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maybe to entrap say you want to know their story. of fighting and reliable information for migrants. this is the news live from berlin 23 people die as a metro bridge collapses in mexico city the elevated rail line gave way sending a train plunging onto the road below rescuers had to call off the search for survivors over safety ships also coming up. india's agony intensifies as coronavirus cases top 20000000 the national vaccination drive is faltering even as
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the sheer number of infections overwhelmed the health care system. and pushed to their limits tackling germany's 3rd wave of infections doctors warn that coronavirus patients in intensive care units are younger than in previous spots. plus europe popes to welcome tourists again thanks thanks to accelerating national vaccination plans boarders could reopen in time for the summer. and in the bundesliga has a bill in the back from quarantine hoping to make up points but that could only manage a draw against much. i'm going to force welcome to the program in mexico at least 23 people have been killed and dozens more injured. in
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a metro accident in the capital mexico city authorities say an elevated section of the rail system collapsed while a train was passing through sending part of it crashing onto a busy road below the incident happened late on monday night on the city's newest metro line the search for survivors was briefly suspended over safety concerns. well in mexico city we're joined by journalist david david what what more do we know at this point but of what we know is it still is that they are still working to find. that at the scene 23 dead 7070 the hospital. and also just the sensor. because he said we did a lot of finger pointing straight as well just because this is the newest. veterans system. wasn't. such
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a new line it was open just earlier. here to such fanfare it's really just just a lot of questions about the wrong. approach so you said there is a lot of finger pointing going on right now any indications of what went wrong. we really. don't know right now is the piercing. or. collapsing is part of the natural one of the natural light. switches on. it'll be furious if i believe. it is where it happens and there's a populated urban city and others this will take people from theory this is going to mexico city did. you know reno just getting a lot of ink it's. you know a lot of people in 1st say the last months of the metro but it just sort of the
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feeling right now that the system is just not right just trying to crash. it was. control center that starts to watch. for very few days so. you know there's a lot a lot of questions what's going wrong this is the fish that quite often. turn to david reporting for us from mexico city thank you david you're welcome let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world foreign ministers from the g. 7 group of industrialized countries are holding a 2nd day of talks ahead of the leaders' summit in june and many of the world's biggest a geopolitical issues are on the agenda the london meeting including the military coup in myanmar and the war in syria. chief executive kerry says her government is working on new legislation to tackle quote the spread of
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misinformation hatred and lies and comes during a crackdown on democracy and press freedom in the territory which is ruled by china writing. u.s. tech billionaire bill gates and his wife melinda are divorcing after 27 years of marriage the couple made the announcement on twitter they say they will continue their charitable work together the couple's foundation focuses on environmental and public health causes is the largest private foundation in the world with nearly $50000000000.00 in assets the number of coronavirus cases in india has officially topped $20000000.00 as the crisis tightens its grip and the experts believe the real figure for deaths and infections are much higher than the official tally at the same time supply shortages are hampering the national vaccination drive and the health system is buckling under the weight of new cases.
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there is no room for these patients at this hospital instead they are made to wait outside and let hoping that the oxygen supply will hold out as ambulances queue at hospitals other means of transport also taking on a crucial role trains are india's lifeblood its tracks hauling freight and people across the country's vast land mass today they also offer a lifeline and this locomotive pulls a precious cargo oxygen headed to the worst hit areas. india's railroads have been drafted into the country's emergency response in other ways to. 11 train coaches have been converted into a solution wards there's a separate coach for the doctors that's 12 isolation coaches available here for 2 oxygen soldiers and each coach and we've set up 9 air coolers as well sprinklers on
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the ceiling control the temperature 16 patients can be accommodated in each coach and sanitation waste disposal arrangements have also been made yet. ingenuity and improvise ation doing their bit to stem the rising tide of coronavirus deaths but it's not enough to shield the modi government from anger over its failure to prevent this deadly 2nd wave of the pandemic it was a contribution factor to an unexpected loss for the prime minister's b j p party losing an important state election in west bank go. much like the surgeon infections this is not what modi had in mind when he declared the end of the pandemic at political rallies all of it india after this miscalculation his political fortunes may be linked to the coronavirus more closely than ever. of a more it's turned to the w.'s doing correspondence manure of child rape where
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india now has an official count of more than 20000000 infections how authorities trying to reverse this surge. how many people up to go. firefighting was. being kicked into action they are trying to leave. different state governments are imposing local i slow down and go you actually think it's likely that i. do you let austin and other life saving jobs but the fact of the matter is that we are no piece into the 2nd we and i talk about debbie specifically that if you ask it's generally they have cancer it's still overwhelmed and all especially on it's capacity and now there is a reason mounting pressure will the government was on each and white not like you know because many including the explicit now believe that that is the only way to get high and all situation i mean there are how can it be that india which is one of the world's biggest makers and supplies of vaccines is running out of them.
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well absolutely but the rest of that government underestimated the domestic demand in that mission since the 2nd we got these are a huge increase in the demand whatever lacking in the density of their lives and we saw those people queuing up to get back in washington and it's going to be going to not or see this happening despite everything when it's been given by the force a tipping point of advice and also the government have been facing criticism for exporting a large number of at cedars to other countries despite having no use population here of our or any of that that jurors have gone forward and said that they do not have they did not have enough resources of the class to ramp up many have to go back to the east and then now to see all of the serious student in the other not well out of the largest factor has given an interview that she has said that india will be exactly sure who's on the only thing months and one reason that is given is
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that this is to do do not get enough orders so this seems to be a problem at the policy level so there are more and more foreign aid is arriving in india but given the scale of the problem is it going to make any real difference on the ground well definitely foreign leaders going it will help a lot of in fact it will help. provided that has reached its destination on time because well because our leasing across the country are facing a shortage of medical necessity you know there are also coming in that life saving medical equipment and just have been done at last don't believe the legalistic aleutians. that any hype or have to step in and ask the customs to clear oxygen concentrator the wire. people ringback who are suffering because we've 90 so why barney that is coming in and way more why this seems to be any excuse an issue here
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rather chartering a deli thank you very much. and after some of the other developments in the pandemic sri lanka has imposed no restrictions public gatherings and weddings are banned and schools will remain closed until further notice can body are said to lift its lockdown of the capital phnom penh despite another record rise in daily cases the country is battling its worst outbreak to date and north korea has warned its citizens to brace for a prolonged struggle against the virus the un has earmarked nearly $20000000.00 vaccine doses for pyongyang but it's unclear how and when those shipments will arrive many people had hoped that germany's coronavirus crisis would ease off this spring but then a new variant a new variant arrived and the number of new infections shot up it's more than a year since the pandemic began and intensive care units are still incredibly busy
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doctors and nurses have been working at their limits for months it's hoped that an accelerating vaccination program will bring some relief soon. for the past 8 days. has been caring for this couple of patients in his intensive care unit the patients lungs are badly damaged symptoms the doctor sees a lot these days and sometimes there's very little time to act and he has a source who has to put and ultimately these patients are torn out of life they become seriously ill and in some cases die within hours that has affected a large number of my colleagues and myself as well it's not easy and mackinnon on those grounds of. the staff here and one of the island's largest clinics try to support each other but that can be challenging like many hospitals in germany there's a lack of staff working overtime is common and time pressure is high now after more
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than a year of the coronavirus pandemic they are worn out. as it was on those aspects and or have especially around new year and now the 3rd wave of the pandemic everyone is exhausted the nursing staff but also my medical colleagues report that they are drained and i also have moments where i feel exhausted and i just want the pandemic to come to an end doing those kinds lungs and then again. they are not the only ones the situation is similar in hospitals throughout germany. out saying we know that in the years before this pandemic doctors were over 80 walking 65000000 hours of overtime that is far far too much and for some that has certainly increased significantly in the pandemic they're calling in according of my daughters to will
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. take a nurses on earth each in addition to the already exhausting work there was also the threat of catching that disease. as absolute last pretty quickly it was very stressful for us although we risk aired we had a shortage of staff we wanted to do our best and also keep up with all the hygiene regulations that especially in the beginning it was hard to get protective material and such it has been an extremely tense situation even under the title of. staff here hoping that more widespread texan nation will finally give them some relief. tourism is high on the agenda talks between the g 20 culture ministers today and it seems overseas visitors may be able to enjoy holidays in europe again this summer the european commission has outlined plans to reopen borders for
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travellers though only those fully inoculated with an approved vaccination will be allowed in the aim is to kickstart tourism but all $27.00 member states must 1st approve the plan. while dressing variance after months of gloomy pandemic news in brussels finally some cause for optimism at an e.u. press conference the commission is proposing to ease restrictions on non-essential travel to the e.u. to take into account the progress effects nation contains and developments in the epidemiological situation well light. europe's attractions beckon but potential visitors are likely to encounter different rules in different countries after months of lockdown france will begin relaxing its nightly curfews this month reopen cultural sites and allow cafes bars and restaurants to offer outdoor service in germany over night hotels days for tourists are currently forbidden and no date has been set for reopening in person dining in many places
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a nighttime curfew remains in effect and some destinations are even off limits for nonresidents some countries that depend heavily on tourism are pushing for a full reopening in time for the summer to help things along greece as advocated developing digital proof the travelers have been vaccinated or tested negative for corona virus but on a continent where many countries are slow to digitise some worry this proposal could delay rather than hasten their holiday in the sun. for more on that i'm now joined by a man in brussels. what are the really the big hurdles to getting europe's tourism back on track. i'd say one of the key hurdles again out is really provide a perspective to potential tourists who do want to travel to europe and as we have seen in the report there is a huge variety of regulations and things to fight the fund but on the other hand
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you do want to kickstart europe's of vital tourism sector 10 percent of g.d.p. coming from that industry and to do that the e.u. can be a real facilitator here the e.u. can provide a standardized framework if you want that could give tourists the feeling that they do know where they can travel when they can travel and how they can travel once they're in the destination so many european countries depend on their tourism industry quite a big way greece is one of them and greece introduced a digital vaccination certificate is that a model for the rest of europe and why isn't it already there. absolutely it's a model in a number of other member states have have done that as well already as well the ball politics where for 1st in line here clearly the e.u. is working on that the commission has made a proposal they're working on a technical solution also to provide one standard that would not only work for even
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citizens showing how well whether they've been vaccinated showing whether they've been tested but would also be a political for tourists for instance coming in from the us to get to this digital certificates one key advantage of such a certificate would be that it would be forgery proof because otherwise you face the problem that all sorts of people will come in and say look we've been vaccinated our documents and it'll be hard to test if that is effectively correct. the e.u. commission has also proposed an emergency break in case infections rise again due to tourism how likely is that to members agree to that. i think it's very likely because everyone is on the same page they do want to fight the pandemic they're walking a tightrope they do want to start kick start the tourism sector and here really again europe europe isn't a stage it's a couple of states that have common interests what will happen for the emergency brake is that one e.u. agency will fire a warning shot and then it's up to individual member states to say yes we do follow
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that warning and we close that country for instance a country like india we can to close that country visitors from that country off or we rather go our own way and we put the price priority on the economic interests. not as in brussels there thank you voters in spain's capital madrid are going to the polls today in a closely watched regional elections the incumbent conservative regional leader isabel diaz you source says the vote is a referendum on her handling of the coronavirus pandemic she's kept madrid's bars and restaurants open resisting pressure from the national government the capital now has one of spain's highest infection rates madrid's regional government has also taken a firm stance on an authorized settlement that's largely inhabited by immigrant stood up because new qualities traveled to kenya though they are on the city's outskirts and sent us this report. regional authorities than the process of
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demolishing these houses. social worker control he ministers eyewitness to this transition right in front of us is where they will build a regional park. demolition the government's attempt to stop the illegal settlements here but relocation is slow going the trucks can be seen coming and going to bring sent. the minutes and his team often come to visit they bring families basic supplies and middlemen between the authorities and those who want to leave this place. ok. living conditions here i knew maine children can't be expected to live like this that's why i think it's important that we all help that way these families can exist in normal housing conditions until they are relocated . very hard is that for your point of it at least as far as food hygiene and electricity is concerned here. you know if you are the power has been out since
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october but cannabis plantations further up an area 6 encreasing need training to power supply families here were once able to get electricity from their own lines frothier fernandez has been living here for 30 years it's never been easy but now life for her and her children has become impossible it's sad my children grow up here but i want them to have a good life i want them to have running water and electricity for t.v. set. we put the buckets here then warm the water in them and then we pour it in the bathtub so we can wash ourselves these families suffer most year in the cold months as t w reported this winter feeling forgotten by politicians and they found other solutions . is a bit relieved now that she has solar panels and electricity. on installed the panels his charity organization wants to help 70 other families to get started with solar power. the most in all this is
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a community where people live illegally that's why government authorities can't intervene like they usually would i mean but put up with this would be asking them to do something highly unusual and at the moment we don't have any politicians who do unusual thing us because you need courage for that and you have to be willing to take a risk and have a book with. the regional government has taken a clear line. the more electricity you give them the more than marianna plantations will take they take advantage of these people's poverty they've taken over the county at ariel he brought in locals used chain times but the real problem is that the cannabis plantations are illegally stealing electricity that's why the power grid collapsed. on there so it doesn't matter how much the electricity companies gives and they just need to have the police go in and clear everything out. of local police only have limited powers i used to says the central government has
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to do something but they won't. be a minute doesn't understand why not. violence is in the air here it's a ghetto a ghetto for the poor and that generates crime a lot of people are using drugs and selling them that's not good it needs to stop the other has become a drug dealers battle field a few years ago that was not the case when the oyster north korea fingers on your. reality is a place with many faces this is just one of them. it's really up to speed now with some of the other world news germany's october fest has been cancelled for a 2nd year in a row the very end premier marcus says the safety risks are too high as no one knows how long the pandemic may last the annual festival of munich celebrated beer and the varying culture normally draws up to 6000000 visitors. suspected
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islamist militants have killed about 30 people in eastern bloc in a faso security sources say gunmen attacked a village near the border with al-qaeda and the so-called islamic states have killed thousands in an insurgency and book enough a 1000000 more have fled their homes. a judge of the us has agreed to delay the sex crimes trial of. the former girlfriend of the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein she's accused of procuring minus the trial is now scheduled to begin in the fall after prosecutors added new charges. to cricket and the indian premier league the i.p.l. has been suspended due to the worsening coronavirus situation in the country the i.p.l. is the world's richest cricket tournament bringing together some of the sport's best players the decision to suspend the tournament comes after players from 3 teams tested positive for the virus organizers had been criticised for not stopping
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matches earlier in a statement they said the decision had been taken with the safety of participants in mind. and in football how to bellina have been back in action in the bonus league after a 2 week coronavirus quarantine after sitting out 3 games they are now keen to pull themselves out of the relegation zone but against mines at a could only manage a wall draw. being 2nd to last in the standings this late in the season means he or him big trouble could there are guys here to berlin come back strong from their quarantine and rack up some points against spend sons minds. look at who's got them on the way after 36 minutes. of that set. up perfectly designed and executed free care headed in by the frenchman to open the scoring for heritage. but it took minds only
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5 minutes to respond. philip will win it netting his 1st born just the get go. and what an unstoppable beauty it was. and that's how it ended. and is here to pick up on the one point though it could prove crucial in their battle to beat the drop. and if europe indeed opens its borders again for tourists visitors to rome's coliseum will soon get a gladiator's view from a new retractable stage high-tech floor will give tourists a taste of what it was like when gladiators for to the death the stage will protect a network of underground rooms and tunnels trapdoors and pulleys will recreate the system used to bring animals and fighters into battle the 18000000 euro project should be completed by 2023. it watching the news here's
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a reminder of all top stories at least $23.00 people have been killed in a metro accident in mexico city an elevated rail line collapsed sending a train plunging to the ground and trapping cars on the wreckage officials say as seen so support beam gave way rescue efforts to be called all future safety comes. that's it from me in the news seems to. be as the business useful.
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