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this is d w news live from berlin said back in the suez canal operators fail in their latest bid to refloat a stranded cargo ship diggers treasures and tug boats have been trying to free the vessel for days hundreds of ships are now stuck in a maritime traffic jam causing a major headache for global trade also coming up. tragedy on the tracks at least 32 people are killed and over 100 more injured as passenger trains collide in egypt. and heartbreak in boulder in the u.s. a colorado community comes together in grief following monday's deadly mass
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shooting. i mean nice of welcome experts are warning it could take weeks to dislodge a huge container ship blocking egypt's suez canal a new attempt to refloat the vessel was not successful and efforts have been suspended till saturday a prolonged closure of the suez will almost certainly affect global trade which has already been hit hard by the pandemic. the ship plugging the choke point that funnels 30 percent of the global seaborne trade 400 meters long and weighing more than 200000 tons the ever given has become an immovable barrier shutting down egypt soon as can now with around $10000000000.00 in trade at stake every day. tugboats draggers. and
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a team of dutch ships salvagers are working day and night to dislodge the vessel. a hick up like this but it's that everyone back everyone was already scrambling to get back to normal and what has been quite strong demand traded and no one needs another the lay on top of everything else and that the line just how important and how finely balanced the whole system is. more than $200.00 ships are caught in the world's longest maritime traffic jam some of them are now we've routing their journey around the cape of good hope it trip almost 3 times as long. as. the fear is that consumers will be noticing the delays before long the. biggest impact is that component parts for electronic chemical and engineering industries will not arrive on time. with the clock ticking
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the u.s. is among a growing list of countries offering help to refloat the ever given. for more on the story now i'm just joined by journalist jessica rojas who is following the story in cairo so jessica in the beginning engineer said that it would take 2 or 3 days to free the ship now they're saying weeks what has changed here yes so that earlier times at judging with us. and that that was blocking both ends of the ship has not been successful so. now experts are saying that the next step meaty trying to lighten the shit especially as the tides rise early next week and. and could you describe how worried experts are right now about the situation. it's definitely a serious situation and that's why we're going to. if their ship is free you know
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next few days it will probably just be a blip. in the industry. as a situation drags on oil prices going into be affected and that's when are we scenario that we would start to see an impact on. the price of regular gets what you have there been any new revelations about what failed here how this ship god large cross the suez canal and the investigation is ongoing and there has not been very much publicized about what the suez canal authority at the egyptian government body and some so far reports have been somewhat sluggish coming out of. their share you know high winds were an issue. or a that the trouble and get in is one of the largest ships that's fine in the world
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however you know we haven't ruled out operator error you know these operators are. actually question because of the pandemic and their increasing demand. so it remains to be seen what a confluence of factors were affected here. this seems to be a kind of rare accident but it also seems that could happen easily again is there any talk about how to avoid this in the future. so why are there any strand that egyptians. you know that kind of analysis as an amount yet well you know when it's. times over the years as the ships competitions defens however you know this is sort of a nightmare scenario. and it is nothing of this magnitude is ever happened before. so you know and the government did expand if you now create that secondly in 2015. decided that the return on investment in
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a sense to expand. their south and that's exactly where the ship was. journalist jessica rojas and cairo for us thank you. and staying in the region at least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured in a train crash in central egypt authorities say the 2 trains collided after someone pulled the emergency brake on one of them president sisi said that anyone found responsible will face serious consequences. twisted steel and mangled carriage is green proof that the impact of 2 trains colliding in egypt so hard province. yet but you are going to the not the no one passenger lifestream the media its aftermath of the crash. and the trade has been in an accident and so hard people are dying to help us help those people are stuck together as the help people are
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dying here. and you know that if i do not owe it is not unlike the good. people will die people will die in the train the train was turned over with people in it. when help did arrive it was too late for many. audiences quickly filled with lifeless bodies lifted from the wreckage. authorities say the collision happened after someone pulled the emergency brakes on one of the trains causing at least 2 carriages to overturn. egypt has been marred by train accidents in recent years it's poor safety record is blamed on a crumbling infrastructure and insufficient maintenance. this is unlikely to be the last tragedy to unfold in egypt's railroads. at least 5 people have been shot dead during clashes between police and demonstrators and bangladesh they were protesting a visit by indian prime minister narendra modi to celebrate the country's 50th
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anniversary of independence critics in the predominantly muslim country accuse modi of stoking anti muslim sentiment. i visit that as inflame passions in bangladesh this is the scene after friday prayers at the concert my mosque worship is to take out their frustration over the visit of noor and ramadi whom they see as anti muslim they spew out of the mosque and on to the straits ugly confrontations with supporters of bangladesh's ruling nationalist. living parts of downtown decker blaise. in the end police subdued the crowds using rubber bullets. chanted embarrassing slogans against the indian prime minister the other group protested these actions the clashes broke out when they tried to stop the protesting group. the unrest an unwelcome backdrop to prime minister marty's visit
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to his bangladeshi counterpart. one that the bind the 2 south asian powers totted together. india help bangladesh when independence from pakistan half a century ago keeping dickau inside and islamabad it by has remained a key strategic objective for delhi ever since i did so here are. the governments of bangladesh and the near break of nice the importance of working together and the moving in that direction. sorry paragraph got to be in china and right now bangladesh needs in detail but escaped the pandemic it's relying on its giant neighbors pharmaceutical sector to supply it with vaccines and the talk of the nearest strict vaccine exports course is jesus the lord prime minister of the jews neighborhood 1st holy son of this division there's
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really. no no higher sending that scenes where prevention is coronavirus to the neighboring countries including none of this must be a reflection of that policy too much is at stake for both. for the tensions on the streets to disrupt the diplomacy in the suites even if demonstrated see india's leader as bangladesh is far north it's friend. is around of other stories making news around the world myanmar's annual armed forces day parade has been taking place in the capital naypyidaw activists had called for a show of defiance but the country's military rulers warned the protestors would be at risk of being shot meanwhile in the commercial capital yangon security forces shot and killed 4 protests people protesting outside of a police station. violence broke out in the southern english city of bristol after demonstrators gathered in defiance of covert $1000.00 restrictions several arrests were made after projectiles were thrown at police the gathering took place to
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protest a new bill that would allow police to restrict street protests. tanzania has buried former president john michael fully who died earlier this month reportedly from heart failure not before he was one of africa's most prominent deniers of the coronavirus crisis and opposition leaders claim the disease played a role in his unexpected death. u.s. president joe biden says china's she's in ping and russia's vladimir putin are among 40 world leaders that he is inviting to a summit on climate change biden has made the climate crisis a top priority of his administration the virtual summit is planned for april. in the u.s. police say they're still investigating a motive for a mass shooting in boulder colorado earlier this week on monday a gunman killed 10 people at a city supermarket before police arrested him authorities say he used a semiautomatic pistol he purchased legally 6 days before the attack a syrian born suspect is being held without bail charged with 10 counts of murder
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the residents of boulder are deeply shaken emily gordon reports. a community comes together to agree 10 lives lost in a shooting at a nearby supermarket. hundreds have gathered to mourn and to comfort each other in boulder colorado. this was the 7th mass shooting in the u.s. this here the last one not even a week ago the who lived in up a suspect in boulder brings additional fear to the muslim community. i have spoken to some who are afraid to leave the house others who are changing up the path of their daily walks. women fearful of wearing their he jabbed in public and men with beards who feel they will be as hard get it. the suspect does not represent the muslim community he does not represent islam he just happens to have
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a muslim name if oversight and politicians also paid their respects to the victims and their community ted was. precious lives lost. and remember why so many. tonight we are keeping them each in our prayers. officers halle. berry have it. ready for a lot of she's a. terri can't. live. you know. this is not the 1st time that the people of colorado have had to come together to commemorate the lives that have been lost during the shooting columbine they were a cinema these are all familiar names and the big question is how many more times
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well the people of color have to do this we're just deeply saddened by gun violence and needs to stop and it needs to stop and. i can't take it anymore i'm tired of people dying for no reason it's just sad their lives cut short for for what. you're watching to be news here's a reminder of our top story this hour. operators have failed in their latest bid to refloat the massive cargo ship stuck in the suez canal experts say dislodging the ship could take weeks or blockages forcing many vessels to reroute across around africa. don't forget you can always get the news on the go just down the order app from google play or from the app store it'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world. you can also find us online at d w dot com you're watching it every news live from berlin i'm already said thanks
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