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my. above. this is a reader's life in a passenger plane skids off a runway in india breaking into the air india express flight from dubai had almost 200 people on board the plane slid off the runway in wet conditions while landing in ted allah will get you the latest from india also on the show the un awards warns of an impending humanitarian catastrophe elaborate on following the deadly blast that ripped through the capital in support was completely destroyed the tories are now worried about maintaining food stops. and delivers it is journalist
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ahead of sunday's presidential election in d w reporter is sentenced to 10 days in prison the crackdown comes as president alexander lukashenko alludes to extend his 26 year long will. unlock thank you so much for your company everyone we're following breaking news out of india at this hour a passenger plane has skidded off the runway while trying to land at an airport in the southern city of cosi koda also known as covey cut reports say at least 14 people are now dead and dozens injured the air india express flight was returning to the country from dubai with nearly 200 passengers onboard. let's get you latest now want to bring in my colleague in minera child dari
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a correspondent in yemen there what more have you learned about this incident. well this incident happened late this evening this was a jeep actually coming from dubai to the state of get along and deported li was trying to land on the runway the craft skidded off and landed in a court lifting into 2 parts that have been disturbing images coming out with craft can be seen split into 2 with a lot of debris strewn around there were close to $200.00 passengers on board including 10 infants now reportedly this incident happened because of heavy rainfall that carrier has been experiencing for the past few days it's a rough wanted going on there the administration has been sending out dead and that's as well landslides have been happening also we need to understand that this particular don weevils domino it's a tabletop runway which anyway makes the whole process landing in great condition not of the accident as the experts have been coming forward and saying that they
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didn't want the good government that something to an accident like this can happen in a detailed report. that there have been some concerns in the past but the local aviation authorities have not acted on it. ok only one air safety expert on that china did actually say that he needed the data report many years ago and some it did but still will no heed was made to the warning if a film that led a city airport from what we are now rescue operations are going on and at least the people have died so blind leading the 2 pilots and the moment i'm going and so the fire brigades are on the ground in the evacuation process of sewing on and over 100 passengers are now at the moment being treated in different different hospitals across the state i mean they are out to daria reporting in from delhi thank you so very much and as near has been a reporting extensive damage. that the plane has sustained let's
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bring in aviation experts as stefan are right now to talk more about what the possible cause could be as stiff and what could have possibly caused this incident they think this appears to be a i should add on that has attempted to land in very very challenging conditions whether appears to be one of the principal factus you've already cited possible place and problems hitting problems with regards to the f.a.a. which it appears that the warsaw. is not leaving the affeldt the room white foster enough and if a high energy act cross want to come in and try and land in that very very wet conditions this can cause difficulties such as stopping in time and it's known as a rum lie excursion and it's very very problematic at this event what can you tell
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us about the plane a boeing 737 what is its safety track record. well the 737 a new generation series that i believe this particular across was that actually got a very recent safety record. all right so the engine carries a useful ace it's got a very positive track record and should be more than capable to land in these sort of challenging conditions all this is the problem is if the runway hasn't cleared sufficient water doesn't matter what sort of a crop that is it's not going to stick it here to the blight and we don't end up with this in our hydroplaning where the aircraft flies almost on a carcass of puddles boiling water and it carries it and it's unable to salt the asian expert to soften wright thank you so much for sharing your insights with us.
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the united nations is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in lebanon after the massive explosions that ripped through the capital beirut on tuesday he wanted to say they are struggling to support hundreds of thousands of people the explosions destroyed the ports in beirut to which was lebanon's main gateway for imported goods lebanon relies on imported wheat and its only grain silo was obliterated. massive quantities of grain spilled across beirut's harbor another crisis looming for the city as food supplies become more scarce rescue teams have had a hard time looking for survivors buildings are smashed together finding spaces where people may still be trapped is a race against time. we need to you go our experience is that people can still be found alive up to 80 hours after an explosion or an earthquake so we still have
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hope. it will also cost us at this point. 16 port workers have been detained others are under house arrest as public anger grows. protests broke out overnight following months of demonstrations against corruption and cronyism many see the explosions as the result of official incompetence the ammonium nitrate was stored improperly for more than 6 years it appears to have come to beirut in 2013 on a cargo ship that was seized in the port the ship's russian captain says lebanese officials were not ignorant about what they were dealing with. the authorities knew it was dangerous cargo. they should have paid the owner to take it away instead they seized the ship but. despite everything volunteers are helping build a makeshift hospital for the most desperate cases reconstructing the rest of what's
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been lost will be a massive undertaking. so i know about some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.s. has imposed sanctions on hong kong leader terry lamb and other leading politicians in the territory the move is in response to china's recent introduction of a tough new security law in the city lam and the other leaders will have with any assets will have them blocked by the us. sri lanka's ruling party led by the powerful rajapaksa brothers has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections with a 2 thirds majority the s.l.p. party can now amend the constitution to expand powers for president got up by russia pops up and to ensure that his older brother mahendra keeps his job as prime minister. and kabul afghan president of irony or has urged thousands of
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prominent citizens to decide whether to release $400.00 taliban prisoners including many who have committed atrocities as the militant group has demanded their release as if as a precondition. to entering peace talks with. residents and tourists have been evacuated from an italian resort at the border with france as a as a nearby mall blong glacier threatens to collapse amid a heat wave the heat created a layer of water of around 500 cubic metres of ice under the glacier only the size of the cathedral in milan. belarus is getting ready to hold its most hotly contested presidential election in years and there are clear signs the government is seeking to hush up the media rights groups say several reporters have been arrested including freelance journalist alexander berkoff who were ports for g.w. he's been sentenced to 10 days in prison meaning he'll be unable to cover the election
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president alexander lukashenko is facing a wave of dissent over his dismissal of the covert $1000.00 pandemic and his human rights record. and you don't use the rector general of peter limburger expressed concern and irritation about the arrest of alexander burke broke off in a letter to the embassy of the roofs in germany you wrote. on behalf of. protest emphatically and in the strongest possible terms against this obvious arbitrary measure by the state as message continues it blatantly disregards the internationally acknowledged freedom of the press at the same time i call on your government to investigate this matter immediately both france and germany are calling on the government of alexander lukashenko to ensure that sunday's election is free and fair our moscow bureau chief your shadow
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has more on the vote and the push for change. tens of thousands of people have come to the capital means skin recent days to cheat on svetlana scania. she's standing incumbent president alexander lukashenko and has become the face of the opposition here. i don't want to be silent anymore i don't want to be afraid are you also tired of staying silent. but. doesn't want to be president in case she wins she has promised to release political prisoners and then call new elections she's campaigning out of solidarity with her husband is a popular blogger. who wanted to run for the presidency himself but was not
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authorized. he had traveled across the country revealing abuses of power corruption and poverty and was charged with inciting popular unrest has been in jail since many. critics of the regime see him as a political prisoner who is apparently a threat for president. of the dispute is ill this is completely arbitrary in our country we just eliminate the competition but i look back and such as it is are you that it's unfair it should be allowed he was jailed over nothing here now they're making him into an enemy of the people it's a dictatorship. move. to our navasky isn't alone in challenging local schenkel but 2 other serious contenders have disappeared from the political stage one of them the former bank of the top job i recall has been in prison since june on charges of money laundering and tax
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fraud. the other of the businessman valery carlo left the country saying if he had 4060. 3 other candidates have stayed in the presidential race with city atlanta. sergey and sharon chan. are not cannot pots ghajar and andre dimitri and as the old know they have a virtually no chance so for winning but they aren't getting. on the muti in a dictatorship victory doesn't mean bringing an election victory is mobilizing society did change things because of the options. any of them. believes that the people of bel-air roups already fun you chopped up your will. show you just through it you who do you know i can literally feel the unity of my compatriots their self-confidence and pride at finally being
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a people that is ready for change. i need to we can be communal. the election on august 9th will show how much power one of the opposition here really ass president lukashenko has ruled to the country for 26 years and says he's confident of victory. consensus. has revealed himself to be a poor little girl who doesn't know or she's doing. your reset or there were porting for you on the elections this weekend and voters here watching you don't reduce yours or mine our other top story that we're tracking for you this hour. a passenger plane has overshot the runway while trying to land in the southern indian city of cosi cody also known as the kite reports say at least 14 people are now dead and dozens injured the plane was carrying almost 200 passengers.
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