[000:00:00;00] the business dw news line from bell in more than 70 people die in the building. 5 in south africa. officials in the city of johannesburg say at least 12 children are among the day. the building was used as an informal settlement. president rob post that calls that a great trans bones military need is promised to respect the country's commitments following the crew that brought the international community, including the yukon dems, the austin, of the government,

the on god, help us welcome to the program, south africa's president and several around the post size sent his condolences to the families office. 74 people killed overnight. in a 5, the blaze broke out into the 5 story building in johannesburg. on the poster said he hopes an investigation can help prevent. a repeat of the tragedy. official said, living spaces in the building have been rented out legally. it was still night when the fire broke out, firefighters rushed to the scene and began rescuing residents. but with daylight it became clear that many couldn't be saved. i was dozens of bodies recovered from

the gutted building up to 200 people, i believe, to be living in the dilapidated 5 story structure. officials say shak setup inside had made it hard to, to escape the flames. really, so what do we need to say highlights all of us? it's a little bit more specific details for my system and insight. so therefore, the trends of one being said, the site that much higher survive is concerned, making it out to the smoke filled building was hauled and dangerous. that was, it was so difficult for us to get out the out the, to the inquiry to us with beds, but i managed to get out with my kids. we managed to escape, but we didn't have a lot of smoke. at least we got out. was very sad as the others who died inside firefight is a working the way through the building floor by floor. with the death toll expected

to rise further. efforts to identify victims would likely be difficult with some bodies left but beyond recognition. the calls that the fly is not yet clear, but an investigation into the tragedy is already underway. and we cannot speak to dw as dan hoko joins us from johannesburg. diane officials have given a press conference a while ago. what more do we know about the file? as well in summation is now beginning to trickle in and weeks beginning to get much smoke. see a picture of why so many people died in that fire get hot. one of the things that have been mentioned is that there was some steel barriers with in the building that actually resulted in people not being able to leave these or seemingly barriers put in place by those who illegally took over the building and that were collecting

rate they were safety barriers for those inside, but unfortunately they ended up actually causing more of a problem. when those residents were trying to need something else that has become clear is that some people died while trying to jump from the building. and as a result of those planes, we heard from emergency services that some people actually tried to jump from the 2nd and 3rd floor. and that, that john is what actually caused the data. now give us a bit of background of the situation that led to the file that you mentioned that it was taken over the building was taken over a legally yes, we did some officials now that the previous lease expired in 2013 and sometime after that the building was taken over by the legal landlords. there was an attempt at eviction in 2019. but as you can see, there's a bit of

a gap in the information between 20132019 now presidential around the post a has visited the side. and this is what he had to say about what's going on the we've got to go to the bottom of what caused this fire and also address from now on it's a wake up call for us to begin to address that situation of housing in the, in the city members of the meadow committee like a ton to like god, um or that role in august i here and they, they would be applying their minds and i a one to them to find solutions and better ways of dealing with the challenge of housing that we have in the city

of south african, the presidents around with bosa speaking there. diane, this isn't a new problem. do you think we will see real changes in how this issue is as being delta? unfortunately, we had the government speaking about dealing with illegal housing and, and hijacked buildings in the past. i would say that it's a problem that's been ongoing and drilling for more than 20 years, and particularly in the downtown area of defendants with we've, we've seen a number of sort of formal building owners leave that area and rather sit up shop in other parts of the city as a result, the, the quality of the has deteriorated significantly. if all the municipal and government officials can come up with a solution, i think it will be great, really helpful for the people who live in those areas for them and then whole cause

i reporting from johannesburg. thank you very much, dan. and let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world on the phone with us. president donald trump has faded not guilty and the georgia election for case this means he has waived his rights to appear in court. next week. trump of 18, all those have been shots was trying to overtime the results of the 2020 presidential election in the southeastern state. north korea as loans to ballistic missiles. and what it calls a simulated nuclear struck the massage travelled more than 360 kilometers before landing in the sea of the eastern coast. jenkins ballistic missiles are bound by the un security council, which has imposed sanctions on the regime. south korea and the united states uh contacting joint military drills. the annual exercises are designed to enhance their responses to the north of nuclear and miss out france that forces,

practicing beach landings and river crosses with troops and heavy equipment. the african union has suspended gong from the organization following the ousting of the government by the military. the removal of president ali bongo from power has spot condemnation from wells and regional leaders. european union has called for restraint from both sides. gong is not a new leadership officer, the military name, the chief of the republican god, his head of a transitional government. the co leaders accused the deposed president's bungalow of embezzlement and have placed him on the house arrest a deal. foreign ministers has been discussing the events in the bottom that the meeting in the spanish city of toledo dw, is brussels. a bureau chief, i like some of the phenomena, is that for us i think somebody have those ministers that responded to the 2. well, they condemned fick,

who in the bone and an official statement issued by joseph for l. d. u, for and policy chief. the european union is saying that it rejects the seizure of power by force and got done and that it is calling on all actors to exercise restraint on any press conference. joseph morrell said that there is nothing that could justify a crew. however, he also stressed that they were peons of think that the situation and got born is different than what happened for instance in sneeze. yeah, we're add democratically elected president and government were toppled by the military while in got boone a civil world put it there are valid to doubts and serious concerns about whether the election of that to see to the crew was conducted in a democratic and legitimate way yes, you just mentioned that the uh, situation uh, in these ad was on the table there as well. it also so a village we could just last month and you weren't at that press conference. what

was the outcome that as well, the minister as he until leader agreed. and in principle, that's the block. now can start drafting sanctions, economic sanctions against individuals that were behind the who in the share. and by doing so, the you is following the example of the eco was the economic community on the west african states. and this is in line with what 2 years of world described to you as an african solutions for african countries. the president of echo was participated in the meeting, updated the about the situation. the options are from the table. we heard that he didn't explicitly ask for your support for potential military intervention because we know that they were peons are still hoping for a political solution to the crisis in year dw,

but brussels. we're chiefs on the phenomena that thank you on the summer now it's been more than a month since the military says pilot, and these am following the cooling is as borders were closed in west african countries impose sanctions on the country pots of news and experienced food shortages and some news, arians, blaine, the sanctions for making the situation worse. our reports on kayla about car reports from to a bit, a town on the niger river where food is in short, supply down with a co bus. these demonstrate to us and to levy the furious for them, it's clear who is responsible for the dire situation. sang some impose but it to us in front, a close ally of the over soon government the with very happy that the minute trees taken out. in fact, over the last few years,

we've suffered so much because of regional insecurity, but had, there are no jobs. we don't even have to an agriculture, an outcast. so but then the terrorist took all the animals and killed on man and sons having the home. and the government has done absolutely nothing about it. you know, the, but i mean, i do think the me at the local market. customers can still find staples, that price, but fewer and fewer people can afford to buy them. you know what we really want now that the military has taken control, is that they go to the shopkeepers and get them to lower prices. they need to have pity on us. i'm not going eco, was say they're going to do this or sash. if the general is really low of new share, as they always say, then they should at least lower the price is going with the facility pretty quickly . okay, do you want a, why don't we price the gods that the high prices will come down?

so then we can go back to our old prices then our customers will be happy when they, they came in ease and people and a good salary like n g o worker type. who am i do struggling to make ends meet every week you sense of back of rise to the capital in the m a to see, to extend that family was for wives and 9 children is lucky to be getting any advice, its own moody. all right, so as we import here in these year, just isn't getting to us any more. and if stuck without sasha c, there's only local rice for new share, which isn't enough for everyone to color on. demand is making the price shoes up, put it up even with local rice. every week the price goes up by $25.00 francs about cost. i think this. yeah, but i think from the local, wisest clone,

just to kind of way to away from the market on the 4th of the night. although the price for his club has gone up by summer, evenings at kylie says he's not the one making a profit which ever government is impala. tied out. the high cost of rice is not directly related to the current situation. so put more to the availability of fertilizer, as well as the diesel to run the pumps, the irrigation r plantation important to us wherever you look the streets of the once bustling town empty tray, it has stopped to every small harbour where no goods. the coming in the situation is getting worse every day. if you're watching dw, and you see as a reminder of our top story, emergency crews in johannesburg say they expect to find more victims in a multi story building that court file overnight. at least 74 people on the dead

and 1000 small were injured in the black witness say as many as 200 people may have been in the building, which was rented out illegally that's it from me and the news team for now. i love an update for you at the top of the all, but don't go away their advantage. it has dw news agent for you coming up next off to a short guy. that was me on the team the we are all set and we're watching closely. we all seem to bring you the story behind the news. we're owned about unbiased information, all 3 months. done flying,