are not affected when the army was called in to help with rescue operations and nearly 100000 people were ordered to evacuate. the customers inside this department store in each co of panic and try to take shelter as the trim is hit, the hundreds of people were evacuated from a subway station. the, as inside, the ceiling started shaking. nearby residents were quoted, the effects of a quake from inside the homes and lodge fires broke out. in some neighborhoods, the japans meet you were logical agency recorded multiple quakes of the western coast. one of them had

a preliminary magnitude of 7.6. they then issued the highest to nami, warning possible. the service is the 1st major tsunami of the since the great that occurred in the pacific ocean. on march, the 11th 2011, outside, with the success cima nuclear does off the bill to clear and people's minds. the government says that so fun, none of the nearby need to have health thoughts of being affected. journalist sonya boscoe joins us now from tokyo. sonya, it's now the morning after those earthquakes struck. how would you describe the situation there? and yeah, it's been quite started to the new year. um. let's start with this. the tsunami thread as such, um, has as mainly paused at least for now. um they've downgraded the wanting level. um,

we seen some damage and some harbors boats are over overturned. they're causing the water rolls a broken um, but i think probably at the moment really, the bigger issue is the quick, the intensity level is something that's to know to pin into i haven't seen it. also the surrounding area hasn't seen. so there's been an area in the city of watching ma that is burned to the ground over 50 buildings are gone. it's still burning the extent of the damage there is, is even unclear at this point. and then you're going to be in concrete buildings that have fallen to the side, not just all the buildings. so uh, at the moment i think that the bigger worries, even the last quick, however that before as these are still wanting to, to stay vigilance to not go close to the cost. so yeah, people really have to be careful still further,

almost 100000 people have been evacuated from their homes. can we say when it will be safe for them to go back at this stage? i think it's really too early. there's also some disruption to the infrastructure in some places that are as low as a tricity, the water is not running. and at the moment the, the, the rescue teams are trying to reach the areas. but there's lots of damage to roads . it's quite incredible to see the pictures with a huge cracks industries. landslide spotlights to some degree liquefaction to the ground. so all of this really hampers the rescue efforts and we'll do that would make it also really difficult for people to return any time soon as do we have any sort of idea about the damage, the overall size of this? we often think back about think back to 2011 and focus cima. is this that kind of level, or is it too early to say? it's, i wouldn't say is the kind of level um,

simply because at the moment the tsunami damage is much, much less intense than you know in 2011. however, the, the earthquakes damage is, is really quite bad. and at this stage, i would say it's, it's even too early to tell. i mean, the effective area, it's is much smaller than back then. and japan is quite well prepared when it comes to, to, as quakes. but still, yeah it's, it's a much bigger area than usual, so to speak. um, so i, i think there's also quite some, some overwhelm. and we really have to see, i'm still quite concerned about the area that has been burning. is still burning and watching my city and wondering how many people are fix it there at the moment. we know that 6 people at least have the items and doesn't have been injured in the whole affected area. but we're still waiting for further information. all right,

that's journalist sonya block, reporting from tokyo. thank you. you're welcome. all right, shifting gears. the is really supreme court has struck down a significant section of the government's controversial judicial reforms. a prime minister benjamin netanyahu pushed through the changes that limited the powers of judges to overturn government decisions. the plans were highly unpopular and prompt of prompted massive nationwide protest last year. a journalist, somebody so called in jerusalem, it has more on the political reaction to this ruling. this is the new code and the party power. it is row, they're very upset. and they're saying that this is something that can not happen in the time of war. uh, this should have been the unit the uh, the, the minute stuff just to save yourself a yeah, leave with the tech, the supreme court again and linking it to the war. again,

saying that this is not the time. and the on the other hand, the many guns who is now in the bows, the most popular. busy politician, he's saying that we should respect the supreme court in its decision, but he also said that there are no winners and losers and the kind of an attempt to show the unity and to show that the important thing now is the war in gaza. journal, a semi circle there in jerusalem, staying in israel. the country's military says it's conflict with some us, which many countries designate as a terrace organization will probably continue throughout 2024 prime minister benjamin netanyahu as that israel aims to control causes border with egypt. at the same time, tensions on israel's northern frontier with 11 on or rising. and that's feeling

fears of a 2nd front opening sirens on these rails northern border. another record strikes these rarely town of to the actual, not filed from neighboring lab and on just 2 kilometers away. arial fresh is the principal of a high school here in kitty edge from on his students eval left. as, as his family. i can take 2 months as the alarm here on the best timing. give you 10 seconds. most of the time it hits and then dollars goes on as positive. kiddy extra moments. emergency team arial is one of the few who had stayed behind. almost 90 percent of the town was evacuated soon off to the home us terrorist attack on october. 7th. for are you the threats of hezbollah? launching a similar attack is very real. we really worried that the what happened in the

sense of october the south and happened here the most cause by the has, is the road one unit which swear to do very, very big things here. every does experience, and we need to have them 1st. the border between israel and lebanon has long the being a tense region. but as israel is war and gaza has dragged on, his beloved attacks have become more and more frequent. you want them to stand before the war. we would uh get them use the system to see another passivity and was a weapon on the other side, it was the funding to see which is it was and that's where, you know, now we have 1st interest isn't because we understand that there are lots of things that really means to destroy us for arial, and the few who remain here. that's the threat feels more real. by the day i,

a russian president vladimir putin says his forces will intensify, strikes on ukraine in retaliation for an attack on the russian city of belgrade. russia launched 90 attack drones against ukraine and the hours leading into new year's day keeps as its air defenses, detroit, 87 of them ukraine's president florida minutes. lensky gave a 20 minute new your address after almost 2 years of war with russia. similar to what you said, ukraine is a live ukraine fights ukraine exists from a little presence less. he also studied victory was not given in conflict, but has to be one thing he did not mention problems insecure and continued military aid from allies and most officers have no clue. and we go now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world. same sex marriage is now legal. in estonia, a couples had been able to register a civil partnerships, but parliament passed a bill legalizing marriage last june. sonya is the 1st baltic state and former

soviet republic to make the move nobel peace. lori, how many units has been sentenced to 6 months in jail, after being convicted of violating bangladesh as labor laws, he was granted bail unit was discredited, with lifting millions out of poverty through his micro finance bank. the supporter say the conviction is politically motivated, bangladesh, as government has increased its track down with the sense head of next week elections. the original mickey mouse is no longer protected by copyright. any 1 may now use the character without needing permission. 95 years ago, he started in steamboat really alongside his companion, many miles. but disney retains the rights to more modern versions of the character . to was the new year end for many around the world. that's good reason to celebrate. here's a look at some of the cultural festivities from one side of the globe to the other . the huge crowds in new york's times square gathered to watch the famous,

illuminated full dropping of midnight's ringing. in this dose of 2020 the, from the city to the beach. the sky line of rea diginero was list help with fireworks. many revellers honoring the traditional brazilian dress code of wearing whites to the occasion. invalid fireworks set to us by ordering rebellion is across the city. vied with the official extravaganza at the front of the games where a party goes, said the hoops for the new. yeah. no worries, we'll be in. okay. we hope for things to come down in ukraine and don't swear

because the people stay healthy and that we can find the live reason for each other . again in harmony. romano. no more. is me. i'm not sure. i'm on the list as off no, not truly. my hope is that the world will finally become more peaceful because the way things stand right now. it's not good kinda call and go on like that. for every one of us, i wish not happiness and good health. i'm gonna type 2020 full was welcomed with public celebrations across the road. from sidney to bangkok, to london, which kicked off the new year with its biggest at the fireworks display. to . and here's one more way that people have welcome the new year. hundreds of swimmers taking part in the traditional new year's day swim in the netherlands. now, revellers of all ages couldn't wait to take the plunge and brave the cold water is

of the north sea at sun. fort beach is just to the west of amsterdam. the air temperature of about 8 degrees celsius match the water temperature the right of, of raising that. that's it for me in the news team check us out online. d, w dot com. i'm seeking, there's an invalid to walk the votes. people have to say to the that's why we listen to based on the record every weekend on d w. my name is the

calls back said wow, thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do that. it's all about saying it's loud. you guys would have being nosy, bay, like good everyone to king to check out the award winning called called the called back. hello, dear friends, welcome to most of them. i asked them. my name is how long the father, i'm a conductor for mexico, and i just want to invite you to enjoy this wonderful show where you will meet the amazing musicians from all over the world. a see the back stage live and their stories of how they put this beautiful music together. the welcome to the next episode of music on last year. this time i'm in copenhagen in denmark. i will be working with the danish way to orchestra. in this episode,

we will get into the world of percussion. i will take you through what dislike to play in a large percussion section of a symphony orchestra. and what are the challenges and also the lots of joy and funds that they can have their dog, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da da. no, don't the the tech ticket to get the ticket to pick that tech ticket ticket. the ticket to pick that the

so i have to come with a plan that whatever happens it would work. um, but then it's great when we can take it. it's much, much further and you came and said, you know that that's very good how, how we organized it, but do you think it should be a bit more flexible? yeah, i really loved that contribution because that's exactly what i wanted. the, the story of this film is a sort of romeo and juliet story. but between them i am frances and a spanish conky speller. so it's an impossible of story from my country. and the

music is just incredible. the when you plan to pick simply don't even us it because we used to just have the pulse and but in the pico, because like there's always some small adjustments. we have do small adjustments all the time. so that's quite difficult because we have 13 players that needs to do the adjustments and sort of the same time so that it needs a lot of a lot of i, it's a lot of is just set up like a football team in a way off from someone who are able to run fast and someone just doesn't know very experienced and know how to keep calm when, when it's, you know, it's growing on yours and you have to have that people experience. people suggest this is, this is what happened was that to go was the,

the sort of, this is sort of a master class. we like this because in classical music, normally there is a place to the middle of the present at this time. the middle of it has to play to the rest of the time is like the black sheep of this child. because i'm not a classically trained musician. i am a self tort gas guy. i love it when the good decisions from all those types of music is from enriching and many times i think that it's we've, we need, we,

classical musicians need more of your where else to do what we do because it's all intertwine, is not separate. the, this is the big push of thing with someone like you who are risen because we see that immediately that you are risk. you'll have this extra ground for me as a conductor. it's always good to go to the source and talk to the, the ones for experts on each thing. and they've learned so much. most of what i've learned, i learned from the players. i'm happy to meet you this way while you're in the band . i'm in the, it's another thing. thank you very much. the i was so happy to be part of the band and it's always an honor to be considered part of the

in this concert, it was a very special opportunity for me to work for the 1st time with my partner. you didn't take out. yeah. in a sub 2 sets of songs, one by mother and one way of and but the entire program that we put together a, it's about love stories, especially been possible one. and to get to do this with union. it's such a joy and pleasure. and we've had a lot of fun together. the

a. oh, the, we're here in canada after the rehearsal with the danish radio orchestra. the yes. giving a concept with them with your pop now in life is something special. everybody imagines big conflicts in doing the preparation and fights about who is in charge as well. i better don't question that the conductor is in charge and she better doesn't question that i'm attend. so this we can avoid

a little fight. so i think i think union, i will always be able to work together well because we met working. so for us, the relationship through music and through me conducting and him singing was the way we actually met because we met well during the magic flute at the state over in berlin. and so our 1st relationship west of colleagues and so i think for us is there's no problem and we both know and respect each other a in a way that it's really pleasant. it's really nice. the

lots are sitting about the malice on the 1st year. that's using them, it's the 1st time that i think the medicines with orchestra. so i have some of the piano version and the chain division by shooting back. so today was the 1st time with the 1st time that i heard this orchestra like that. it was within the orchestra with this whole world of imagination, the when i looked again at the, at the date of composition, like 8485. this is, and i know other music from the time of the song. awesome. thank you. on this problem, supervisor, which tells them it's so different in terms of simplicity

but also in terms of it has been the simplicity so many layers of course and of, of life. his approach to music is, is really like describing the world and not only describing as in painting, but making you live it as a view in the moment living all those elements, the, it's really, it's and them, i think because we're in the center of orchestra and the you're hearing bars some on the horn, close and, and, and trees and leaves. nature coming out for me. direction like, like, like i said, you're seeing, it's the movies the

and then you suggest as that in the 5 greek songs. what, why, i think is a beautiful contrast of no suffering of no problems or less and the so it's 5 songs that talk about the beautiful day of waiting. it starts with waking up the dried, then see the church and how the families get together. then the posing of the room like look, right, i'm of pistols and the saber. and i'm so handsome. and but the with the one that of the

we have a combination of last service. when i counter this together today, it really made me see that's a love is everywhere, the same and almost always impossible. the started the

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