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the, the, this is the w news lies from the thousands of still missing in libya, days off the catastrophic flooding. more than 5000 people have died in there are no government officials say the actual number, maybe 4 times. much of the city has been destroyed. also to read for reins close to down to the also coming up morocco is shaken by officer schultz days, officer and major, quite killed thousands. the trim is interrupt rescuing since they search for
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survivors and promotions. mountain village the maya cooper's mckinnon. welcome to the program with our seas in eastern libya say they, they say as many as 20000 people could be dead. following massive flooding in the mediterranean coastal city of darren, the desktop currently sounds a move and 5000 satellite images taken before and off to the dissolves to show the scale of the devastation and down up to 2 dams, bust during torrential rain. many roads have been washed away, making it difficult to aid work, has to reach the affected areas as a child pulled from the modern rubble. all that's left in this pos of done uh of the father
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survived the floods, but his helpless as his doors. his body is recovered. thousands of people have been killed and yet thousands more. a still missing as teams search the wreckage for bodies. this is a disaster. my sister, when for children, for grandchildren, a total of 11 people, the disaster in every sense of the word, my nephew, my people, my family, the facing the depths of their loved ones. tens of thousands of people in diana and surrounding areas have also been left without homes. food, clean water or medicine. and anger is mounting. use of mismanagement, had left the cities infrastructure crumbling. we weren't do a story these 4 weeks,
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no years that the dam had corrected it and needed maintenance. we said that nobody listened to us, and now the whole of durn is flooded no more than a decade of conflict and no central government has left much of libya's infrastructure neglected. the un recognized administration based in tripoli does not have jurisdiction of the flood he'd areas. the east is ruled by a rival administration headed by military leda holly for hosta, for legend attempted coup in 2014 had to take the cut off by what some aid and foreign rescue teams have arrived. but with the country divided and roads washed away. international health is struggling to reach those in need. nothing is working here. no national authorities, nothing. have a look and do something about it. we're experiencing a great injustice to many survivors in done. i have been left to dig through
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the mud and debris themselves looking for their loved ones. the search for bodies has also moved out to see when many of the 1000 still missing were washed away. and byrom is on the libya response team at the norwegian refugee council and he joins us now from neighboring to news here. thank you so much for joining us here on the w. can i ask you, what are you hearing from your team on the ground and libya? good morning. i mean, it is to state of shock that people are going through the, for these have not being fully retrieved. i mean, there are still a dead bodies lying on the street and on children then, you know, and, and parents have to walk around the city with, with fuzzies, everywhere. the scene of destruction and the lots of people could not retrieve any
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of that belong things. so they have nothing on them. they spent a full night last night on the street and some many open some you know, if it's lucky enough, good kids fine to dry spots to and the roads to up and cause the uh, also, you know, the, the main lifeline for the city is too close, i mean, i think we're expecting the roads to start to gradually open, hopefully. well that needs a log repair and, and the infrastructure has been heavily damaged the needs of massive insight done a, there is no enough food. there's no fresh drinking water and local um you know, local valencia so doing everything they can around the clock to, to help this population. yes. you talked about the number of bodies lying around with, with so many bit bodies being recovered. now can you talk to us about the dangers
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of, of disease and how that's being managed? that is what we are warning of a as if now, i mean in this come up, continue as the bodies have, have, have been there for a full day now. but the rescue workers say they don't have enough body backs to, to take people and to evacuate these dead bodies and buried them properly. this could, could spell. a disaster is a different level and different kind for these people. i mean, apple and voltage on diseases are re a risk as of now and 3 of health hazards. lack of medication, hospitals are almost or not functioning in an and had to be evacuated to hospitals around around the town that the saw also over section overwhelmed. so, medication and medical equipment and also
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a search and rescue equipment. our top priority for the, for, for us to engage workers at the moment, libya has to rival governments. we all hearing that they are now starting to work together to help flood victims. but to what extent is this actually aging relief efforts, or are you seeing progress being made? i mean, for us, for rent or see which, which has been in libya for 6 years now we, we don't have issues. we do a crate across the country, including and then cause the very close to done and we have with ready to um, to mobilize on teams to go to job on the s k la response. i think the main problem here is the lack of results is we have seen encouraging signs from, from all across the board. everyone wants everyone's in everyone's interest to, to support these people. and to provide some relief. however,
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their resources are still very, very low, and it is, but very um, you know, little age coming in and, you know, into libya let alone into into ton of the areas in fact. so i think now it's time for the international committee to just throw its weight behind, you know, behind looking for them to is behind know oakland g o's and joe's the working around the clock and provide the essential funding that could save essentially save lives. unsafe children who are now st without, without the home. are i'm from the norwegian refugee council. thank you so much for talking to us. thanks for your time. thanks. i. it's moving on tomorrow. okay. well rescue assets. i'll still continue. and off the last friday's a quake that is so fun known to have killed nearly 3000 people, an officer short, short because village near the epi center on wednesday evening is emergency
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responders. doug through rubble, mall soldiers and aid work is all making the way to remote rural areas with entire villages have been wiped out. sorry. she's all working to reopen, damaged, and blocked roads, but hopes of finding survive is on now. dwindling. 19 year old a month and your father abraham walk together through the village has been devastated by the disaster. the mine is a student in the city affairs. she returned home up to the earthquakes track. to find out that 10 of her relatives were killed by the quake. among them was a mine 6 year old brother who was about to go to school. to me, my brother was a very kind boy. all the neighbors knew him. they cried over him when he died, because whenever anyone austin, for something or to do them,
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a favor never refused across the region. in remote villages, like mine's rescue workers continued their search for survivors. they have stepped up their efforts as the chances of finding someone to live a fading foss, thomas. good. what about the people under the rubble? and we're going to the, we have a minus to find everyone gets a while ago and the telephone rang that we didn't find the person cells. and so volunteers from america and around the world have answer deplete for how one of their tasks is loading too many tiring aid onto trucks that will deliver it to earthquake victims. just to what i most of the there's a great solidarity was many people helping one another. it's incredible. i moved when i see people in every streets, even the poorest individuals giving a kind of oil, a packet of sugar with a genuine desire to assist as
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a country with the be called any remarkable generosity. please don't hesitate to continue offering help from all around the world. despite her grief, in mind has also joined the efforts in her village, helping to organize food and water deliveries. she says that's about all she can do to keep them going after the terrible loss. to know how many times i played and run was my friends here, my friend, he but also died. everything is gone. it's a feeling shared by many americans whose lives have been shattered by the disaster . is it look at some of the stories making headlines and the italian islands, as long producer is under a states of emergency? after a record $6000.00 migrants arrived within 24 hours, many of being transferred to sicily. as the islands reception center only has
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a capacity of 400 non producer results in the 1st portion of coal since april crossing from northern africa. and north korean media has reported the russian president, vladimir putin has accepted an invitation to visit the internationally isolated nation. the invitation was extended by north korean leader kim human officer. he held extensive talks with president person in russia's far east or so that's kind of done now with the taliban. impose severe restrictions across off guns society offer. it seized power 2 years ago. as rules include a strict bond on music and that led to many musicians to flee the country. but now and musical exchange project is affording some of them the chance to play alongside musicians from germany under ro. this music leads the way collectively, musicians from 3 different orchestras, mace, one workshop,
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faddie john, monday for me at the national institute of music, rainy and musician, russian that cra, funny from the baron born say he'd academy. and elizabeth reuter from the gym and useful construct, found it all. braga in the most of portugal, is a place of refuge she left afghanistan to escape to tell him that it has been living here for a year. the parents stayed in afghanistan. it's a traumatic experience, but she chose comfort for music. was to get to that. when i came to portugal, i started playing violent again, but i thought it was giving me the feeling of strength, even with my family and friends, being in a bad situation for that make up the last week and the musicians play together. speaking the language of music, the side of the mac, the, the, i noticed that we magically started to get into the same service. the energy and mines are truly connected. i thought piece pump several times while we will try me on my skins. i hope to help you out in the suitcases. in the beginning,
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nothing seemed to be clear. but then we started reaching the point of understanding . okay, to do it slightly, the piece was taking shape and everyone knows what to do. that's a good experience. i tend to request better than mine vac. so it is thing was, music has my to, uh, is, can anything with me so me them was, i can use it to express anger also right, fine, and come uh, and also to can we not time to know something changed composer and conductors submitted some awarding references improvisation, to find a coming, the sound, the, it's a new experience for most of the musicians. they're very open to it. as a, as a service just it's not so difficult that we need to struggle cause it starts with
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simple steps and then slowly it comes to gets a piece. but i do need to be a tougher on we're all on a level playing field is that to me and provides ation happens in the here. and now we're all experiencing something new to desa enable. he's a type of noise in the evening. it's time for an excursion in broadcast, filled with memories of the day that you're up to date, like so i'm not sure what she dw, the offline rivers created. is it by a voice a full crying voice of power as it goes into the b trees.

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