this is g.w. does live from berlin homeless not once but twice europe scrambling to help the thousands of my friends of florida where the 12000 are homeless and hungry after a fire destroyed greece's more just refugee camp the greek government is sending help books what about the rest of the european union also coming up tonight double trouble on the defensive for playing down the threats of the coronavirus did thousands of innocent people die because the president refused to warn them of the danger plus they root for the ropes in flames again a month after

a massive explosion in local parts of the city the huge new fog has triggered panic and prompted fresh questions about government negligence. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome tonight european governments are racing against the clock and the elements to find shelter for thousands of displaced migrants from greece's. a massive fire destroyed the camp tuesday night leaving some 12000 people homeless greece is sending 3 ships to house thousands of the refugees for the past 2 nights most of them have slept outside and are struggling to get enough food and water. i ran 500 wins

a 2nd one to fires burn the morning a refugee camp beyond all recognition. leaving behind a human catastrophe which is now unfolding on the streets of lesbos. among the homeless thousands of exhausted men women and children some of whom were born in the now destroyed morea camp we do if it were free. i'm definitely give no i've no doing nothing really and yet we do the we're going to feed you all for. taking no money put up listen. now we will sleep on the street what can we do if we don't have food and if we don't have anything what can we do. meanwhile officials point the finger of blame for the fire at residents angry over strict coronavirus cornton measures.

i'm not an audience will these these clinics in cities i recognize the difficult conditions however nothing can become an excuse for violent reactions to health checks and even more so for such extensive on race this is not his. amid the ruins of what was morey's notoriously crowded camp aid workers say the tragedy has been a long time coming. we had our shock at the. heart of the situation the. great stacking. of 5 years of progress from finally taking the parties to run by the government as much as. the rings to re homes mores displaced is under way 400 unaccompanied children

boarded a flight to mainland greece on wednesday the miners were placed in quarantine facilities in the city of to saloniki for the families left behind to wait continues their fate in the hands of leaders their futures uncertain. but he did correspondent alexander phenomenon she is near the charred rubble of the maria refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos earlier i asked her to describe what is happening to the refugees on the ground tonight. got it so we have oh it's 5 kilometers away from moria and what the situation is you can sense that that's when we show you around our cameraman everyone can show you what's behind and next to me you see people who are stranded here who are going to spend the night here again many of them families and what i found very disturbing is that the you see a lot of kids even babies many people told me that they have a house problems that they really need help not getting any i spoke with the

pregnant woman about still the liver her 1st baby and of more she wants to get to the hospital she's afraid that she's going to have her baby here on the streets unbelievable unbelievable we assume that what we see there with the people that that is all that they own what what support what help them is being given today's migrants i mean we're talking about more than 12000 people. yeah i couldn't really hear you that the connection is very of that. but if you ask that people are getting any help then we talk to n.g.o.s here who are providing the refugees with food with water we also been told the government has at least once a day a food distribution the greek authority promised to help the people with water and food also with housing but when you look around there are only a few tense here and we still waiting for for the ships that are supposed to be

sent in to take people in and alexandra do we know what will be done with the remains of the burned camp or are they going to rebuild their. well at least the greek authorities they seem to be determined to rebuild they can maybe in a different form but of course it depends on the next stage what's going to happen here because we also know that the locals here people residents of the island they opposed it with plans saying that the situation has been unbearable for so such a long sign that that something has to change that that the island cannot take all the refugees in and we're also waiting for a european union to hold greece and maybe to try to find a different solution but as for now as i understand this week now thirty's. are saying that they are determined to rebuild it is always under a phenomena on the greek island of was opposed to 9 tell xander thank you. the

german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccrone have agreed to resettle 400 refugee children from the maria camp in the netherlands has also pledged to take in another 100 migrants but the german chancellor has admitted that the european union is struggling to speak about migration with one voice. this is. we have known for a long time that people there were living in inhumane conditions and not only that the fire has shown us like a magnifying glass what the problem is it. is this is put we can only solve this problem together if the 1st death is the offer to grace for the underwrites refugees. and most steps must follow a full connective responsibility. germany is committed to this responsibility but we cannot be satisfied with europe's migration policy but if there isn't one at

the moment. our direct words there from the german chancellor let's go to our political correspondent emmanuel shah she is following developments for us here in berlin good evening to you and we know that several states in regions here in germany have said that they are willing to take in more why groups what is the federal government in germany doing about that. well you know brent's migration is a very polarizing topic here in germany and when i got america's say 5 years ago in the summer of 2015 we can do to see a chef in the us meaning that germany will manage to handle the strong influence of refugees so that i may she hadn't imagined as this sentence and these some would come to define her men they asked chancellor and polarize german politics when germany received a media desired a request in 2015 and $3.00 quarter of a 1000000 the year after and if you look at the polls 40 percent of germans are afraid of us talk in troops off foreigners in the country but there's also 60 percent of them who think the kountry come coke so we've seen townsend's of people

this week taking to the streets here in germany to call up the government and ask them any take small migrants on and so that's just shows you how divided ease german society on the refugee question germany we just heard the german chancellor saying that there is no european migration policy in place what is being done then the european level. well the european union very pretty european commission has granted over the years since 2015 more than $2600000000.00 euros that's around $3000000000.00 to greece in assistance for managing the arrival of migrants and that means that each of the then $27.00 yr member states participated in that effort but for years it's an e.u. countries have us have been in a deadlock over of the european migration system with some of the states being opposed to quotes as to redistribute a new arrivals of asylum seekers and end of this month the european commission will

present a new proposal on the migration system to see if they can find an agreement. to political correspondents and i was shown some story force you're in berlin and i thank you. to the united states u.s. president donald trump is under fire again for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a new book washington veteran journalist bob woodward says that trump deliberately downplayed the danger posed by the virus and there is an audio recording of the president admitting to doing just that at a news conference the president has defended his actions trump maintained that he was not lying to the public insisting he did not want to calls panic within 190000 americans have died so far from 19. or let's take this story now to washington our correspondent there is the son of a good to see you there is already as

a result of the president saying that he was downplaying the corona virus outbreak what has been the reaction to that. well certainly as you mentioned he did speak a short while ago and he insisted when he was asked why he lied to the american people he said i did not lie but he spent much of his press conference going after joe biden and deflecting blame for this pandemic and on thursday morning there were a series of tweets where he even used bob woodward as cover saying the author hadn't published the comments before now so surely it wasn't so bad but certainly many wondering why he agreed to speak with woodward at all the veteran journalist has already taken down one president in his career and these tapes don't do trump any favors bret we hear him say in his own words that he downplayed the pandemic even though he understood how deadly it was and after this conversation on march 19th he continued to hold rallies rallies with large crowds without social distancing measures and without making it mandatory to wear masks and the reaction

from democrats has been swift and scathing joe biden calling it almost criminal and certainly as i mentioned before questions about how differently this country could have handled this outbreak had their president been honest. course the leaders to the question will this hurt trump's reelection prospects. the polls show biden leading trump in almost every category nationally but we have to remember this is donald trump he has dodged crisis after crisis throughout his political career on the day he announced his candidacy to run for president he called all mexicans rapists he's allowed for children to be taken away from their parents and put in cages he's facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and he's been impeached and there have been countless other moments where political analysts have truly believed you know what this is it he is done but he is still here he is in the oval office running for re-election and even knowing more than 190000 americans have died of covert 19 as knowingly minimize the severity of the

outbreak we still can't be certain that this will be the end of doll tromped certainly have 9 lives the american citizens apparently do not build for code 19 relief did not pass what does this mean then for millions of americans struggling to cope with the panda. you know it's very difficult brian it wasn't expected to pass the $500000000000.00 bill and like other matters unfortunately it has become extremely political in the final stretch of this election campaign everything has become political it seems the democrats say they could not support this relief package they called it a skinny bill because they said it was highly insufficient and it would have provided about $300.00 a week to millions of unemployed americans but that is about half of what that 1st stimulus package offered and the democrats wanted their own bill to be considered it was passed in the house back in may it was worth more than treat 3 trillion dollars but the republican controlled senate wouldn't even look at it so we're out

of stalemate and we have an ongoing war of words the g.o.p. is slamming the democrats saying the dems are refusing to help the american people and this will likely be their message as we head into november because we probably won't see a stimulus package before election day as you asked about those millions of americans who are suffering they were already living paycheck to paycheck before the pandemic and are now in an even more precarious position and all of this as the pandemic itself reaches on in the united states $40000.00 new infections every day because the song on the story for us in washington tonight thank you. or let's have a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world to the world wildlife fund says wildlife populations have shrunk by 2 thirds since 1970 due to force being cleared for agriculture and food groups living planet reports warns that continued natural habitat waltz increases the risk of more

pandemics as humans expand their presence ever closer to wild animals. at least 7 people are dead and hundreds injured after violent protests erupted in the colombian capital bogota the unrest follows the death of a man in police custody a video of officers holding down and teasing the man went viral on social media. in the u.s. at least 7 people have died in wildfires in west coast states of california oregon and washington hundreds of homes in oregon have been destroyed the governor there is warning that it could be the biggest loss of life in property that the state has ever seen. south african anti-apartheid activist and human rights lawyer george bizos has died at the age of 92 he played a key role in ending apartheid is represented nelson mandela at his treason trial in 1964 and worked for the former president until his death in 2030.

are now to beirut where firefighters have brought a massive fire in the city's port district under control the blaze broke out in the same area that was devastated by a huge explosion just a month ago the latest fire touched off panic among the city's residents many of whom are still traumatized by last month's blast which killed nearly $200.00. smoke billowing again from beirut's destroyed port the fires sent a massive column of black smoke and flames over the warehouses firefighters battled the fire from the air and on the ground by evening the blaze was under control. the fire has reopened wounds for the people of beirut who are still reeling from the devastating explosion that rocked the city last month. that is very unfortunate that this has happened illusionist with one problem and

then another starts. i hope it was a normal fire at the bottom of the top of the tree i'm sure may god help levanon life out of man. there's something strange going on in beirut 1st last month and now this. the question is who is responsible for. their mysterious things that we do not know about of going to thought of. the cause of this latest fire is still unclear. lebanon's president told security officials it could have been an intentional act of sabotage or an accident caused by human error those responsible he said must be held accountable. the red cross says the fire has destroyed a warehouse holding food aid and oil and could disrupt its humanitarian operation. assistance that the lebanese desperately need as they grapple with this new setback

. earlier today we spoke to our correspondent was on solomon and we asked her how people there are reacting to this 2nd fire in just a moment the captain isn't talking face of panic. witnesses that told us that when they were driving they sold cars that were reversing near the highway near the port and because they were scared they were panicking because the memories of there were an explosion came back to their mines and people there told us that they are through with the government and the meters and they think that they are unable to manage the country and this and that is right here. they think that they couldn't protect their citizens and they couldn't preserve the security of the competent and on social media the fear youngest of the people the break here. i was did have a user runs on zelman there reporting from beirut in bella ruse

a prominent opposition leader is accusing authorities of threatening to kill her if she refused to leave the country maria kolesnik over who is behind bars tonight has filed a criminal complaint against security agency told her that they would remove her from bella ruse quote alive or in pieces the threats are part of the widening crackdown on opposition activists who've been leading protests against authoritarian president alexander lukashenko. this is the moment masked men broke into the offices of jailed opposition politician viktor buddy co. the belorussian banker was put in police custody last month and banned from participating in recent elections. he's not the only opposition leader in detention. seen here at anti-government protests earlier this month was abducted and almost forcibly expelled from by the us. sure mainz in jail

in minsk kolesnikov a claim security operatives threatened her life sane she'd be sent over the border in pieces if she didn't agree to leave. protesters have taken to the streets on mass since last month's election which some president alexander lukashenko reelected in a landslide for a 6th term. opposition leaders and their international allies and says the vote was likely richt. in a recent interview appeared to offer an olive branch to demonstrators. it's the school didn't stop book but i'm inclined to conduct an early presidential election i'm not ruling this out. but the gesture was likely just for show. recently urge state prosecutors to expand their crackdown on the fledgling opposition. who is not only in bella ruth's opposition activists in russia say attempts to intimidate them are on the rise this ahead of regional elections scheduled for this

weekend elise and moscow have raided the office of the open russia opposition group earlier today an intruder smashed a bottle containing a chemical substance in the siberian office of opposition candidate sergei he's an ally of of all the kremlin critic who lives in berlin after apparently being poisoned with a nerve agent at least one person was taken to the hospital. voting across 20 regions gets underway in russia on friday the polls are being seen as a key test for president vladimir putin's hold on power opposition candidates are hoping to putin's united russia party. at the moment sergey boyko prides himself on being a live and edited social media is the main way the politician is reaching out to voters in novosibirsk he's up for a seat in the siberian city's parliament on his you tube channel the politician

promises to clean up his hometown and sweep out corrupt politicians and we have a mafia here boyko is leading a coalition of $31.00 opposition candidates their goal is to push united russia the ruling party out together boyko says the kremlin is watching the regional election campaign closely there's no way out of course and they're afraid united russia has a thin majority here if we can break the majority of the novosibirsk can been examples for the rest of the country if you consolidate forces and go to the ballot box you can change the situation and destroy their monopoly. boy goes campaign recently got a boost when he appeared alongside his close ally opposition politician i like saying. you know video that has gotten millions of views team expose the alleged corruption schemes they say helped united russia politicians in novosibirsk get rich and buy luxury properties now he was poisoned shortly after filming this video

he uses it to call on russians to support the candidate most likely to be united russia in the poll a strategy he calls smart voting. we can use russia is the 3rd the biggest city as an example of how to take down the insatiable told that is united russia. novosibirsk is siberia's main industrial hub more than one and a half 1000000 people live here. united. russia carly has the majority in the city council and the regional assembly and they're campaigning to keep it that way. we did you notice united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect and care we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation. but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government . a lot of people live in fear of what the future holds it's not

clear who's shops could be closed might be fired. the situation now is a far cry from how things why in the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but a lot isn't. what we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. boyko wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest plains in the us a beer can be

a modern european city like you says the main challenge is to convince people their decision in the polling station can break through the status quo and that smart voting against the ruling party here can set an example for change across russia. are back here in germany the 1st case of african swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar the disease is not dangerous to humans but it is fatal to pigs authorities are prepared containment measures to protect the meat industry. this electric fence was unable to keep african swine flu from crossing into germany from poland a dead wild boar found near the border tested positive for the virus that prompted the state to take quick action. yes since einstein on this 1st of all limits on foot and vehicle traffic inside the specified area where african swine fever has been found 2nd blocking off the restricted area

has 3rd limitations on or an outright ban on hunting forth limitations or a ban on agriculture in the area. the virus spreads by direct contact between animals via animal blood and through improperly disposed of contaminated food it can survive for months or even years and meet even. the economic consequences are that producers in the affected areas will be cut off from the market and put under strict restrictions and germany as a whole wouldn't be able to export pork to countries outside the e.u. . in. an export ban could only be lifted after 6 months from now the highest priority is to contain the virus. and that means we're prepared to support farming operations that have been affected so in districts and because he isn't the farmers association has demanded

a call of wild boars. are his reminder the top story we're following for you the leaders of france and germany have agreed to a plan to take in 400 mpg children from greece's memory of migrant camp a massive fire destroyed the camp leaving 12000 people home. you're watching news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight unfiltered undeniable and unnerving what donald trump knew and what he said about the pandemic that.

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