need a blogger and citizen journalist who says beijing isn't being honest about its efforts to fight the disease and pass the video to prove it plus the german state
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lawmakers break a political to move for the 1st time 2 of the country's main street parties team up with the far right to elect a regional leader. so great to have you along everyone we start with breaking news a plane carrying $177.00 people has crashed into a field and broken apart after skidding off a runway at an airport in istanbul well america elice lee turkish authorities say there were no fate tallaght so far but at least 52 people have been reported injured some passengers were able to escape from the wreckage of the gases airlines aircraft themselves and emergency crews that evacuated to others you're
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a looking at live pictures where rescue workers there after the plane wreckage are still trying to rescue. passengers that are potentially trapped in the plane ongoing operation we're going to try and establish contact with our correspondent in istanbul to get the very latest but for now i want to continue to another top story in turkey as well where officials are dealing at this very moment with another disaster at least 33 people have been killed and dozens more are trapped in an avalanche in the country's east on the avalanche struck near the town of our society right near the eastern border with iran what hundreds of rescue workers were already at the site assisting with an earlier avalanche on choose day that killed 5 people. the search full survive as
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poses many dangers as rescuers take frantically to pull people from the snow. some alive they barely have the strength to recounts their own deal. it was over we have been on of the avalanche since this morning nobody coming to rescue us. to say you have to see. others perished before they were found they were also to rescue us and ended up paying the ultimate price for that bravery. around 300 men many of them volunteers called out after an avalanche hit 2 vehicles on tuesday burying 15 people they rescued his then turned victim when a 2nd avalanche hit the same spot same doesn't as the snow keeps falling rescue efforts remain fraught with peril. dramatic footage there from turkey
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want to bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. lists or to use force a lady has been released on bail after being charged with murder she is being accused of killing her husband's previous wife. prime minister thomas benet was embroiled in a drawn out divorce proceedings and already in a relationship with the defendant when his wife. was shot dead outside her home in 2017. somalian authorities and the united nations have called for urgent humanitarian assistance amid a food shortage that could threaten millions of people they say the situation could be made worse by swarms of locusts that have been damaging crops across east africa . climate protesters are briefly forced the closure of b.p.'s london headquarters on wednesday morning activists place hundreds of solar panels outside
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the building they say they wanted to show the oil and gas companies new chief executive what he needs to do to tackle the climate emergency at least 9 people were arrested. all right i want to take us back now to our breaking news story that we started the broadcast with a plane carrying 177 people has crashed into a field and broken apart after skidding off a runway at an airport in istanbul rakhal asli turkish authorities say there were no fatalities for now but at least 52 people have been reported injured some passengers were able to escape from the wreckage of the big asses airlines aircraft themselves emergency crews evacuated others say as you can see from this footage the cockpit is upside down let's get you the very latest a very dramatic footage there from istanbul our reporter dorian jones is in
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istanbul a standing by he's on the line. dorian can you bring us up to speed what's the situation what's going on where you are. what we understand is merchants he said is not still working in the plane right checking to see if there are any more people trapped in this plane which did break up into 3 pieces partly as it was coming in to land directly why the plane give it off the runway but they. could lead to quite dramatic events and footage reveals of people of a fire breaking out inside the mine off in the plain and broken up box and miraculously no one was killed in the plane although we understand that over 50 people have been taken to hospital it's unclear what the situation of those people are in that have been recalled so the pilots of the flight crew they were told they had been seriously injured as well to being concerned now it seems like rick's
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u.f.o. it's are still on very much ongoing do we know if there are still passengers stuck in the plane as we speak now that's unclear about that situation the only governor i mean to the statement saying that all that had been the college season and he says a whole bunch of the need to be thankful to the hospital so it does appear that all those. almost the plane had been rescued the plane has been very badly damaged and the most incident will be picking their way through the damage the plane to see if there's anyone else on boards now very dramatic pictures i mean the plane seems to have broken into pieces and do they know what caused the crash i know it's very very early days was weather at all a factor. well like you say these extremely early days to find out why it is thank you career off the runway but it was in the middle of a very strong storm stumbles being battered all day by heavy rain and heavy wind
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which obviously made flight conditions very difficult especially coming in to land the apple is located close to the sea so when storms to istanbul they all hit by very high winds which does make flying particularly difficult and this is a very busy after all it is one of the one of 2 have open istanbul and it's on the asians and the 53rd is running between $95.00 and a 100 percent capacity but it is extremely important and busy for ample right now the accident during comes 3 a month after another pay gases plane skidded off the runway in istanbul at the very same airport there there were no deaths or injuries in that incident but you know this 2nd accident now really bring into focus the safety of this low budget airline into question well i guess is has a pretty good track record all up until both of these these events it is a it is a modern and line it has a very successful very profitable and they have run one of the most muslim athletes
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in the region and up until now there have been no real question marks over it and they think i think they will be focused possibly only employs itself because it is running at such a high capacity the one in the 100 but think about the questions about whether there are too many planes coming in and out but this is extremely but the airline itself until now it has not makin those rankles and seeing no question marks over the way it's run all the conditions all of the planes all the pilots themselves and during a conclusion and very briefly if you can turn he obviously positioning itself as a travel and aviation hub what impact will this have. well i mean the the i mean the target has recently opened one of the largest airports in the world on the other side of the of your pain and it is part of the country the government plans to make its gamble one of the homes on the world and any such incidents even it didn't happen and then you mark the airport will raise question marks but turkey is
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down but is one of the busiest areas ports airports in the world and in difficult flying conditions and these sorts of events to happen and i think the government and emotions of this book point to the fact that even though it needs to be connected that no one has been killed they didn't estimates of the way the most on the scene and how long well run these airports well. dorian johns are reporting from istanbul thank you very much. china says the number of people infected by the corona virus has now topped 24000 while almost 500 have died several cities in china are on lockdown notably the city where the virus was 1st detected on efforts are being made there to test and treat patients but it seems that not all is going as smoothly as the chinese government wants its people to believe. a conference center converted to an enormous makeshift hospital
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part of we hands responds to the flood of new infections chinese state television broadcast footage of recently completed hospitals with multitudes of doctors taking care of just a few patients but secretly recorded videos paint a very different picture body bags containing the dead lying close to patients even in waiting areas. one social media activist visited 4 hospitals and we've gone. to. people are not being informed about the real situation state t.v. doesn't go where it hurts but i think this needs to be seen. the activist found move body bags outside one hospital. inside he so critically ill patients together in a room he posted his videos online officials had him arrested then released him
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after a public outcry. but in china his online videos have been deleted. now to an election here in germany that is sending shock waves through the political landscape for the 1st time to mainstream parties have joined forces with the far right a.f.d. to elect a regional leader told by security a politician from the pro-business free democrats was elected premier of the eastern state of thuringia with the help from the conservative c.d.u. and the well until today germany's mainstream parties had long refused any cooperation with the anti migrant anti e.u. and have tea party. even thomas kennedy seemed dumbfounded by his election as the ranges state premier last fall his business friendly free democratic party had barely managed to top the 5 percent hurdle his victory was secured with votes from
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the far right alternative for germany party. that's been met with shock by parties that led the previous state government. this is a rupture of the political landscape the mainstream conservative parties the christian democrats and the free democrats have forged a coalition with a group led by fascists you could see this was a coordinated maneuver seen couldn't chemically only entered the race in the 3rd round of voting the previous state premier. had lost twice as did his opponent christophe kinda fatah a rural mayor who had been appointed by the far right can't afford to emerged on the 3rd round without any votes those who supported him in the 1st 2 rounds apparently voted for a kemalist the 3rd time around but now he faces major challenges the new state leader has no platform and no team so he will not work with the state leader elected with help from the far right period and it's the end of the term for
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germany's 1st ever left party state premier. and he's still in shock. all right now a glimpse of a exhibits at the vatican where many unpublished works of art are on display for the very 1st time while the show called the signs of the secrets unveils masterpieces by mention clearly morrow and others while the works are part of the vatican collection which organizers say aims to give witness to contemporary spirituality and reestablish the historical link between the church and modern culture. and our honor of the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour dozens of people have been injured after a plane skidded off a runway at an istanbul airport and broke into pieces officials say the boeing 737 run by pick gases airlines was attempting to land in rough weather 177 people were
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