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♪ >> this is dw news, live from berlin. the death toll from an earthquake in indonesia jumps took well over 100. it send people terrified into the streets. rescuers are racing to find those not make it out and are buried in the rubble of collapsed homes and buildings. also, coming up we report from a village in ukraine's newly liberated
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kherson region as evidence of a harsh russian occupation emerges. and nasa celebrate another milestone, the orion capsule, part of the artemis mission, makes its final maneuvers to enter the moon's orbit. end of the field matters still dominating the headlines on day two of the world cup in qatar. we look at why iran's players opted not to submit national anthem -- not to sing the national anthem. ♪ i am nicole frolich. to our viewers joining us on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. an earthquake on the main indonesian island of java has killed 162 people and injured hundreds more. the magnitude 5.6 quick caused
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widespread disruption, cracking roads and reducing roads and buildings to rubble. rescuers are searching for possible survivors still trapped under the debris. reporter: shark and destruction in indonesia, the afterma of a powerful earthquake. its impact felt deeply by survivors, some who have lost homes, loved ones, or both. >> over 700 people are injured, and it is very diffilt for us to keep cot because they are too many. reporter: tending to the injured or the quake's epicenter has been hard. power has been out for hours at hospitals, forcing surgeons to delay operations. other doctors and military medics treated hundreds of citizens at makeshift triages outside of hospitals. >> all our medical personnel, including those who were on days of or have finished their shifts, have come back on duty. >reporter: but getting help wasa
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struggle for those in rural areas. the quake caused multiple landslides. bulldozers were brought into again. a seismically active zone the greater number of earthquakes around indonesia. authorities fear the number of dead from this one will rise as rescue and recovery crews reach more isolated areas. nicole: a short while ago regarding update from our correspondent in jakarta on the situation in indonesia. reporter: the earthquake that was hit hard, the western part of java island, has left tens of thousands of people displaced because their houses collapsed. hundreds of them are now looking for medical attention. our reporters in the field say that the hospitals are still busy with people coming in from surrounding areas.
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even ambulance and medical personnel were sent to nearb -- sent from nearby cities to help people with medical needs. we are also getting the latest information. until now, it is a situation that is an all for government officials, for the people, and further volunteers. the police and the military are trying to get to the areas surrounding the epicenter area. nicole: this only happened a couple of hours ago, what can you tell us about the extent of the damage? reporter: when we talk about the physical damage, it is obvious that most buildings are collapsed and most houses and facilities like hospitals and schools. people are displaced, that is why a lot of shelters are taking place in most locations, like
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the fields or anyplace not affected by the earthquake and still has access to clean water. because electricity was cut out. they are relying on gas and electrical power from generators. when we talk about the mental or physiological aspect of the damage, a lot of people are still traumatized by the earthquake. most women and children don't want to go back to their houses because it is not safe, even though some of them are still habitable. they choose to stay at the shelter, and they are still waiting for the situation to get back to normal. nicole: the worst affected area is rural and quite remote on java. what does that mean for rescue efforts? reporter: the area is actually not like, it is more suburban and rural areas in most of indonesia. it has a population mostly of
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only farmers. that is why our normal days it can only be accessible by transport or by plane. but at theoment, since most of the road was cut out due to the landslide a most of the rescuers now have to lean on the available tools such as motorbikes and small cars to reach out to the deeper areas of the epicenter so that they can rescue more people, at the moment, the shelters are trying to gather all the supplies they could get from nearby cities. we might get more updates tomorrow since help will be coming from more areas, and some rescuers will be sent from jakarta. the earthquake was felt even in the capital city of the jakarta and that is also impacting access to the areas affected by the earthquake.
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nicole: our correspondent reporting from jakarta. thank you so much for that up date. the president of ukraine has called for nato and its allies to recognize russia as a terrorist taste. volodymyr zelenskyy compared to russia's shelling of nuclear energy facilities to the use of weapons of mass destruction. ukrainian leader also called for more aid to bolster his country's air defenses, and stricter sanctions against russia. 's address comes a day after multiple explosions rocked the occupied nuclear power plant zaporizhzhya. the southern region of kherson was liberated after eight months of russian occupation. more than one week after russian troops retreated, the city of kherson and its surrounding villages are now returning to life. nick connolly visited the region, including one of the
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scenes of the worst fighting in the region. reporter: this is the road to the village, or what is left of it. for months, russia and ukraine fought tooth and nail for every meter. in the end, russia's forces were unable to cope ukraine and relentless attacks of their supply lines. the victory has come at a steep race. this village was just behind the ukrainian forward positions. intact houses are the exception here. rockets like these are one of the dangers. many more are hidden. heading towards kherson, we crossed what until a week ago was a front-line. the ukrainian army once to show us that they take care not to hit civilians in their homes, unlike their russian opponents. this village is certainly in much better shape than the one we just left. even though at till recently, it was home to a rusan. base after so many months cut off from the outside world, people here are glad to finally tellheir stories.
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>> the russians would break into houses, empty them, take everything they came across. they could stop you on your bike and just take it off you. same with phones. >> as soon got dark, you just had to lay low. if we saw them, we turned around and we would make ourselves scarce. reporter: most of this village's residents could not get used of the fighting and life under occupation, but leaving was not an option for everyone. >> what about my animals? who would i have left my chickens, my goats with? would way to -- what do i do about my cows? most people left after a husband or wife was killed. >> first aid shell killed the husband at home, 40 days later, his widow was killed by another shell in the same house. reporter: we meet irina. she works in the village school,
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which russian soldiers took over as their base. she had just been inside for the first time, and she wants to show us. >> they officially thought that we would have cash in here, but all they would find were social security papers. they took all of the laptops, all the technology. it's all gone. reporter: irina grew up here, and she came back to work in the school more than 15 years ago. she takes us to see a parting message left by russian soldiers the handwriting may be neat, but the language is anything but. it blames the ukrainians for the war, and accuses them of killing women and children, before concluding "we will meet in hell. next time, you will not get away from us." even after months on the ground in ukraine, some russian troops still apparently believe what their commanders and russian tv are telling them. >> the russians would repeat the same thing to us over and over. ? we came here to liberate you.
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my life was fine until you came. now i am not living anymore. i am just surviving. trying to live to see another day. everything was good until you russians came. reporter: now that the russians are really gone, people are remarkably confident that the ukrainian army is back for good. but it is not just the russians who are gone, the children who used to to be in these classrooms are scattered across the country and across europe. they and their parents are in no hurry to come home. nicole: dw's nick connolly filed that report, and he shared more on the situation in kherson with us. reporter: definitely in kherson city, which is on the ndnipro river, you have more than 510 minutes without hearing some artillery and explosions. some of that is incoming from the russians, and some of that
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is demining -- still a lot of miners and booby-traps. there is a sense that there is an uptake in violence. they are now upping their attacks on kherson, keen not to allow the ukrainians to enjoy their victory too much. and there is a sense of very real danger, let's of powerful russian artillery on the bank of the river that if they wanted to, they could turn kherson into rubble. nicole: a group that monitors the use of landmines in war says russia's deployment of devices in ukraine, threatens to undo 25 years of progress on the issue. the annual report from landmine monitor, says 277 civilians have been killed or injured by mines in the first five months of this year. reporter: can reporter: there be a more terrifying job at the
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moment than that of the ukrainian mine clearing technician? working with technology that has barely moved forward for decades. >> i walked very slowly and carefully, looking in front of me. one meter to the left, one meter in front, one meter to the right. i look for something visual, and then i checked with the metal detector for mines that could have been planted. reporter: , the russian military putdown maybe thousands of mines, explosives that kill and maim directly, and indirectly. just outside kherson, this child's family, newly liberated from -- -- biter you can army, was moving west. >> the driver of a car in front of us hit a landmine. the explosion, i don't know what happened, but my husband was thrown towards other minds. luckily, he did not blow up. he is a difficult medical
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condition now. my daughter and sun were not hurt. reporter: eastern ukraine has become one of the most mine from contaminated regions in the world, and with energy and power being targeted by russia, sweeper are always being followed by engineers, rebuilding the power grid. >> yesterday our colleagues found a neutralized anti-personnel mine. under the mine, there was a grenade. it was a booby-trap that was placed on purpose at the entrance of the field where we work. reporter: one official estimate ukraine has lost 25-30 mine-sweepers since the war began and there are at least 200,000 square kilometers not checked, and not the -- not de-mined.
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that does not include regions now occupied by russia. when the war ends, landmines will remain underfoot for years. nicole: here is a look at other stories making the news around the world today -- ankara says 200 people have been killed and 10 others injured after rockets from syria hit the turkish border town. officials blame kurdish militants on the attack. it followed airstrikes by turkey on suspected militant targets in syria and in iraq. a man suspected of killing five people and injuring 25 more at a gay nightclub in the u.s. state of colorado on saturday is facing murder and hate crime charges. the 22-year-old is said to have open fire in the club, before being subdued by club goers. china's capital beijing has closed several school districts, after a surge in covid-19 cases, and is urging residents in its hardest hit areas to stay home. over the weekend, reaching
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reported two lockdowns. officials hope their new efforts to curb transmission will be better received than in the recent past. reporter: with another covid search, comes another lockdown and more mass testing. china is once again responding to the threat of the virus with its demanding approach. the worst affected cities, including the capital of beijing, closing schools and limiting nonessential businesses, urging residents to stay indoors, or prove they are virus-free if they want to leave their homes. >> you can't go anywhere. everything is closed. customers can't come either. what do you do? >> right now, i don't know how it will g . the policy is changing everyday, but i feel it is still pretty good. reporter: previous sweeping measures, part of china's zero covid picy, content area
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public backlash, even though the approach limited the number of infections. this time, officials are hoping not to test the people's patience. the government has asked authorities not to impose widespread lockdowns, but to be more targeted in their approach, to avoid frustrating the public. nicole: we asked our correspondent in beijing how frustrated people are with china's zero covid policy. reporter: i would say that the reactions can be classified into two reactions. one is fear -- people afraid of getting lockdown either at home or in centralized quarantine facilities. and then of course, the anger and frustration because everyday life is getting disrupted, especially school closures, they have caused a lot of anger among chinese parents. the economic damage is also. . huge shop owners are frustrated. migrant workers are hit. and then there is the outcry on social media when people see another example of excessive
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implementation of covid rules, r example several days ago, a newborn baby died in a quarantine facility because they could not be transported to a hospital fast enough. so i would say, the anger is increasing by the day. nicole: there has been a big day for nasa's artemis mission, the orion capsule spacecraft which was launched last week, has flown over the moon. at a height of 130 kilometers above the surface, completing a procedure required for the caps off to enter the moon's orbit. if all goes to plan, that will happen later this week. the artemis mission hopes to put estimates back on the moon by 2025. and joining us now from washington, d.c. is in astrobiologist, and former nasa employee. this first part of the mission is meant to prove that the orion capsule is safe.
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so is it? guest: it would seem that it is, and this is the first time in 50 years that we have sent a human rated spacecraft around the moon. wh i was in high school -- before you ask. nicole: but this is only a first step, the mission is not yet over. what is next? guest: hopefully we will go through all the maneuvers to make sure that all t parts work and hopefully it will come back and land, then we will take e spacecraft to see how it performed anso forth, and then hopefully it will pass those tests, and it will be ready for the next flight in a couple of years. nicole: nasa is preparing to bring humans back to the moon within a few years on board artemis 3 if i am not mistaken. in this endeavor, nassar called what we saw today a game changer. would you agree? guest: i would. again, but one -- the
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vehicle that is going to the moon today is much more capable and it is designed not to just go to the moon but possibly to other places. so being able to put something like this -- again, this is an international spacecraft. there are experiment inside of it from a dozen or so countries. it is more than just our spacecraft, it is more the world's. nicole: the moon is experiencing a bit of a comeback, isn't it, after falling out of the public's imagination for a century. where do you think that is question mark guest: it is interesting, because back then, it was the u.s. and russia and that was it. now china is making a big effort, japan, india, israel, countries you think would not have the resources. now they think it is a matter of national prestige and engineering expertise, and it inspires people. . the interesting thing is that more than two-thirds of the
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people alive today have never seen someone walk on the surface of the moon, so for them, this will be their first moon landing. nicole: what are we looking for on the moon that we have not yet discovered? why are we trying to go back? guest: we have seen a lot of spacecraft and we have learned a lot since we were there. it is one thing to look down at the moon and have a robot pick something up, but it is another to spend humans on the expedition where they can spend weeks or months going around, pretty much ticking up where you left off 50 years ago. so of like they with the rovers on mars, it went 20 kilometers, but you talk to a geologist, may say, i could have done that in an afternoon. [applause] nicole: many thanks. great talking to you again. guest: my pleasure. ♪ nicole: the world cup in qatar is underway, and date two began
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with england beating iran. but the losing side grab the headlines early on with a protest against their government. ♪ reporter: a silence that spoke louder than words as iran refused to sing the national anthem ahead of kickoff. they held firm for 35 minutes, but then in 19 year old headed in for his first england goal. and the floodgates opened. one player double the lead next, a superb strike two minutes before the break. and in injury time, raheem sterling added another to make it 3-0. saka grabbed a fork for england in the second half. but iran got off the mark shortly after. but hopes of a comeback work dashe asd marcus rashford added a fifth, and jack, a sixth. a late iran goal did little to dampen england's mood, or
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improve that of the iranian team. nicole: a short while ago, i asked our reporter in doha how iranian fans are reacting to their team/protest. reporter: so, the reaction here has been a little bit mixed. a lot of iranian fans did not want to talk to us and did not want to talk to journalists at all, because they were afraid of what might happen in iran, which is totally understandable. we did talk to a female iranian fan and she was actually so happy to be there. it was her first world cup, she had never been to the world cup before. she said she was way to go to the stadium for the first time with her brother, because that is not allowed in iran. before the game, we saw a lot of protests, also during the game, t-shirts along with signs. the biggest thing was when the iranian men's national team did not sing the national anthem.
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they stood there with their marks closed. that was a massive show of solidarity the protests. until now, they had been criticized because they had not done enough for iranians. nicole: and on short notice, fifa introduced new sanctions for players wearing an armband in support of inclusion and diversity. seven european teams who were planning on wearing it, foldout. can you tell us more about that? reporter: so these armbands, for people who don't know, or part of a campaign against discrimination. fifa had been trying to dance around this issue and avoid it, because as we know, homosexuality is illegal in qatar. but the captains in the federation said they were going to wear the armband and take any fines that came with that. now, it started to circulate that there could be playing sanctions or yellow cards, and that is what caused the federation's to make a u-turn shortly before kickoff today.
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they said, ok, we are not going to wear them anymore, because as a player if you are playing on the yellow card, it changes how you play and how you approach the game. you also risk getting a red card in that game, or future suspensions. this has sent the internet ablaze, here, we talked to a lot of fans, and they told us that they wish the people would just let the players play. nicole: talking about the fans, there are one million expected to attend the world cup. what is their experience like in qatar? reporter: it is also a bit mixed. from the football standpoint, there are a lot of fans, people are super happy. we are seeing a mixing of different cultures, people singing and dancing. that is the powerful pole, it brings people together. on the negative side, we know that qatar is a small country and there are a lot of people here. now, the alcohol thing is still a big issue.
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in one of the only places you can get alcohol is in the fan zones. now, there are some many people here, what has happened is they have started to close the fan zones and not let people into them. so now, they can't see the games on the big screens, they can't drink alcohol and that has them disappointed. hopefully this is just a beginning of the tournament thing and they get everything sorted out quickly. nicole: thank you so much. in the second game of the day, the netherlands beat african champion senegal through two late goals in a tightly contested affair. both teams had chances, but it was not until the 84th minute that one player managed to break the deadlock his. goal was pulled by another. -- his goal was for the by another. before we go, a quick reminder about top stories. the death toll from a powerful earthquake on indonesia's island
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of java has risen to 160. disaster officials say most were killed when homes collapsed. rescuers are still trying to reach people trappedn the rubble. ukraine's president says russia launched over 400 strikes it the eastern donbass region on sunday. investigators in kyiv said more than 8000 civilians have been killed since the start of the war. you are watching dw news live from berlin. i will be back after a short break to take you through "the day." stay with us. ♪
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>> welcome to live in paris. world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. controversy off the pitch. banning of the rainbow arm bantered action on it the latest from the world cup with gareth -- where gareth bale scored the penalty turn wells a 1-1 draw against the usa. simon harding a lucky man watching the action. ukraine says there is evidence torture took place in russian occupied her son. the un's nuclear watchdog warns avenue -- winds of an impending nuclear

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