for the this is dina. we news line from berlin. more than 70 people die and of building fire of south africa officials and the city of johannes works. they at least 12 children. the are among the dead. the building was used as an informal settlement president run my post. i called it a great tragedy. also coming up a leader of the extremist brown boys militia and the us a sentence to 17 years in prison for his role in january 6 attack on the capital in washington dc. i'm counting the cost of hurricane and dalia. the people of

florida golf coast are cleaning up after the biggest storm in almost 100 years hit the regions the village. welcome to the program, south african president silver aroma poster has sent his condolences to the families of 74. people killed overnight and a fire. blaze broke out and a 5 story building in johannesburg. well, impulse 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 a 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 chances of one being said, the site that much higher survive is concerned, making it out to the smoke filled building was hauled and dangerous. it was, it was so difficult for us to get out the other to pull up my inquiry doors 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 of the fly is not yet clear, but an investigation into the tragedy is already underway. it will be as diane hawker is in johannesburg and gave us more details on the possible cause of the fire, which will officially 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 marshalltown, and you'll find that in that area, there are some streets that have numerous hijacked buildings. some of them all former factories in that area. some of them are full 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 in and, and, and close to public transport as zillow of president from a postal visit at this time. let's listen to what do you have to say there? john is the cause and never had an incident like this where a so many people die as that is all to for a fire in the center of the city. so this is charge it. 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 a city that this isn't a new problem. do you think they will deal with it? and we will see real change 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 used to pull the 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 ways with different levels of government to o'clock co

operate effectively when dealing with issues like this. often times it's lift to the municipality. 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 for the government to do something about this problem. but it will require a decisive act, action and political will. diane all occur in johannesburg. thank you. and have a look now and some of the other stories making news around the world today. a day after military officials, these power in the bottom, the african union has to spend that the countries membership. the military is named the chief of the republican guard. as head of a transitional, government leaders have condemned the crew, which ended more than 5 decades of the bongo family rolling up on former us president donald trump has pleaded not guilty in the georgia election fraud case.

this means he has waved his rights to appear in court next week. trump an 18 others have been charged with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the southeastern states. and 2 former leaders of the us extremist group round boys have been sentenced to prison for their role in the january 6 capital attack. zachary rail was given 15 years in jail, just hours out for joseph bigs. was received a 17 year sentence. prosecutors said they were key figures and the violent attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. big sentence as one, the longest handed out in the capital ride cases to date, for proud bois members were already convicted of the dishes conspiracy in may. fidelity is janelle de malone and washington has the courts reasoning for the decision. 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 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 wires 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 menissi, former president donald trump,

partly responsible at least for the riots. good this, where are 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. 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 official proceedings. that is the vote counts in this case. and of course, his name came up in big says trial as well. a big this defense team said that donald trump sold them on the lie, referring of course, to 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 trunk rule in january 6. worth noting also that john,

the january 6 case for donald trump was complicated. logistically a new way. his trial date is set for march for that is a day before some for 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 of 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 me while you as president joe biden, those to travel to the state of florida this weekend to assess the damage caused by hurricane and dalia. there. the storm and non data of the states, gulf coast region with rain and costs severe flooding. volume moved north, east over the carolinas, and it has since been downgraded to a tropical storm cleanup efforts are underway, but they're being made difficult by lingering flooding of the store may have passed,

but the daily news still remains. categories, 3, advocating, adalia rose, a pos of destruction. costs flooded is largely the northwest, causing an estimated more than $9000000000.00 in damage and leaving more than $140000.00 times without power. when the west is there is a residence across the region, returns to that homes, to assess the damage. what 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 he'd been 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. and well, florida began to clean up operation advocating the valley of barrels across georgia . i'm just a kind of a line is 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 a sum foreheads from the disaster relief organization. conway of hope told us of what's most needed in the effect of regions at the moment 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 of perry, is very world their it's dean had to you, which is right near where the storm came on shore award a sure a couple of days ago. so a lot of people here wanting to get that power back on 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't operate in life really cannot get back to normal. as agents foreheads of come, lack of help police in the us state of nebraska received a bizarre call that sounded like a cock and bull story and involved in actual bull riding shotgun in a car on a highway. the bulls name is howdy doody and his eye catching right, has been driven in parade across the area, lease pulled over the driver. and how do you duty?

they said there were clearly some traffic violations related to the car, but the sign in to let them off with a warning noble. one year after russia cut off gas supplies, the w business looks at whether europe's energy supply is secure. that is coming up with brought watts after a short break. thank so much for being with the very well today will make for jeff to just in the gym. loved on banning thing stuff away from the fund. i'm not going to have to go to my own car and everyone was later holes in every single day stuff getting you ready to meet the gym and then join me, right. just do it on dw, that i wish i could have done more this. thank you.