for the this is dw news, live from ballad, more than 70 people die in a building. fine south africa officials at the city of johannesburg say at least 12 children. on the day the building was used as an informal settlements. the president's proposal coasted a great trash on former us president donald trump pleads not guilty to charges the conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. the

gulf is welcome to the program. south africa's president's 0 on my post has sent his condolences to the families of 74. people killed overnight and a 5 day blaze bo content of 5 story building in johannesburg post. as said he hopes and investigation can help prevent a repeats of the tragedy. official said, living spaces in the building had 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. it 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 city inside. so therefore, the trends of one being said, the site that much higher survive is concerned, making it out to the smoke field building was hauled and dangerous. it was, it was so difficult for us to get out the other 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 the 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. city officials gave the press conference earlier about the 5 d. w. then whole kendra hattiesburg. listen to as well. intimation is now beginning to trickle in, in weeks beginning to get a much more 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 was 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 leave 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 through. 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 billing was taken over and legally. yes, we did. some officials now that the previous lease expired in 2013 and some time off to that 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 presidency. remo polosa has visited the side and this is what he had to say about

what's going on the. so we've got to go to the bottom of what caused this via and also address from now on. it's a wake up call for us to begin to address the situation of housing in the, in a city member. so the matter committee like a ton to like, got the 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, in the city of south african, the presidents around the 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 haven't heard 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, significant teach 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 to understand whole cuz they're reporting from johannesburg. thank you very much, dan. or it's been over a month since the minutes or is these by in these? yeah, following the cooling is as bored as will close. the west african countries impose sanctions on the country. fonts of news, you have experience,

food shortages and some of these really house blame these sanctions for making the situation even worse. our report to i'm gonna tell you about com reports from to liability town on the niger river where food is in short supply. 7 7 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 since impulse, but it to us and fronts. a close ally of the over the phone government the with very happy that the minute truth taken out. in fact, over the last few years we've suffered so much because of regional insecurity. had their no job. we've only lived on agriculture, an outcast by mistake, but then the terrorist took over the animals and killed on men 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 with, 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 generals really loving each year, as they always say, then they should at least lower the prices a bill with the facilities like right now you want a one, we price, the gods that the high prices will come down with them. so then we can go back to our old prices then our customers will be happy when they take, i mean, even people in a good salary like n t o worker tell you who am i to us traveling to make ends meet every week you

sent it back of rise to the campus in the am a to see, to extend that family was full wives and 9 children is lucky to be getting any advice its own moody. all right, so as we import hearing these year just isn't getting to us any more. and if you look without tasks here, there's only local rice for new share, which isn't enough for everyone to color on. demand is making the price shoes up even with local rice to the every week. the price goes up by $25.00 francs about cost. i think the best thing for the local, wisest clone just to kind of way to away from the market on the 1st of the night. although the price for his crop has gone up by summer evenings that kylie says he's not the one making a profit which ever government is in power. and the high cost of rice is not directly related to the current situation,

but more to the availability of fertilizer, as well as diesel to run the pumps, the irrigation r plantation important to wherever you look the streets of the once bustling town are empty tray it has stopped to every small harbor where no goods are coming in, the situation is getting worse every day. i to this all of us president donald trump, us pleaded not guilty in the georgia election full case. this means he has waved his rights to appear in court next week, where he would have had the charges formerly read trumpets 18. all those have been to off with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the southeast and the state of georgia. e. so ended in the state capital of atlanta last week and became the 1st form of us president fiction. and a police mug shot from one is develop and i cannot talk to the w as in l dm allowed

in washington. janelle, what does that now mean for the hearing next week? if trump will not be that well, we know that ahead of this saw the judge over seeing trump's case in georgia. how to approve the request to have the arrangement scheduled for next week televised, so that trump will no longer be there means that trump will be having to enter a plea in front of television cameras. and that the general public won't be able to see that. relatedly it also means we won't see the crowds of media and supporters that have gathered in front of the court house in the like in his previous arrangements in new york, a miami and d. c. although to be fair, a crowd had already turned up when he surrendered at last week at the fulton county jail to be booked and mug shot it. but for now, he's entered that not guilty plea and it triggers the next phase. in this criminal

proceeding, prosecutors will be sharing evidence a trial date will be found funny willis, the district attorney, in this case, wants to try trump and the 18 other defendants violate october. but trump has now requested that his case be severed from defendants seeking a speedy trial, as he himself seeks to delay. now what you just described, how dangerous could that be uh, in uh, for donald trump's ambition to return to the white house as well. the most dangerous thing in this case for him remains that it is a state case and not a federal one. so even if he were to become a president, he wouldn't be able to pardon himself or get the department of justice to drop the charges. the other thing is that the district attorney, in this case is funny williams. she's a very experienced prosecutor when it comes to racketeering charges which makes up

the bulk of trump a charges in georgia. and that of course, saw, carries a maximum prison time of 20 years with it. on the other hand, he has also been using this case in georgia to put his mug shot, unburdened dice, and in that way fundraise. and clearly he's hoping to use of legal trouble as to finance his way to the white house, which would be quite an ironic turn of events if he manages to succeed. but of course we're still a long way from november 2024. so much is still going to happen until that to now them around. thank you very much. now that's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. a full ahead of the us extreme is group proud voice has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. over the capital rise, prosecutor said joseph biggs was

a key figure in the violent attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. this is one of the longest sentences handed out in the january 6 cases north korea and has launched to ballistic missiles and what it calls a simulated nuclear strike. the missiles probably more than 360 kilometers before landing in the sea of the east coast con guns. ballistic missiles are banned in that by the un security council, which has imposed sanctions on the regime. or some sports news they draw. so the groups, the age of the champions league has taken place and it's set up some multiple trick match shops for the, for the golf clubs, taking out hurry kinds buying munich, heading a group that includes manchester, united, and, uh, on the, on a value in making that view and the competition will have to contend with a couple of heavy hitters and not fully. and reco champions,

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