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job made for mines. faces date every news live from birthday and at least 150 people a field day it is a place you hits of dam in india a huge flood cascades through the broken down carrying mound and debris into the areas below the search for survivors is ongoing also coming out tens of thousands of demonstrators again marching through gang gongs announcing the coup that
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threatens to roll back the democratic. test as in myanmar came out the pressure despite the military's efforts to block internet connection. that it all goes wrong for shall cause new signing show go drown the stasi coronavirus foreign tame kept him from training with his teammates before the 3 nil loss to live stage and it shattered. on record as welcome to the program at least 150 people are feared dead in northern india after part of a glazier broke off and crashed into a day in tata constipate unleashing floodwaters and debris eyewitnesses say it happened so fast the table had almost no time to react a search for survivors is underway. amateur video shows the small den being swept
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away by the water and debris released by the avalanche. that then cut further through the area hitting the hydroelectric power plant in the valley below. it's feared that people working at the rashid ganga power plant were perhaps swept away as well as some villagers. the tragedy happened in the top of an area of the northern state of tonic and in northern india. this region in the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides. rescue operations were underway as crews look for survivors and try to secure the area. our correspondent richard just fall is in delhi following the events in the district of the to come for us the maisha difficult to
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even imagine these takes as it was saying truly shocking how dramatic is the situation there right now. let her back up from the getting situation definitely is grim we have heard about 150 rows who were working on one of the bio that was hit another part on to put it down as was on the down and that was all religious and means separating the banks of the river flooded down that would also have been hit thousands of people from the region have already been evacuated teams from the army of the border police as well as disasters and once forces have been deployed that damage is being assessed and white authorities claim that she lied or does that what did he been brought under control it was a new extent it's only when all this water actually receives that they will be able to assess the true extent of the damage as well as the loss of like he mentioned
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the flooding there mean as terrifying as the rest say has that flooding really been contained now are authorities expecting things to get worse as fire back out. that what they are insisting on is that people must not responding to the words about volatile flooding or any such a determined information about a lot of like a good thing not to be sure that it is involved or at least some information has already been really used to seeing that further down the from the what is below the danger rob so there is hole for those like again invented flooded out and there's also all dams mean you will still pay the toll on the floor of the water cause for want to be in that created into a separate area however the parts of the world where the water has crashed through the bottom of the by generators going to the dams and what would have been severely damaged and that is where the disaster was also still be concentrating now we know
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from the eye when i witness accounts that it happened so fast that people didn't really have time to react when there were any warnings that something like this might happen. well remember where there really don't have been immediate warnings that have been long gone one it's been given by local. environmentalists as well as journalists who have pointed out that an emphasis on tourism in the event which is led to the great ruins as well as an emphasis on highly projects jangly to disaster that must be actually be discontinued the garden what the government has actually been criticised for not coming down more heavily on these heidi parklands back into a tour de that was a massive flood that the sort of in the region to him are as an off after all an event that is going to earth create jobs and the plane to again episode caused the loss of all $5000.00 names and damages to $4500.00 villages this is what solution that does new detention and this disaster will be focused back on that fact misha
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thanks very much for the update correspondent. in delhi and tens of thousands of people continue to protest in the end mar after a military coup almost a week ago the internet has now been restored after being cut for more than 24 hours but no one knows for how long the protesters are demanding the release of the country's detained elected leader aung sun suu. just as a back on the streets of young gone for a 2nd day thousands marching against the military coup and me and. they used the 3 finger salute to signify their rebellion and carried ban is demanding the release of elected leader unsung suchi they say they had no choice but to take to the streets in support of democracy and against what they see as injustice. this is really unfair despite their landslide win in the election the military
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staged a coup unilaterally and with accusations. that the military staged an unfair could they arrested the leaders elected by the people now students under the red fighting peacock flag have led revolutions in the past so we join today the protest as well. the red flag is that of unsung su cheese national league for democracy all the and l.d. . the chief men on lighting seized power on monday alleging fraud in the election held on the 8th of november that vote resulted in a landslide victory for the n l d the country's electoral commission dismisses the army's accusations. footage of sunday's protests surged on social media despite the country battling internet blackouts the images show demonstrators out in large numbers some even facing off against secret police and military there to observe them many protesters say they
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are determined to show they will not be intimidated. citizens have already made their demands by voting we are on the streets now to show that we are against a military dictatorship without fear. of protests across the country have been largely peaceful however gunshots were heard in the southeastern town of me out what the uniformed police with guns charged a group of protesters there were no immediate reports of casualties. concerns are high that the unprecedented level of civil disobedience and could cause a stronger military response. here is some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei has said iran will only return to the 25th day nuclear deal if the u.s. lift sanctions on the republic the deal between iran and 6 major powers limited
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iran's uranium enrichment activity to make it harder for tehran to develop nuclear arms former us president donald trump abandoned the deal in 28 tame. germany has been hit by heavy snowstorm road clearing crews are working tirelessly to keep the highways drivable numerous train services and public transport have been disrupted especially in the northern state of lower saxony the german weather service says some parts of the country could see anything from 15 to 40 centimeters of snow. voting is underway in ecuador's presidential elections officials decided to go ahead with the vote despite the pandemic leftist candidate andre iowa's has pledged to put ecuador back on the path to socialism all conservative says will create 1000000 jobs in one year. many poorer countries face the same problem when it comes to fighting covert
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a lack of oxygen for patients who are struggling to bring due to the illness in mexico where many hospitals are at capacity people have to stand in line to refill canisters of the potentially life saving gas. they've been standing here outside this health center in mexico city since 5 am to get a hold of oxygen luis de leon is anxious his wife has 19 and a struggling to breathe. and i never thought i would have to experience this desperate you know searching for more than a week before i even got this oxygen tank this is. nothing is in great demand and oxygen and the city of 22000000 people are afraid of getting sick of it infections have been at record level since december medical personnel are overworked. the hospitals are overcrowded we called the emergency number but the hospitals are full they sent my wife in. mexico's $1000.00 case the
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tallit rate is the highest in the world many people suffer from chronic illnesses and people still have to go out to work ignorance also plays a part. they're also working to the limit often manufacturers they've been making 70 coffins a day 7 days a week for months had to hire a male and his team are shocked by the scale of the deaths. and we can't keep up with demand we are exhausted because we are working far beyond what we ever imagined and all this with the constant fear of infection and death before us would be coupled. with hospitals overcrowded and a lack of oxygen they don't know how long this will go on. in this novel this is not a normal situation this is an emergency it's not healthy it was no it's not good. luis gets his oxygen tank filled and for now he's relieved but he's also afraid of
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catching the virus from his wife. or. if one more family member gets sick now i don't know what will happen but i have to think positively and. well here are some other developments in the corona virus pandemic early trial data suggests the oxford astra zeneca vaccine was a one off a protection from mild or moderate cases caused by the south african variant of the virus however it will protect recipients from severe disease the company is working on a boost of axing to help tackle that variant bangladesh has kicked off a nationwide vaccination campaign but interest in receiving the shots is underwhelming only 350000 people of a population of 164000000 have registered for the job. so far and a new survey has shown that every 2nd german is against relaxing public health measures in place to combat covert 19 germany's state and federal leaders will
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decide in the coming days whether to extend the country's nationwide lockdown past the 14th of february. some sports now and in the bundesliga cologne increase their hopes of survival with a $21.00 win at the home of rivals gladbach in the run darby the visitors form has been indifferent but they took an early laid through eldest rexford jai equalise but it was rex the chai who grabbed another goal in the 2nd half to seal the points for his tame it was a famous davi win for cologne who sit 4 tapes with glad back stuff in 7 it's. a while but his league of bottom side shall have suffered and now a heavy defeat closing 3 nil at home to ave leipzig the visitors needed a win to stop by and for running clear at the top of the table and i had a little trouble getting past chalco side that looked and increasingly a safe bet for relegation from the german top flight. it was
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a bundesliga debut for school dr mustafa who'd been in quarantine all week after joining shaka from austin all but went like teach took the lead on the stroke of half time through naughty mookie lay it was new staffy who hadn't even trained with his new team mates ahead of kickoff who looked at form at his hands off approach to marking afforded mookie lay far too much space in the box and the frenchman it made was stuffy pay. lights as needed a win to stop by and city 10 points clear at the top and marcel sabots a strike in the 2nd half more or less sets with the result find work for a bank or leno in the build up and a no nonsense finish from the austrian his 4th book is the goal of the current campaign. in the 87th minute video ban added insult to injury when he is above the rest in the box and has a 3rd shot his 14th defeat of the season makes survival work ever less
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likely while 2nd place lights stay within 7 points of league leaders by and at the top of the table. that's a news update this hour you're watching data over the news live from berlin up next our technology series shift living in the digital age stay tuned for that i'll be back with more news headlines at the top of the hour until then you can always stay up to die on our web site that's dot com and don't forget to follow us on social media as well at d.w. news i'm at rebecca richest also you seem to. be like. those who claim to. join
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