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our main task is to attend to the people who are in the hospitals to attend to the relatives of the victims who unfortunately died in this incident the public prosecutor's office will carry out all the investigations and will make all the expert reports to find out what happened in this accident on line 12 of the subway . construction was plagued by complaints and there are reports that damage was noticed on the overpass many years ago. let's go to mexico city now we're joined by journalist. right now. her well right now there are mary and her immense military removing rubble and while they were doing these
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trying to hold trains that they were handing in klang like that and they put 2 crates german crates actually. 2 waiting for is a structure and hold holder carry death and they found 3 bodies they rescued another and reach their bodies that were caught inside of that of the 8 carriages i will tell you that 65 people are in hospitals some and some are undergoing surgery many have lost arms and legs and they were severely hit in the head so that's what's going on with the injured people and also their forensics are waiting for the bodies that $23.00 bodies still are right at the. installations that's what's going on in mexico so far. that we've heard about a cracks in the structure that have been there 5 years ago after an earthquake so how could this happen is the negligence involved on the side of the authorities.
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yes they did an hour jack they needed repair once they cracked that happened since 2017 and their version is that. one of the columns that seen this breach that carried their train so these happens a lot of months ago at the beginning of the year there was fire also at one of the air stations so in mexico city manager and this is metro is a good transportation in mexico city these line line 12 carry 2 out half a 1000000 passengers a day knowing now they are without these. terms probably no it's not reporting from mexico city thank you welcome
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a 2nd look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world lebanon israel have resumed in direct talks over the disputed seaboard on the u.s. mediation negotiations between the long time for was stalled last year due to disagreements over demarcation lines the 2 sides are officially at war tensions recurrently flare up along the border. foreign ministers from the g 7 group of industrialized countries are holding a 2nd day of talks ahead of a leaders summit in june many of the world's biggest geopolitical issues are on the agenda at the london meeting including the military coup in myanmar and the war in syria. hong kong's chief executive kerry land says her government is working on new legislation to tackle quote the spread of misinformation hatred and lies or announcement comes during a crackdown on democracy and press freedom in the territory which is ruled by china
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. for as vaccination drives gather pace in many countries governments are looking at ways to safely resume tourism and lift restrictions on cultural venues g. 20 minutes as old and virtual tours today a day after the european commission outlined recommendations on reopening the european union's external borders to nuns non-essential travel the proposals for sea allowing entry to travelers who have been fully inoculated with an e.u. approved vaccine from countries where the pandemic is largely under control there are also common criteria for travel within the e.u. but infection rates still vary widely from country to country and potential travelers are still likely to encounter different rules wherever they go. from or that i'm now joined by greece's minister of tourism hari fair harris a minister in april greece already began along in visitors from countries outside
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the e.u. considered very low risk such as israel meanwhile germany is tourist industry for example is still far from opening up is a common e.u. approach even possible. well i thank you 1st of all for having me here yes we don't think it's just possible we think it's essential it's very very important we saw it last year we showed with the pandemic that how difficult it was to coordinate and how difficult was to coordinate the opening of tourism last year but we are armed with more knowledge of the tourism opening programs of various countries 70 of greasers are much more mature we have more knowledge and we have more tools in our arsenal the vaccination programs and the fast as the rapid test so so it's essential that we we coordinate and we welcome the if you like increased drive by various governments in europe including germany is to support
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1st of all the green digital past the suggestion back in the 12th of january letter of prime minister q echoes which was i guess 2 or so from the lane for the institution of such of us and we need to take it one step further and coordinate the different measures to allow trust to be built again so you say if you want to open greece on may 14th attend that's 10 days from now in europe unity is incredibly hard to achieve between all of the members will you go it alone if there is no agreement. well we were hoping that more and more countries will come to an agreement we have published exactly how we're going to be implementing the opening it's it's professional and it's mature as i already said it has various levels of safety nets in order to ensure the safety both of our citizens and of the people coming to greece german tourists for
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example so we feel that this is a system that can work for the whole of europe of course those discussions will be ongoing and as we reach concessions we'll see what kind of adjustments we have to we have to make you think you can you can find agreement in 10 days and no all i'm saying is that even if we don't find agreement in 10 days we certainly we will keep our promises very very important for the market for the rest of europe to not just say things but also implement them and this is what we've been doing all throughout the pandemic we will do it with the opening of tourism but we shouldn't continue the drive to come to a consensus and of course make adjustments as this consensus is reached it's pretty listen to what the e.u. commission vice president said yesterday we propose a new emergency brake mechanism to be coordinated at each level and which would
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limit the risk of such variance answering that you this will allow member states to act quickly and temporarily limits to strict minimum all travel from affected countries for the time needed to put in place appropriate sanction measures. now if the e.u. commission proposals are approved and there indeed is a need for an emergency break well greece follow the recommendation. well of course we need to see the exact details of our proposal so i cannot speak on behalf of the final decision if you like based on the proposals but certainly as we have sown all throughout last year we certainly kept a common stance we are certainly pro the coordinated european approach and we did not veer away steer away from those common decisions so this is if you like what we would like to do in this case as well do you think there needs to be a one size fits all agreement or could there be different rules and regulations for
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different countries inside the. ideally we want to keep a common approach this is the only way to remove the barriers fall from the industry and from the people that want to travel i think more or less europe has a stake in vaccination according native approach with the small or bigger differences among the different countries but we managed to discuss it and we managed to coordinate to some extent we need to keep the same approach going into the summer we firmly believe that as weeks go by this situation is going to be much much better i'm sure that our viewers know that the situation in germany is very very different than 234 weeks ago the same applies to greece because the vaccination drive is moving briskly over 30 percent in greece and that has a real effect both in the numbers both of
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a reality of the pandemic and in the mood of the people so i think we should take advantage if you like of that while keeping the necessary precautions to ensure that there is safety as a 1st priority everything how this tourism minister for greece thank you very much for joining us today and it. and are some of the other developments in the global pandemic the european met since agency has started a fast track review of the covert 19 vaccine produced by the chinese manufacturer sent over is the 1st step towards possible approval for use in the european union and the poll says it urgently needs at least 1600000 doses of astra zeneca covert 90 vaccine to administer 2nd shots it comes as the country sees a record surge in new cases and denmark has announced plans to reopen the schools and allow range of indoor activities this week entrance to these activities will
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require other recent negative tests proof of vaccination or recovery from the virus and the number of corona virus cases in india has officially top 20000000 as the crisis tightens its grip that many experts believe the real figures 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 care system is buckling under the weight of the new cases. there is no room for these patients at this hospital instead they are made to wait outside and not 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
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a lifeline 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 too. 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 32 oxygen cylinders in each coach and we've set up 9 air coolers as well sprinklers on the ceiling control the temperature 16 patients can be accommodated in each coach and sanitation waste disposal arrangements have also been made. 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
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a contribution factor to an unexpected loss for the prime minister's b.j. bay 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 india after this miscalculation his political fortunes may be linked to the coronavirus more closely than ever. to the correspondent. india now has an official count of more than 20000000 infections how authorities trying to reverse this surge it's. as how many people a pretty big. fire fighting wars are being kicked into action they are trying to increase the vaccination different state governments are imposing localized lockdowns and they actually that i've met knesset to let off. and other
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lifesaving drugs but the fact of the matter is that we are no obese into the 2nd wave and if i talk about dairy specifically they may be asked and certainly they have cancer it's still all the terms and all especially the on it's going bad and now there is a treason mounting pressure on them all the governments are in force unleashed in white not like that not because many including the exploits now believe that that is the only way to get a handle on the situation i mean there are going to be that india which is one of the world's biggest makers and supplies of vaccines is running out of them. well absolutely just you know government underestimated the domestic demand in that solution since the 2nd we got these are a huge increase in the demand for what it will lacking in the density of their lives and we saw those people queuing up to get back to washington and it's close to going to not or see this happening despite everything when it's been given by
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the foreign scientific for any advice and also the government has been facing criticism for exporting a large number of vaccine to this to other countries despite how would use population here are or any of that rapturous have gone forward and said that they do not have they did not have enough resources on the farms to ramp up money after that you've been very recently and now the c.e.o. of the sierra do you know if you're out there now a lot of the largest factor has given an intimate that she has said that india will be exactly sure to use on the only thing months and one reason that is given is that this is to do not get enough orders so this seems to be a problem of the what's the 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
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because well because our leasing across the country are facing shoppers of medical visits i do know there are also going in that life saving medical equipment and just have been done at last don't leave the devil just to completion. that any high court had to step in and ask the customer to clear oxygen concentrator the wire. for people who are suffering because we've 19 so why barney that is coming in and way more with why this seems to be any confusion issue here. a daily thank you very much. to ethiopia now where the situation in the region continues to get worse after 6 months of conflict millions of people have been displaced and even more dependent on aid to survive children as usual among the most affected many have lost their loved ones to violence and almost 5 thousands been separated from their parents while running for their lives
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alone frightened and uncertain of the future thousands of children have become separated from their parents during the war and. today cared for by aid workers but what will tomorrow bring. all this fighting is the hardest thing i've been 3. many people have been killed many homes have been destroyed. we left home early in the morning after we heard explosions it was right after we'd gone to visit our uncle for a few days when. we had to run for our lives. some of the children were separated from their parents while fleeing the fighting others have been orphaned all require medical care food and shelter aide workers
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don't have the necessary equipment to help them at the moment that the needs on the ground a huge and what we're seeing is not enough funding to support the services that are required to reach children and their families so a lot of the health care facilities and to grow and not functioning at the moment they've been damaged due to the conflicts and have had a lot of stores and equipment looted aid organizations warns that without immediate intervention the situation could spiral completely out of control. while the children and she cry cry out. the international response has been mostly silent. let's bring up to speed with some other world news now criminal offenses carried out by far right extremists hit a record high in germany last year. and the also to 6 show that in 2020 anti
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semitic crimes also increased by over 15 percent and then the immigrant crimes rose by more than 70 percent so it's called the developments very alarming. a u.s. judge has agreed to delay the sex crimes trial of the lane maxwell the former girlfriend of the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein she's accused of procuring minors the trial is now scheduled to begin in the fall after prosecutors added new charges. us tech billionaire bill gates and his wife melinda are divorcing off the 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 with nearly $50000000000.00 in assets it's the largest private foundation in the world. close made history as the 1st asian woman and a 2nd woman ever to win the best director oscar but viewers in her native china
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were not able to enjoy her triumph the ceremony was censored along with all mentions of joe in the media film no matter which won best picture hasn't opened there the backlash began in march when beijing discovered an interview the director gave 8 years ago the world is talking about filmmaker chloe town except china where the director of the oscar winning film nomad land was born the reason is an interview gave him 2013 where she described china as a place where there are lies everywhere she and her film have been censored from the internet in china so have people in beijing heard of her. sorry i haven't heard anything. i haven't heard her name very young. this man decides what people in china are allowed to see right after taking office
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president g. jinping declared that art has the fundamental responsibility to serve socialism he's increasingly been using china's economic might to censor hollywood as well. thanks to the pandemic last year china was the biggest film market in the world with some 2000000000 euros in revenue now or in a situation where attending the chinese government means potentially being shut out on the largest box office in the world and that is an increasing source of pressure on hollywood decision makers to play ball so hollywood has really edited films for the chinese market like bohemian rhapsody the bio pic of freddie mercury lead singer of the band queen in patrolling his life it addresses his homosexuality including a scene of a kiss which was removed from the chinese release. a scene
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recreating a famous music video in which mercury dressed in women's clothes was also cut homosexuality is taboo in china. in a report titled made in hollywood censored by beijing james taker analyzes the self-censorship by the us film business. hollywood enjoys this reputation of being an industry that speaks truth to governmental power to see that it's sort of free pass that the industry overall is given to beijing to influence their movies is disappointing. china's president knows that if he controls hollywood he also controls what the rest of us see and what we feel. is hollywood being willing to change content for the global release of the movies not just the version of the movies that show in china so that the chinese communist party censureship dictate actually affect what the entire world watches chinese posters for nomad land had
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already been printed before the ban china's propaganda apparatus loves films that are critical of the u.s. not criticism of its own country nomad land is unlikely to ever be shown in china visitors to rome's coliseum will soon get a go there it's his view from a new retractable stage the high tech stroll will give tourists a taste of what it was like when gladiators fought to the death the stage will protect a network of underground rooms and tunnels struck docks and pulleys or recreate the system used to bring animals on fighters into battle the 18000000 euro project should be completed by 2023. you're watching news coming up next the news asia. india because 20000000 cold cases as health officials in the embattled country face new variants of the girl in
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a box of neighboring bangladesh eyes developments in india nervously we'll find out how the country has been coping and it hopes to avoid its own colleville crisis. all that had a lot more with my colleague melissa chan right after this program that's it for me feel girl i'm up there for you at the top of the off and. me.
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77 percent. m d w. the be. placed player picks and only going quest for a bit if you check. out of spring began in 2011. people stood up against corrupt rulers and dictatorship. all these moments have left deep banks in my memory. banks get a little easier because another critical feeling. the people who work look like to . they had
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hoped for more security more freedom more dignity have their hopes been fulfilled. where does the arab world stand today 10 years after the arab spring. arabella and starts june 7th on d w. you're watching news asia coming up today surpassing a mark that no country wants to reach india logs 20000000 recorded coma cases as the crisis continues in the in faddle country and health officials faced and newberry and of the cone of virus and neighboring bangladesh ice development in india nervously will find out how the country has been coping as it hopes to avoid its own covert crisis. the best.