and how we can make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing. download it now for the, for the the a this is the w news coming to live from berlin. tragedy strikes in nigeria with more than 150 people feared to a drowned after a very comp sizes in the north of the country. presidents wait for news, but officials say very few people are being pulled alive from the wolf. also coming up, a powerful sy clone has battered parts of eastern india, causing major flooding and leaving thousands homeless is the 2nd major storm to hit

the country in the past 2 weeks. ah. hello and terry martin, good to have you with us. more than 150 people or fear to have drowned in north western nigeria after a ferry boat sank on the niger river. around 165 people are believed to have been on board when the boat capsized. it was traveling from the central niger states to cabby state when witnesses say it broke into pieces and said, the w correspondent, fred mobile and you said the ferry appears to have been overloaded when it's sake it's be the, it's because this board was cutting almost twice more than twice of the number

they're supposed to carry because this board normally should cut at least 80 people . and we understand that 165 percent as well on this board. and then on addition, there were like construction material and other things that people, these women and children were taking to market. so it's, it's a huge number of the people. and then there is also the board itself was most of the boards in a way, very old in bud ship. and then of course, even puffin. jazz. no, it's not protected to india where a powerful psych loaners slammed into the east of the country, killing several people, enforcing the evacuation of more than a 1000000 people. thousands of emergency personnel have been deployed to help with rescue efforts. the storm hit just one week after another psych loan killed 155 people in western india the,

the weight of the ocean crashing into india's shore line. with wave after wave pushing in from the bay of been gall water was soon pouring inland cycle and yas made landfall with gusts of over 150 kilometers per hour, bearing down on homes and people today lose coastal towns, turning roads into rivers. i mean, we've never seen waves like that come in from the sea before we're all very scared . i have no idea what's going to happen to people but it's the rural population that's suffering most over $1200.00 villages had to be evacuated. displacing 50000 people. there is nothing left my son and i fled.

my home is destroyed, there is nothing left cycling moves inland. it's also disrupting efforts to deal with india surging corona virus. pandemic testing and vaccination had to be suspended in several districts. they will be no return to normal here anytime soon so you can look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. us present, joe biden has ordered intelligence officials to deliver a new report on the origins of the code. 1900 pandemic within 90 days. but call comes amid ongoing controversy over suggestions that the virus could have originated in a chinese laboratory. the australian states of victoria will go back into a 7 day lockdown from midnight local time on thursday. new outbreak of corona virus infections was detected earlier this week and has surged to 26 cases. people may only leave their homes for essential reasons including getting back to that. and of

course, in another one says, ordered oil company royal dutch shell, to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. the case could set the stage for similar legal action against major energy firms around the world. he was secretary of state anthony blanket has wrapped up his today to are. the middle east is visit to the region was in response to the conflict between israel and palestinians, mainly in gaza. lincoln met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian leader my boss on tuesday before traveling to egypt and jordan on wednesday. that is final press conference in the jordanian capital. i'm on blink, and urged the region to work towards a lasting peace. we want to avoid a return to the harrowing violence of recent weeks. the countries of this region need to help and support one another. in the coming days, i'll be consulting broadly with, with gulf countries and other partners to ensure we all contribute to recovery

stability and the reduction of tensions. one hour joined by dr. julie norman, she's a lecturer at university college london with a focus on human rights and security in the middle east. thanks for being with us, dr. norman. what's your assessment of secretary blink and visit to the middle east? well terry, blinking with going 1st and foremost to shore up this cease fire after this got the conflict. so his main primary meetings were in israel and palestine with the prime minister. yet netanyahu and also when the house it's already present mahmoud abbas part of this was just to get aid flowing back into gaza. the u. s. has committed over $300000000.00 and $8.00 under this administration. and also biden was get going on with getting the additional aid from egypt and jordan and egypt, jordan and katara to to the bulk of the cease fire was also partly just to restore

diplomatic relations with the p a as well. okay, so definitely trying to rally get some aid moving there to the palestinians. in garza, we heard the u. s. secret. terry stay there calling for a reduction intentions between israelis and palestinians. the issues that led to the outbreak of the conflict remained though, do you think we'll see any shift in policy from israel or the palestinians to avoid a descent into bottles again? well terry, i think this is where things are going to be difficult again, right now we're getting the commitments for bulking of the fire. but in order to deal with the deeper issues, undergirding, this latest escalation, as well as the much deeper roots of the conflict, is going to take a lot more work. and it's something that the u. s. is not quite poised to do just yet. and quite frankly, the parties in the region are not quite ready to do either, either israel or the palestinians. and so we can expect more of

a continuation of the status quo. and unfortunately, most likely a nother escalation, as we saw in gaza over the last period, probably will happen again sometime in the future. with these undergirding issues still outlying. in his statement, the secretary secretary state blank and mentioned the need to engage with other countries in the region is referring to egypt here. jordan katara. what role do these countries have to play and resolving the conflict? well, as we've seen in this last episode, egypt in particular has been quite crucial in negotiating the ceasefire and also in helping to implement it. the u. s. cannot negotiate directly with him asked who they designate as a terrorist organization. so egypt is very crucial as a body that communicates with the us israel and an ass in that regard. as well as cuts are egypt and cut are also very crucial for getting the financial aid into

gods. but we have committed 500000000 to that reconstruction. so those are the 2 states that the us will be looking to most closely. jordan is also always the major player in this conflict and has had long standing relations with israel as well. and we'll probably see blink and trying to build on some of the relationships that the trump administration started in the goal with normalizing relations with israel, especially with the a and other parties that are maybe changing their relationship slightly and might be trying to leverage right now ok, so there is some leverage perhaps, but you are predicting another escalation intentions because of the underlying problems not being result. what about prospects for achieving peace in the form of a 2 state solution has? is that prospect been completely abandoned? well, terry, unfortunately a 2 state solution is looking more and more unlikely. and that's very much due to fax on the ground that just have continued a pace for the last several decades since the blue core. and lincoln and the

binding administration still maintain that the 2 state solution is where they would be focusing their efforts if and when peace negotiations were to start again. however, most people on the ground agree that even that would be very difficult, especially given the settlement expansion and the extent to which the occupation has really just extended deeper and deeper over these past decades into the west bank as well as and got dr. julie norman from university college london. thank you very much. thank you very now. several members of the un security council have condemned the bella roofs in government for its force grounding of a ryan their passenger jet in a joint statement. they called it a blatant attack on international civilian aviation safety and european security president. alexander lucas shanker, has defended his decision to force the plane to land. it prompted you leaders to impose fresh sanctions on melrose earlier this week. flying in

circles before going right back to where it started. the beloved in bella rizzi and airlines flight from minsk to barcelona, never reached its final destination. it was forced to return to minced after polish officials, told the pilot he may not be allowed to enter french es face. on monday, the european union agreed to ban beller as airlines. from its skies. the measure is among sanctions imposed. bella was forced to plain to land and means the aircraft was carrying dissident reman, proud to savage was arrested upon arrival. he has seen here and this alleged confession video with what appeared to be bruises on his face. his supporters believe he was tortured from your store. it isn't by the raging,

get a free speech of the truth. and above all, it targets people who tell the truth and blog is the 1st to be past due to during the mass repression that began last year. where he plays ticket elementary was he said, that was pretty good when you are asleep. alexander lucas shank, his route or the country for 27 years launch. we denied that the plane was rerouted in order to capture protest, savage. he maintains that a bomb threat was the reason the plane was told to land the crack down on dissidents, intensified after last year's presidential election, which was widely regarded to be rigged. a trigger mass protests, more than 35000 people have been arrested since they began as people around the world demand, precious savings is released morning march for political activists who told us rock, who died in custody a way to go. his cause of death was listed as a heart attack, but his reader believes he was nodded. there are many variations hoping to change

the cost of fighting for it remains high. what of japan's most prestigious newspapers has joined the chorus, calling for the olympics to be cancelled, fearing that it could lead to a massive spike and current of virus infections. but elliptic officials insist the tokyo games will go ahead in july and organizers say they put a comprehensive safety plan in place. $40000000.00. i'm looking forward to the olympics. you know, i'm not worried. the official stance remains the same. the games will go on. no matter what, even if the current state of emergency, because of corona virus is extended moment, you know, i think the game should take place. if everyone sticks to the measures to prevent infection, then there won't be a problem. vaccination campaign is picking up. the japanese are very careful, but official poll showed that at least 80 percent of the population don't once

again, and unusually, some have even taken to the streets often as solitary protesters since mass demonstrations in japan are rare. they criticize the high cost of staging the olympics and the gentrification of areas where sports facilities have been built. and there are other objections. i've completely changed my opinion after seeing the large number of people around the world who died from corona virus. and i'm sure that the athletes have worked so hard, but the olympics under corona virus conditions. nope, i really want the games to be called off a petition initiated by politician can you would want me to cancel the olympics has been put online in just 2 days. $200000.00 sign a 1st for japan, and since then it has more than doubled rene junior, more than a year, people have faced severe restrictions because of the pandemic. some just barely getting by. and now during this verity, how can you justify a mega event like the olympics for much fear? and there are more and more dissenting voices from long walks of society. yet the

olympic countdown continues, despite all the protests, this is the w news coming to you live from berlin up next week. got business for you. chris kolber will be here telling you all about the breach. what's being called the great realignment. that's a global solutions summit. you can find much more of course, on our website. that's d w dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching news news . happiness for everyone. human payments are very different from primate. we have a totally ridiculous romanticized view nature.