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on violet pass and re imagine now these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on b, w ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. the death toll rises after a russian missile destroys an apartment building it need for ukraine. dozens were carried from the wreckage after the strike on saturday turn to residential building to rumble. 23 people are confirmed, dead and emergency crews are losing hope of finding more survivors. also coming up
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a plane crash in nepal kills dozens of people. the front flight from cat men do slammed into a gorge in the mountainous region with 72 people on board. officials say some may have survived plus police and germany continue their operation to clear climate activists from the village of newton houses there are set to be demolished, to make way for an expanding coal mine. ah, i'll make spicer welcome to the program. rescuers in the southeastern ukrainian city of nape ro say it's more unlikely then they will find more survivors after a russian missile strike on saturday. the attack destroyed an apartment building, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens. russia launched a series of air strikes across ukraine over the weekend, including in the vive, keith harkey and ne pro. most of the attacks targeted critical infrastructure. and
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officials are preparing citizens for reduced electricity supply. in the coming days . the dest swollen denise pro is expected to rise. now that emergency crews are losing hope of finding more people alive in the wreckage. a scene from halifax, denise pro apartment block, where dozens of homes have been laid to waste by a russian missile strike. numerous, i'm speechless, rural, speechless, iroquois just minutes after the attack rescue workers were on the scene, carrying out the casualties and scouring the debris for trapped victims. lupa, i'm part of the group of volunteers who usually evacuate the dead and wounded from the battlefield. we also help when their attacks on the city using
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torches, the emergency crews tried to locate residents inside the destroyed building. the residence sent back signals through blown ice windows, lice from their mobile phones. the d pro strike came as mission, missiles, rain down across ukraine. the ukrainian defense ministry says many were shot down that emergency blockades were put in place, and many regents due to damage to energy infrastructure. ukraine's president says, the latest attacks are proof that only fighting back can stop russia to more discipline, or is it possible to stop russian terror? yes, it is. auction you can it be done other than on the battlefield and ukraine. morgan unfortunately, no. she can. and must be done on our land or in our sky at sleeve. thus what is needed? the weapons that our partners have in their warehouses and our warriors are waiting for that to be seen as a message to germany,
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which is mulling whether to deliver leopard to faculty, thanks to ukraine. on saturday, the u. k. up the pressure by announcing it was sent challenger 2 times. they will be the 1st advanced tanks given to ukraine by its allies. since the war began. russian president vladimir putin claims that the war is going in the right direction for his country. he made the comments on state t v and said he hoped what he calls the special military operation will deliver more gains. i asked marina miran a defense analyst with kings college in london, what she made of that. well, i think right now we're witnessing a turning moment in the war militarily. first of all, after a capture of sold a dog by wagner group and the russian forces. so this might break the strategic initiatives at the ukranian force as a having on the other hand, russia is striking ukraine's of critical infrastructure again. and this time
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allegedly was ballistic missiles, meaning ukraine doesn't have the necessary air defenses. and this will put a lot of pressure on western allies to supply not only hangs but also new equipment, new era, defense systems. and right now we're witnessing a lot of disagreements among snape members. as far as this is concerned. so what put in is trying to do is to exhaust both the ukrainian leadership, the ukrainian population, and obviously the resources at the western allies have and just just focus on the tanks as you were mentioning. is there any indication that other allies will follow the united kingdom and send in more time, more tanks and in time to actually help? well, this is a difficult question because the u. k. pledge to send forth and challenger to tanks, which is a main battle tank in the u. k. this gesture is highly political in order
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to open the floodgates for as a countries to send leper tanks. and in fact, poland and finland are ready to send leper to tanks. however, without trim and approval, it would be according to the german officials, illegal to send those tanks. and now it remains to be seen because it would be the 1st time that western allies are supplying ukraine was offensive weapons. and the other problem is obviously if you crane receives challenger to tanks, the ukrainian infrastructure, such as bridges are not made for that weight. and labrat tanks are slightly less heavier than the challenger, too. but again, 60 toms is much more than ukranian bridges can support plus, additional supply lines need to be established. an additional crew training training needs to take place. and by the time that happens, the question is,
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will there is a tank be set useful? and obviously there still has to be a decision made among european allies and germany to sans those tanks in the 4th place. ok, thank you for that insight. marina miran from london, london's kings college. thank you. let's have a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. 3 people have been killed in 13 and injured in an explosion in the russian region of belgrade. the countries task news agencies set a fire caused a store of ammunition in a cultural center to explode. the belgrade region borders ukraine, and his home to a number of russian military bases. gunman have shot dead, a former afghan lawmaker and her body guard at her home in campbell or sol, nevada was among the few women parliamentarians who remained in the african capital after the taliban seized power. a year to half ago, she was elected in 2019 to represent capital ellen,
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brazil's former justice minister and security chief, has been arrested over the january 8th attacks on congress. anderson taurus served under former president shire bull scenario, who stands accused of colluding with riders. supporters of the former right when government briefly stormed the buildings and demanded the ouster of brazil's new leader. in california, a state of emergency has been declared as major flooding. inundated the region, the 17 people have died since high waters hit in late december. thousands of people are without power. the stormy weather is forecast to continue into next week. 60 a people are dead after a plane went down in central nepal. according to the countries civil aviation authority rescue operations have paused for the night. an investigation is underway into the cause of the crash. a frantic search for survivors is underway at the sight of the crash and helicopter circles above the wreckage. while rescue workers
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including members of napoleon military sift through the smouldering debris on the ground in a river gorge more than a kilometer from the airport. but not look at why this is a tragic incidence. all forces have been deployed for the rescue operations. the investigation is going on. i. i have called an emergency cabinet meeting and i am going to the cabinet meeting as we speak with the commuter plane part of napoleon yeti. airline sleet reportedly crashed while approaching the landing runway in the tourist town of poker in central nepal. after taking off from cap man, do, an airline spokesperson says there were $72.00 people on board, including 2 infants, 4 crew members, and at least 10 foreign nationals, nepalese air transport sector has been played by accidents over the years. according to the asian safety database. there have been 27 fatal plane crashes in nepal over the past 30 years. poor maintenance, insufficient training,
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and lax standards are often cited as the main causes. the country also has some of the worlds most remote and tricky runways with approaches flanked by towering mountains. police in western germany have her moved all that to climate activists from the area of a plant, coal mine expansion. they say to protesters are still hidden in tunnels at the side . early on sunday, police began removing protesters who had climbed trees. it knew throughout the deserted village is set to be demolished, so german energy company, our w. e e, can mine at the brown coal underneath it site has become a symbol of resistance to fossil fuels. our reporter lenny vaughan, hammerstein has more about the events in news hot throughout the day. police continued to evict the last few remaining activists here. inlets of us that are still holding out in tree houses on trees and to in an underground tunnel in the
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neighboring village. of kind back and the activists that were part of the occupation and had to leave little that am, are now a half now set up camp and they are planning continued pro chests. and they're still grappling with the aftermath of sundays. big protest am where we saw a clash just broke out between protesters and police and activists told me they saw an excessive use of violence from the police. i talked to one of the activists medics. and she told me that i am several, dozens of activists sustained injury some after that had to be transported to local hospitals, and some were severely injured. and one person even sustained life threatening injuries. and i talked to also to the police spokesperson about this. and he said that the police had to defend the village of lives at odd that they used force as the last resort. but m that there are looking into m. what's happened yesterday and
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still evaluating and gathering evidence off the protest. and the activists have been quite clear, they want to stay as long as this. coal is still under ground, they want to keep protesting, drawing attention to the plight of, let's not drawing attention to the climate crisis. and they also said similar things are happening elsewhere in the world. and am they have to be given the attention they deserve. so we expect this to last for a while longer. tens of thousands of people have riley been television to protest plans by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. is new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the supreme court. the proposed reforms would give parliament power to overturn court decisions with a simple majority vote. yes. heavy rain in televi if did nothing to dispel these protesters from marching against what they say is a threat to israel's democracy. they fear that new government plans to weaken. the
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supreme court will rub it of its independence and ultimately reduce the rights of minorities. i'm angry, i'm furious about these in blatant air destruction of our judicial a system. this is not the way of democracy to all the people to rule the country, to decide about every step of our life in such a non democratic way at. we wanted to live in a democracy, the liberal democracy, and not in a country were the religion. if the mainstream prime minister benjamin netanyahu is much anticipated plan for judicial reform, comes off the back of his recent election victory. his party says the supreme court is too powerful compared to the other branches of government, the legislator and the executive, nasa vizier bumpkin. we will carry out
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a revision of governor to bull bitches. but without that the same time we will enact reforms that will ensure the correct balance between the 3 authorities. their proposed reforms come as netanyahu is on trial for corruption charges, for the lives of them, if enacted, they could potentially help him evade conviction. these demonstrators say netanyahu's plan was significantly curtail israel's democracy, handing his administration more power at the expense of independence of the courts . and a reminder of our top story for you. rescue workers in the ukrainian city of ne, proceed. they're unlikely to find more survivors after a russian missile strike. saturdays. attack brought down an apartment building which ukrainian officials say killed at least 23 death toll is expected to rise and aviation authorities and a policy 68 people were killed in a plane crash near the city of poker. up the commercial aircraft,
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a part of the capital cat men due to the cause of the crash is under investigation . coming up next reporter takes a look at women in saudi arabia's music industry. i'm advisor, thanks to watch. ah. with every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word i launch, pinnacle rico is in germany to learn german. why not learn with him simple online, on your mobile and free to shop d w e learning course.

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