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in the end. bases data of any news live from berlin no beds no drugs no oxygen india's hospitals collapse under the weight of a colossal 2nd wave of corona virus infections the capital delhi is counting one coben related death every 5 minutes as people struggle to find help fighting deal this also coming up. an employee is stabbed to death at a police station in france officers shoot and kill the attacker the french national
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police union says signs point to an act of terrorism. on record as welcome to the program hospitals in india are launching desperate appeals for help as the country's health system crumbles covert 19 infection rates continue to break global records the government has given top priority to the transport of lifesaving oxygen hospitals are so overwhelmed that many people can't get inside to get the help they need the situation is particularly die in the capital delhi where supplies are running out fast. fighting for breath these patients outside a covert 1000 hospital in delhi are among the fortunate ones that the clinic is overwhelmed and lacks free beds but at least it still has oxygen to administer to
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the most gravely ill among the study. flow of new arrivals. in this edition right now here is really very worst critical and although full control of. the stuff is really cooperative but due to the old girl also though meanwhile on the walking casualty it is different they're deployed in equal treatment to all the division of the next 5 years of high gear you didn't say. these scenes are no exception across the country hospitals are full and turning stricken patients away many are critically low on oxygen supplies as india 2nd wave sets global records for new delhi infections social media are flooded with stories of people desperately trying to secure oxygen for loved ones. that day rather than.
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to speed up deliveries indian railways has launched an oxygen express service ferrying supplies directly from production plants like a beacon of hope the 1st train arrives in maharashtra one of the hardest hit states where more than 62000 people have lost their lives to the virus. inside clinics grieving families blame medical stuff while outside crematoriums and cemeteries struggle to accommodate bodies this graveyard expects to run out of space in a matter of days. i think the 2nd wave is more dangerous and deadly. this time it's not even sparingly on ones. at the deli hospital a group of men heaved their brother out of a rickshaw they tried to get him admitted earlier but were sent home now they learned it's too late to save him. the father of 5 is dead on arrival since
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he wasn't admitted to the hospital or taken to its morgue his death is unlikely to be counted in the city swiftly rising from official toll. prosecutors in france have opened a terrorism investigation after a police worker was stabbed to death at a police station near paris 3 people thought to be connected to the attack a have been detained french president emmanuel back home said the country would never give in to what he called islamic terrorism. a normally quiet residential neighborhood just outside paris now the center of attention in france security agents flooded the area investigating the killing of a police employee caught off guard. the police station is very well protected there is a protective lock and so people can't just walk in so the attacker waited for her to go and change her parking ticket the murder of course her by surprise as she
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left the police station for just a moment and so it was really a cowardly barbaric attack to kill someone and to kill a policewoman if. the local media report that the attacker was a 36 year old man with no criminal record witnesses say they heard him say or lulac bar arabic for god is great as he stabbed his victim a police officer then shot the attacker dead there are suggestions the man had previously scouted out the site. the office of the national antiterrorism prosecutor has taken charge over the investigation of the crimes committed here. the reasons for this 1st how the events occurred which involved looking for a target. also the way the crime was committed. the profile of the victim
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but also the remarks made by the perpetrator at the time of the crime or more. the president emanuel maicon pay tribute to the police work and name does stephanie in a tweet he said the nation stood by her family and in the fight against islamist terrorism we will not give up and the prime minister condemned what he called as another barbaric and cowardly attack. let's go straight to paris where our correspondent lisa lewis is standing by lisa what more do we know about the attacker well the police is obviously still looking into his background we know that he was 36 years old he arrived in france in 2009 as an illegal immigrant but then obtained legal papers in 29000 that were valid until the end of this year now the police looking into possible links to other people he's reported to have
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published posts on social media saying that he was complaining about an atmosphere of islamophobia in france but so far we don't know yet if he has been in contact with anybody else here in france or brought to plan this attack really place that many people will remember last october when there was beheaded in a school not far from where this attack took place now we have an attack at a police station how are people there reacting to this violence. well many people here are under shock and there is not only that attack last year that happened in the same department in $2162.00 police officers were killed at their home in the same department so obviously people are wondering why it's always happening there but especially police officers here in the country now feel particularly threatened their colleagues the stephanie's colleagues the woman who was killed yesterday they had to watch her being killed because at the the attacker
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killed her in the airlock and they couldn't access that place so that was really traumatizing for them many people here especially police unions are now saying you know we should protect our police stations better lisa what impact is this likely to have a year ahead of presidential elections in france all this will reinforce a tendency that is already there polls are predict predicting that the current president president. will face the far right leader marine le pen in the 2nd round runoff vote and the campaign as so to say already started him on my car he has been talking about security policies there's a recent poll showing that people feel that they are less secure than a few years back 2 thirds of the french feel that way and in my car is trying to show that he's cracking down on terrorism the parliament is at this very moment discussing a new law to fight against radical islam islam and the president has also promised
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that he would deploy more police officers across the country so that will be very much one of the big focuses in this campaign before the presidential election next year. and they said thank you lisa lewis in paris. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world i mean inlaid is commemorating the estimated 1500000 of their ancestors killed by autumn and turks in the 1950 the us is expected to join around 30 other nations informally recognizing the massacre as genocide historians regard the killings as the 1st genocide of the 20th 20th century turkey rejects to turn. more ships and aircraft are joining the search for the indonesian submarine missing since wednesday in the sea hopes are fading of finding the vessel and its 53 crew members the navy says the diesel powered submarine may have run out of office again
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and sunk too deep to recover multiple countries are assisting in the if it. were the u.s. health officials say the use of the johnson and johnson covert 19 vaccine could resume immediately back to the nation's using the single dose shot would temporarily halted 11 days ago that's after a small number of people developed a rare blood clot in the brain after the shot experts agree the vaccines benefits outweigh the risk of blood clotting. olympic gold medalist and transgender activist and jenna has announced she's entering the republican race for governor of california in upcoming elections in the hope of on sttng democratic governor gavin newsome a stately to faces a likely recall election this year a growing number of republicans oppose new sims business disrupting responses to the pandemic. the child russian opposition made a volley says he will gradually end his hunger strike after 24 days without food
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the kremlin critic bigamist drank more than 3 weeks ago to demand proper medical care for loss of sensation in his legs and arms it was imprisoned after returning from germany way treatment after being poisoned in russia with a rib nerve agent urged him this week to end the hunger strike saying his life was a breeze. moscow correspondent emily showings following this story for us she says the valley's health remains in a volatile state despite ending his hunger strike is that extent of on these demands to see civilian doctors have been met there was a new post on his instagram account he's seems to have been passing these posts on to his lawyers periodically and in that post he says that he was able to see doctors that he says he trusts twice now and that they have recommended that he calls off his hunger strike apparently according to the post they said that soon
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there may be nothing left to treat if he's stuck if he doesn't stop his hunger strike but he has also demanded to see another doctor he's still complaining about numbness in his arms and legs so that demand goes forward courting to his supporters there is still some risk to his health even now that he's called off the hunger strike he himself says that it will be difficult to come out of this hunger strike that will take 3 weeks as well according to his post according to recent blood tests he may be at risk for kidney failure or even heart failure so i think we have to watch this space and it does seem that he is still not out of the woods even now that he has stopped his hunger strike. it embodies an early show in speaking to us that a lot chad has held a state funeral for a long time ruler idriss deby he died on tuesday after battling rebel forces president every rule the central african nation for 30 years is his son mohamad
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interest debbie has taken over as president french president emmanuel mccall was among the thousands who attended the funeral in the capital. 30 years of leadership have come to an end thousands of mourners packed the main square and the chatty in capital to pay their respects to president it just day by the 68 year old military leader who died on the battlefield shortly after winning re-election for many here he's the only leader they've ever know. they're doing what they're going to help us to keep the joy life has decided you must go and i must say goodbye the chatty and people have loved you and give you over to remember our. western powers and african nations leaned on the long ruling strongman as the linchpin in the international fight against islamist militants there but thank you for that even the battles that you led always had the goal of the finishing your country's
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territorial integrity the preservation of stability and peace and the fight for liberty security and justice. you lived as a soldier civic you know sort of you died as a soldier was it. human rights groups often pushed against what they called his repressive government but now the president's death bring stability in the country into question france has its regional counterterrorism base in chad and is pressing for a peaceful transition of power while promising continued support to its former colony the fastness france will not let anybody put into question or threaten chad stability france will also be there to keep alive the promise of a peaceful chad creating a place for all its children. and deb a son mohamed to address today as head of the military at all took over temporary presidential powers and mentally after his father's death the opposition calls it
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a coup but the younger dead a promise is free and democratic elections after an 18 month transition period. you're watching day to the news live from berlin our technology show shift is out next stay tuned for that i'll have more news headlines for you at the top of the hour in the meantime as always our web site things happening dot com you can follow us on social as well where at d.f.w. news i'm rebecca races i can't take. my 1st by state also sewing machines. where i come from women are almost by the social door even something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle it isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle of my own but it took me years to.

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