the, the state of the news line from berlin. more than 70 people dying in the building, fired in south africa. officials and the city of johannesburg say at least 12 children are among. the building was used as an informal settlement president from a post that calls it a great tragedy. also coming the bonds military leaders promised to respect the country's commitments following the crew. there be often union condemned deals. thing of the government a spends good bonds, membership and the leader of the extremist proud boys militia, in the west,

assented to 17 years in prison for his role in the january 6th attack on the capital in washington dc. the welcome to the program, south african presidents their over, i'm opposed to send his condolences to the families of 74. people killed overnight and a fire. blaze broke out and a 5 story building and johannesburg post. i said he hopes an investigation can help prevent a repeat of the tragedy. official said, living spaces in the building had been rented out illegally. 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 with dozens of bodies recovered

from the gutted building. up to 200 people are believed 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 you need to say highlights all of us? it's a little bit more specific details for my city insight. so therefore, the trends of one being said inside that much higher the volume is concerned, making it out to the smoke filled building was hauled and dangerous. that 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, which is very sad is the others who died inside. firefight is

a working the way through the building floor by floor with the desk told, 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. oh, we can now speak to the w is diane hawker, who joins us from johannesburg. diane, earlier we heard from officials the we have a clear picture now of what caused this fire, which will official say they are still investigating the cause of the fire. but i think what has been helpful in the briefings by officials is to paint a picture of what may have caused the, the high number of dates. we know, for example, that the, what barry is inside the buildings that made it difficult for those to leave. this

is because the building was actually a hijacked building, meaning that it was officially owned by the city of johanna sped. but taken over by some syndicates who rented out spaces within the building. as part of that hijacked building structure, they also partitioned the building into smaller rooms using informal materials such as cardboard, think and other like pieces of wood. and that also made it more difficult to get through the book building. and these materials actually had the effect of a igniting the fire for the as opposed to it being sort of a normal contain level blaze. nicole, can you give us a bit of background on the area of that building was in, and if this is one of many buildings that are set up in that style that you just that you just described to use that part of the city center. it's called marshall town, and you'll find that in that area,

the awesome streets that have numerous hijacked buildings. some of them off for most factories in that area. some of them, a form of office blocks from a period with the city center was much more used by businesses. and many of them have been taken over by the syndicates who have been partitioned them and, and, and get rid of their own accord. the rental prices can be around. 1300 rad, which is about 68 euros, or a little bit higher, up to about 80 euro. and for, for a lot of families, that is the most reasonable reading tool that they could get in that area. because it's close to the working and the businesses where they work and close to public transport as yellow, a president from a postal visit at this time. let's listen to what do you have to say there? john, is that cuz i never had an incident like this where so many people die as good

as i don't for a fire in the sense of the city. so this is tragic. 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 the situation of housing in the, in the city. that this isn't a new problem. do you think they will deal with it? and we will see real change us that we need to address this issue and that it's a wake up polls because some would argue that, you know, the issue of the legal housing has been a long standing problem. i would say something that has been dealt with with over 20 years and municipal officials have complained for a long time that they need more resources. and i think if the government is serious

about tackling this, they should really find a way for the different levels of government to o'clock to operate effectively when dealing with issues like this. often times it's lift to the municipalities. we as they might not have as many resources as national and provincial government. and of course they are also non governmental actors who can also assist. so this may be an opportunity indeed full of government to do something about this problem. but it will require a decisive act, action and political will. diana occur in johannesburg. thank you. to have a look now and some of the other stories making years around the world today. north korea is launched to ballistic missiles and what it calls a simulated nuclear strike themselves, traveled more than 360 kilometers before landing in the sea. off the eastern coast, john young's ballistic missiles are banned by the un security council,

which has imposed sections on the regime. south korea and the united states have wrapped up 11 days of joint military drills. the annual exercises are designed to enhance their responses to the north nuclear and missile threats, or forces practiced beach landings and river crossings with troops, antex, highlands, former prime minister, texting she. now, what has requested a royal pardon, fox and was admitted to hospital shortly after returning to thailand last week. after years and self imposed exile. he must still serve 8 years in prison for corruption and of use of power. or the african union has suspended gabon from the organization following the ousting of the government by the military. the removal of president ali bongo from power has spar condemnation from world and regional leaders. the european union has called for restraint from both sides. gabon is

under new leadership after the military name, the chief of the republican guard as head of a transitional government. the qu leaders accused the post president fargo of embezzlement and then placed them under house arrest cross over to the w correspondence, where shabani, who's following all this from league osler's, the african union doesn't hesitate and suspending upon after the cool what signal does that send both to be on this nicole, this was expected um, every single country in africa, especially in recent years that has experienced the cool, the last condemned and they suspended. so its not being out of the ordinary. and of course they would also go ahead please use sanctions. so it's again, like i said, it's no more practice for the you to suspend countries that have been, you know, the governments have been changed from democracy to maybe it's international

pressure or whether the regional or from, from beyond africa. is it likely to have an impact on events in gabon and the military leaders there as well already there? yeah, a lot of international issues that god born would have to do with before you even talk about the extra now pressure got born has been on. does it will actually of one family needs for the past 63 years i people was father was a presidents for about 42 years and then he died in office. the son took over and has been in office since 2009. in fact, the world bank describes got born as one of the most stable and peaceful countries . and of course, you can imagine how, after this kind of sudden change the level of law sets it see that exists already within the contract. as a result of these people that 3 people seem to be happy about history. since the deal is coming up, they've got born shamiqua celebrating them on the streets. um,

seeing that this is the end of our era. so um, in terms of how it to be to effect or that countries or how the reactions from, without coaches will affect them internally. we will have to wait on see what happens. there has of course, been a string of cruise in the region in recent years and even months. how is this one different? well, in the case of god born like a or any, i explained that one has essentially been in the hands of obey proxy to last time and we'd be global for me. and so many extra to tell you that this was a long time coming. we, you know, it's no, molly, it has become so normal that elections will take place and people don't. it was because the believe that the votes don't count. so it's was kind of like a garage well decline any way. and it was expected as opposed to the other who is,

which happened as a result of security problems, economic problems that wasn't ready to go in, who responded 1st aligning illegals. thank you so much. i in another country in africa dealing with the after effects of, of who is new there, the military's power there a month ago and response west african countries and post sections on the country. parts of news there have experienced food shortages and some people there blamed the sanctions for making the situation even worse. a reporter in kyla, i will buy car reports from the south western town of t library where food is in short supply. 7 down with a co, bus least and wants to write to us and to levy the furious for them. it's clear who is responsible for the dire situation. sang some 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. notice that over the last few years we've suffered so much because of regional insecure. so you had, there are no jobs. we've only lived on agriculture and outcasts. 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 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 fashion. if the generals really loving each year, as they always say, then they should at least lower the prices that

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 to, well, i think, i mean even people in a good center were you 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. if he 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 without faster. see, there's only local rights for new share, which isn't enough for everyone to color on. demand is making the price shoes up

even with the local rice to the every week. the price goes up by $25.00 francs about cost. i think the best thing for us to localize is clone just to kind of way to away from the market on the force of the night. although the price for his club has gone up by summer evenings, a county says he's not the one making a profit. which of, of government is impala? tied out. the high cost of rice is not directly related to the current situation, essentially, 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. a former leader of the us extremist group proud boys has been sentenced to 17 years in prison over the

january 6 capital attack. prosecutor st. 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 capital riah cases, biggs and 4 other pilot boys members were already convicted of suspicious conspiracy in may for a more i can now talk to the youth, janelle, and i'm alone in washington. janelle, what was the court's reasoning for this decision? indeed, as he said there, this is one of the harshest penalties handed out and relations of january 6 cases worth pointing out there over a 1000 of these cases. and it really has to do with a gravity with which the judge saw a big's as role in helping to instigate the attack on the capital. he the judge, in this case, the judge timothy kelly called it a national disgrace. he says that that day harmed an american custom that was meant

to support the rule of law and the constitution. he said that it harmed the american tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, and that, that tradition is now lost. he also said that because big a torrent tore down a fence that allowed writers to get through that that represented a deliberate and meaningful steps to disrupt the electoral vote, counting going on in the capital. and that brought him to his sentence of 17 years . only the 2nd harshest with the 1st being belonging to stuart roads of the old keepers who got 18 years. many see former president donald trump, partly responsible, at least for the riots, could this what were they to have an effect on his legal troubles on one hand and his impressions of returning to the white house in 2024 on the other a donald. so donald trump search case relating to

january 6, of course, is ongoing. and just to refresh our memories, he's been charged with defrauding the united conspiracy to defraud the united states and with attempting to obstruct the official proceedings. that is the vote counts in this case. and of course, his name came up in big says a trial as well. a big this defense team said that donald trump sold them on the lie, referring of course of the lie. donald trump spread about a stolen 2020 election, though it's hard to say for sure how this verdict will impact trump's own case. but what it does do is it augment a narrative of a trump rule in january 6. worth noting also that john the january 6 case for donald trump was complicated. logistically any way his trial date is set for march for that is a day before super tuesday when several states hold the republican primaries. so that was already going to be complicated. and as i say it's,

it's really difficult to assess a just how much of an influence this particular case will have on the tra, deck on donald trump's a trajectory. but it will keep his name in the national attention in connection to january 6 with so can not be helpful for him to know. thank you so much. and while you as presidential by and the set to travel to the state of florida this weekend to assess damage caused by hurricane adalia. there, the storm in updated the states gulf coast region with rain and costs severe flooding adalia and move north east over the carolinas. and it has since been downgraded to a tropical storm cleanup efforts are underway, but they are being made difficult by lingering flooding. the store may have passed, but the deluge still remains a category 3 tropical storm adalia was a path of destruction across florida's lodge. a little northwest causing an

estimated more than $9000000000.00 in damage, and leaving more than $140000.00 times without power. and when the west of the still them is over, the residents across the regions began returning to that homes to begin assessing the damage matters is what i'm holding this material here and we're going to rebuild. meanwhile florida governor of on desantis announced measures to help those who being affected by the storm. we have requested from the federal government, a major disaster declaration for all 25 counties that fell under the hurricane warning. this will allow us to start debris removal and will provide funding for individual assistance which include shelter and temporary housing for impacted

individuals as well. florida began to clean up operation, advocating the valley of barrels across georgia and the cab alina's right. heavy down paused cause flooding and created short lived tornadoes, which left a trail of devastation as the stone made its way to the atlantic ocean. and now the west has passed dripping wet and covered in debris. the people of the south eastern states face the unenviable task rebuilding the communities that call home. we can now speak to ethan for heads from the disaster relief organization convoys of hope. he joins us from perry and florida. mister for, it's good to see that the extent of the damage is slowly becoming more and more visible. what's most needed at this point to i think the power to get back on. i think that's the thing that is really holding up a lot of people's lives as they begin to get it back to normal. it's always a major, major 1st step in getting back to life. but the power is out for thousands and

thousands of people, especially in this area. perry is very world their it's dean had to you, which is right near where the storm came ashore. a roar to sure a couple of days ago. so a lot of people here wanting to get that power back on it because it is hot in florida this time of year. and until the power gets on, the stores can't operate. the gas stations can operate in life really cannot get back to normal. yeah, very difficult circumstances you're describing there, how are the affected communities helping themselves and dealing with a situation? well, organizations like cardboard of hope are coming down to help them to offer them relieve supplies. there's lots of organizations doing that. we see people from all across the country coming to help people in florida. even came up before the hurricane hit, knowing where it was headed and the people here are resilient. they've been through storms before. this is actually the strongest hurricane to ever hit the big been

area of florida. so they haven't quite lived through this yet, but the people that we've talked to, or they're hanging in there, they're grateful that it wasn't worse because they were honestly expecting it to be a little bit worse off of the big issues now. or the storm serves the flooding that was caused down the closer to the golf. and then we're about 30 minutes away from that where we are, it's high winds that caused a lot of the problem. mm hm. your organization, conway, of hope, has been operating for almost 30 years now in crisis a. can you help us understand the extent of the damage value has left behind compared to other disaster? to yeah, every disaster is different, but it's all the same and the needs that people have immediately following they need. they need the things that are basic food and water and pipes for the roofs, those sorts of things. uh. so when you compare this to other storms, hurricane in was the last major storm that florida had that caused problems for a very long time. it was a very wide slow moving store. but i think that made

a big difference with it value in that it was a fast moving store. so it didn't just sit on one location and dump a bunch of water. it brought a lot of storm surge onto the shore. don't get me wrong, but it didn't dump the rain, but i think some other hurricanes have dumped in for that the people of florida or think. mm hm. and now we're talking about rebuilding, but also maybe building more resilience structures. how can people race themselves in the process of rebuilding for storms that may come after this one? you know, it's a tough thing. this is a, a lower income area where we are and it's difficult because all those things exist, the hurricane windows, hurricane roofing, all the resistant roofing, all that stuff exist, but it is very expensive to build a house with those items on board. so that, that's what makes it difficult for the people to florida is trying to manage that the financial discrepancy between one price and the other price for safety and the

people of this area, they'll tell you that they've never seen a storm like this. so maybe they're more likely perhaps to rebuild the same way and pray that it's another 100 plus years a some formats. thank you so much. have a quick look now and some of the rest of today's headlines. former us president donald trump has pleaded not guilty in the georgia election fraud case. this means he has waived his right to appear in court next week. trump and 18 others have been charged with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the southeastern state. the conservative party law maker grant shops is britain's new defense minister. chaps take silver from ben wallace who announced his resignation and a letter to prime minister refused to knock. wallace said he was unhappy with government plans to cut defense spending. at least 15 people have died in a fire, the tor through clothing factory in the philippines. most of the victims were

workers were sleeping on the premises when the police broke out. emergency services had been delayed by traffic jams caused by monsoon brain floods. the cause of the fire is not yet no. divers, west of toronto are being asked to keep their car windows closed after a truck's build crates carrying 5000000 bees police have carried out an unusual rescue operation for the bees in the canadian city of burlington. it's unclear what happened, how the be high boxes slid off. the trailer. beekeepers from all over the region haven't called in to help police say most of the insects have been safely collected . taking the sting out of the situation. this is all from the news, but stay with us because to the point is coming up next with a look at the desk of wagner group leader, you skinny precaution, nicole fairly from all of us here in the news. remember, lynn? thank you so much for your company and do join us again at the top of the next hour

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