this is d.w. news coming to you live from berlin fire rips through a greek migrant camp under coronavirus firefighters fought the blaze overnight as thousands fled the morea priscilla to the overcrowded camp on the other to bless balls was notorious for its poor conditions and there are conflicting reports on how the fire started also coming up a new twist in the mystery surrounding belarus opposition leader maria kolesnikov allies who were with her along ukraine's border say close to call the torah perth passport in order to avoid being forced out of the country the regime officials say

she's been detained. the on board scars or scars are healing but many children in favorite risk of long term problems if their trauma from last month's explosion goes untreated. plus an extraordinary production for extraordinary time. the new season with a groundbreaking premiere under coronavirus limitations the choreography combines klezmer and just with a contemporary humanitarian message. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we begin with breaking news fire has swept through greece's low. just migrant camp on the island of les paul sufficient

multiple blazes broke out overnight at the morea facility prompting a mass evacuation firefighters say the flames gutted the camp which was home to nearly $13000.00 asylum seekers greek media suggest the fires might have been started in protest over coronavirus isolation measurements dozens of camp residents had recently tested positive for the virus riot police have been deployed along the road leading to the nearest town. or for the very latest now we're joined by the chorus in athens you've been to moria frequently what are your sources telling you there about the situation on the ground right now. well it's still very precarious saudis have been speaking to are telling me that the camp is literally been wiped out no injuries at this point counted but there are nearly

13000 people out there on the streets refugees in the sign them seekers adding on the fact of this covert pandemic and that there's been an outbreak of. a cup of 19 in that particular camp this is on top of a security issue also health hazard and that's why we have the prime minister now holding an urgent. meeting of leading ministers to discuss what he's going to do and how he's going to sort out the situation but overall this is been a situation speaking to several people on the ground here that's been waiting to happen simply because this facility has been overcrowded to so many years it was built to house about 2000 asylum seekers now it's housing more than 12500 and it just underscores the failure of the greek government successive governments to really address this issue of overcrowded refugee camps before the

fire broke out the camp was under quarantine because some of the residents of tested positive for the crown of iris how is that being dealt with in this situation. as i say that the understanding is according to sam's choices that bacchis the reason that led to these fires breaking out it's not the 1st fire we've seen in a mall yet it's been a method of protest drive people asylum seekers who are in there either frustrated by delays in the asylum process and now by the isolation process that was going into the. because of several cases that had been detected there was an attempt to draw about $35.00 of them of these cases outside the camp taking them to undisclosed locations and that. apparently some kind of protest and many of these

people started setting up fires around. the actual camp and not just ripped through into the camp because of these gale force winds that were seen here and within minutes you know just a tragedy on to. and say thank you very much for talking with us i was. there in athens. on for the bigger story now we're joined by former e.u. commissioner for migration and home affairs demetrius polis thank you very much for being with us this morning mr of a polish what went through your mind when you got the news that the morea refugee refugee camp was burning. as it is over son following the situation on t.v. as most of the grocer you know given my previous job as you were going to research for migration to secure it well it is to say that this rationing diet there's

a lot of it in the last year to say great efforts have been made by the people thought of this to settle this regime and its would say that the number of migrants only item before it was broached will feed the 1000 up issue 'd that are used to going down to 50000 due to and this is the explanation why all these things are having now due to the number of colby did cases the moment that it's bad to commute measures of confinement had to be imposed had to be implemented it was off the debt or it should be short that is all certain but they. do understand all of that. they have to comply with their structure somehow they do go through this and they can get the situation and frank instead as it starts up 74 ah has taken over himself along with the companies in the right now has even started 50

bullpen by prime minister in order to give an end to this a situation ok let's let's go beyond this picture while distinction. because in this spot of you there is the immigration crisis. besides what has passed through. his we can be goes political crisis that is. the u.k. . standing about they shouldn't even but it's going to. be sure is that they would support groups about the e.u. the e.u. statement should be day and day. and it was given in the last i want to ask you more about that in just a moment but 1st just about the camp there you said that the numbers have been

reduced on the island of lesbos the number of asylum seekers but more than 12000 people were housed at that moria camp which had an official capacity of less than 2800 conditions were dire as you yourself said why was that situation tolerated for so long. well i am not the responsible to speak. because of the kiddies be sure to notice ration given it is so brothers can be made but in the meantime we have to say the reaction was only heightened that it is easy to handle these badly dedicate situation they greek authorities get broke by get it with whatever they who do this but it is your money. 8 medical services. and who think they won't but it is true also the same number of migrants stopped and boats boats were overwhelmed by the big number

oh you are right it's not ok it just goes because it is a utopian issue and the european union has to stand by greece this was this it is given day by going to that you don't get to go shares ok mr averment paul you were a migration commissioner during the worst days of the humanitarian crisis involving migrants and 2015 the e.u. failed to agree on a common price approach then do you see any more solidarity among even member states in dealing with the situation now than there was then. so they doubted the base. is at stake getting it was the. us i have to add me. 2056 goes. well. either of the might of those are the sorts of recently that he was going to side

with the. us. still. i was a like you and he goes before the immigration to stop every single strap and moment you prove. as a union in this bit of it would get done more for the 2 years this version was a success. ok just as though it was very important it got that most of the golden moments of the johnson. going to do to me just as over the government and so poorly a utopia or at least the. approach of up and then ok i'm afraid we're going to have to leave it there commissioner i'm sorry sorry but we're going to have to leave it there thank you very much there for taking time to talk with us that was former commissioner for migration and home affairs dimitris of reporters thanks again through. another opposition politician has been seized by masked

men in belarus maksim it's not was taken from his office according to media reports citing his allies belarusian police said they were not aware of the ledge detention this follows the disappearance a protest leader maria called 7 o'clock on monday but risen officials said she is in custody after trying to escape into ukraine but 2 office asian members who were with her have spoken out providing new details about what happened at the border. chants of maria you are a hero people in bella rousseau once again on the streets of minsk marching in support of leading opposition figure maria kolesnik of or she went missing on monday there were russian authorities claim she and 2 allies even kratz dolphin and on robben of tried to flee the country they published this video saying they detained as she tried to cross the border to ukraine. tell

a different story they say the 3 were arrested by security forces in minsk on monday interrogated for hours and driven to the border with ukraine early on tuesday there they say authorities ordered them to enter ukraine they wanted their departure to look a voluntary. she got into the car and saw her passport she immediately took it in toward affan to many small pieces. of pieces of paper out the window that people surrounding the car. after that she left the car through the back window and headed towards that dilution border. a move that made it impossible for officials to expel her kolesnik of has been in

the custody of belorussian authorities ever since christ often running cough are in ukraine. kolesnik of a has been a leader of the month long protest against the russian president alexander lukashenko protesters say his victory in august election was rigged and a calling for a new vote. but look if he's holding on to power that he claims he is the only leader able to steer the country and maintain order in the region. you know what we concluded with the russian establishment and leadership if the roof falls russia will be next. kolesnik of the time and most of bill routes his main opposition figures are now a broad or in jail. from lithuania plan a ticking off. his main opponent called for international sanctions against him and other officials she said international pressure is needed for the country to

finally move forward. rises and. for more i'm joined by alexander a researcher at the university of oxford he investigates how political organizations and authoritarian governments use social media to manipulate public opinion thanks for being with us dr harrison make a you yourself are from belarus and are closely monitoring how the confrontation is playing out there online what are you seeing. clearly we see from this movement at the national since its independence and we see the emergence of. their arse and very decentralized process in a lot i think online a lot of mess and block them to make raam like you're all in supports in and helping to coordinate this movement. so many journalists working for state controlled media quit after the election they just walked off the job what do you

impact has that head. well yet indeed equates in defense through a few weeks of the process but those people mostly technical workers technical specialists. many key figures 3 men place and some of them some of those people who we have been replaced by people from russia might seems all technique own special east and journalists from russian state back channel cold are to russia today and they now lead to provide the coverage of process and burial from this coverage. contents misinformation and disinformation about political events both inside the country and also outside and same misinformation dissent from asian what are you talking about exactly what kind of messaging are we getting from state controlled media who gets in all types of narratives that the movements

in very unfortunate way they tried to defame that it's right to represent them as. spies of the west's they try to present foreign contras like poland when you have clauses neighbor says. contras it's right to influence its mission belarus if it overtake the country using military means and maybe on the narratives of the very similar to what we hear often from russian states of the. tightly controlled is the media environment. is the opposition able to use digital networks freely. well indeed to the vision the red to stations and most of the newspaper us the controlled by the state in belarus but the internet used to be largely free without many restrictions before the elections last month then the low down

of the internet happens which was the largest ever look down ever happened in europe before internet it's all but not all in independent websites could continue working so maybe news websites that they depended from the states on those are valuable to ordinary users and dollars. investment as many people turn to social media that grew in its importance and that's where most of the coordination especially local protests called the nation and news information dissemination happens now so it's more bollards the power of the use of social media rather than news media at this time. america thank you very much for talking with us he's a researcher at the university of oxford thank you very much thank you. so look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today at

least 2 people have been killed and several wounded in a bombing in the afghan capital kabul officials say the attack targeted the afghan vice president who was unharmed no group has claimed responsibility and the taliban denies involvement. to myanmar army deserves have confessed to atrocities against muslims in what appears to be the 1st such confession of involvement in massacres and rape against the minority group the confession was recorded when the 2 were being held by a guerilla group and cannot be independently verified. pharmaceuticals company. says it is temporarily suspending its coronavirus vaccine trials in britain after one of the participants reported a serious side effect the company which is working with offered university says it's pausing its late stage testing to investigate and review safety measures. and top police officials in the u.s. city of rochester new york have resigned following these suffocation death

a black man in police custody earlier this year newly released video of the incident has triggered days of protests state prosecutors are now investigating the . one month ago a massive explosion rocked the lebanese capital beirut killing more than 100 people and injuring many more the city is still reeling from the destruction you facts are particularly hard on children can develop long term problems if their trauma is don't soon treated. rosin met the family of one girl who is still suffering from the aftershocks. yet at saïd is just 4 years old but she's suffering from post-traumatic stress despite her apparent good mood she's easily triggered. today for example we wanted to go to hospital for her treatment but we couldn't because she was too scared when we drive she sees broken

glass everywhere back memories and she gets scared when she sleeps she sometimes wakes up with a start when she hears a noise or something. when she sleeps alone she screams we try to calm her down. the trauma of the port explosion is on view across the city an unrelenting reminder of how fast lives can be ripped apart. child psychologist kristen madani is part of a red cross team that tense of the youngest and most fragile to help prepare their emotional damage before it's too late she's trained in methods to help survivors of wars and torture rebuild their lives. saw the aftermath of this who choke on children impact on their daily functioning but also on the in their life this is why with the intervention that the i.c.r.c. does at this level is to help contain the whole family so that the photons feel

safe and sure that in order for them to the assure the children in return. but yet outside lives in a country that already had many problems before the explosion that makes getting back to normal even more complicated. head. we can't continue to live like this in this country i am very concerned about my daughter because there is neither stability nor security and i would like to take my son or daughter and wife with me and leave the country. but it's too early to tell with jada but then my downy says there is reason for hope. but we also know that children are better it is so with group of kids and with proper the intervention most of the children hopefully will overcome this and this trauma and will not develop. further symptoms and further mental health

difficulties. recovery and overcoming trauma a complex task both for jada and the city she calls home. in athletics caster semenya has lost her latest appeal against rules that seek to control naturally high to toss room levels in female athletes samantha who's a double olympic champion over 800 meters had taken her case to switzerland supreme court the decision means she won't be able to defend her olympic title alessi takes just tossed room reducing drug use world athletics says the rules are necessary to ensure a level playing field so many has vowed to quote continue to fight the human rights of female athletes. japan's olympics minister says the tokyo games will happen next year quote at any cost the olympics were postponed by year until next july because of the crowd of them again there had been media speculation that the

event could be scrapped but psyko hashimoto's said japan owed it to the athletes to host the games and no decisions have been taken yet on how many spectators will be allowed to attend officials are considering over $200.00 proposals on how best to deal with the virus. now 6 months after theaters concert halls all prisons cinemas were shut down by the credit. they're hopeful signs that culture will prevail opera houses in vienna and here in berlin have held their season premieres and for berlin. meant an extraordinary production for extraordinary times. the joy kicks off the new season not with grand opera but with the groundbreaking simp project which director mary eve seen your whole interweaves beethoven's 7th

symphony with less money changed jazz music don't choose and live video she would like the experiences of female refugees on the way to europe. it's a fiction. but at the same time it's read its kind of documentary fiction the contemporary individual fates of refugees as representative of the nightmare faced by tens of thousands the story of from senegal who survived the dangerous crossing of the mediterranean sea. she faces insecurity fear hunger and physical violence the dancers transform the traumatic ordeal into a breathtaking choreography. it's then so because a scene that's the bodies of these women it's treating as an object saw then

so because they are able with body to to see me. i think it's a mountain best seek you shine but at the same times of physical persecution. for me was the best way to true to show. baby talk was originally meant to debut in the french city of metz but the current virus pandemic put the project on hold the premier out the door involves major restrictions only 450 of around 2000 seats can be occupied audience members must be one me to 50 opponents and the 90 minute show has no break so that therefore i can remain empty fortunately in this piece the orchestra is on stage. this is so quickly szymon to begin to. lose that now applying the distancing will always each string player has to have their own music stand i think that would not have been possible in the orchestra

pit but it is possible on our large stage acoustically it takes some getting used to because their father a poet but it works because we have wolves at the back so the sound is reflected into the auditorium but it's a consolation we've never had before to coronavirus. it to. baby daughter makes effective use of limited possibilities hard hitting music and theatre production with a deeply humanitarian message. just reminder the top story we're following this hour multiple fires feathered greece's largest migrant camp on the island of less force official say the blazes broke out overnight at the memorial facility which was under coronavirus lock down more than

$12000.00 asylum seekers have fled the camps the calls for remains unclear. this is t w news coming up next close up investigates employment conditions at a german meet. for a covered 19th break i'm sorry marsha thanks wolf. the body. the body. the beginning.

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