new zealand. plumes of smoke were seen from the mainland. new zealand policeaying it's too dangerous for police and rescue to go onto the island because it's covered in debris, ash, and volcanic material. i spoke to a volume can ollist about this. why is it too dangerous for them to carry out this rescue operation. she told me they have to put a restriction on air traffic around it because of the chance of another explosive eruption. because if there's another one, more ash, more particles would be moving up into the air. that would endanger helicopters, choppers, planes in the area. al also getting there by boat would take a long time. she also told me the only place to land is very close to the crater itself. very dangerous situation, so that's why we keep hearing from the police why they cannot carry out this rescue operation at this moment. as we learned, five people confirmed dead as a result of this volcanic eruption in new zealand. >> of course we heard from new zealand police as well that they do expect more eruptions there. of course people from all a

and new zealand police open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding multiple deaths and the white island volcanic eruption. leader aung san suu kyi she is headed to the un's highest court in the netherlands to defend her country against genocide charges the west african state of gambia launched the fast bid to bring me to international justice over a military crackdown on range of muslims more than 700000 russian job were forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh in 2017 protests by opponents and supporters are expected outside the court ahead of her arrival while the un has accused me of carrying out mass rape killings and the banning of her joining that military campaign memo says it was conducting a legitimate counter-terrorism response and denies the charges of genocide meanwhile danby of legal team is asking the court to impose protections for the region before the case. be had in full recent attempts to repatriate tens of thousands of refugees have failed with many still fearing for their safety but we have 2 correspondents covering this story our stephanie deca is with

just watch short while ago the deputy commander of new zealand's police gave details of the planned rescue operation recovery operation just. shortly after a fierce lot tomorrow. in city if it's its people and capability will deploy to the autumn and assisted by specialist capabilities from across seas including new zealand police. they will go on to the island and i will make every effort to recover all of the bodies from the oil and then return them to the wanting to. and from the we will move those bodies back to the mine mind. i have to emphasize that the risk has not gone the risk remains present. you're watching news just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you here today the russian foreign ministry is expelling 2 german diplomats in a dispute over the killing of a former chechen commander in a park last summer it's being seen as retaliation. expelled 2 russian diplomats last week. and the u.s. house of representatives has passed a bill imposing sanctions projects intended to pipe russian gas to germany the sanctions affect construction of the north stream to pipeline

the latest headlines: new zealand police say they're launching a criminal investigation after a volcanicas many as 13 people. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, will appear at the international court ofjustice to deny that her country has carried out genocide against rohingya muslims. now, it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with guardian website and latest breaking news on the volcanic explosion in new zealand. police have said they are launching a criminal investigation over the deaths of tourists killed in the eruption of the white island volcano. the guardian bringing the very latest on that as our way. there have been various press conferences overnight. the telegraph has an interesting line on the election and where we are at. it says an internal conservative memo says tactical voting in just 12 constituencies would help the labour leaderjeremy corbyn oust prime minister boris johnson from downing street. meanwhile, the guardian reports labour has accused borisjohnson‘s campaign of lying after it wrongly said a tor

new zealand. ina some breaking news from new zealand. in a news conference in the last few minutes, policeay they are launching a criminal investigation of the circumstances of the eruption on white island. police say the body is still on the island are covered in ash. let's listen in. the responsibility of the criminal investigation, to support the coroner and work with work safe. investigation, to support the coroner and work with work safem there a chance that humans won't step foot back on the island? we are doing everything we can to get back to that island, absolutely doing everything we can. that is my primary objective at the moment, because that is what we need to do. it is important for the family, it is important for the friends. so we are determined. we are going to do everything we possibly can. are determined. we are going to do everything we possibly canlj understand there are checkpoints outside the airport. why are they there? sorry, i've got no idea. in terms of stopping people from going to the island in the situation like that, because it has been active prior to the er

new zealand police launch a criminal investigation into the injuries and deaths caused by a volcanic eruption. logan i'm asking dennis your without is there a live from also coming up we've also just democrats in the u.s. house of representatives have agreed to present 2 articles of impeachment against president trump. the presidents of ukraine and russia agree on another cease fire but there's still more to be done to end the 5 year conflict. celebrations in argentina ahead of the official return of the peronist. breaking news from new zealand within the past hour or so we've learned that police there are launching a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of several people in a volcanic eruption at least 5 people were killed 8 others still missing are presumed dead whilst on white island police have suggested it's unlikely that they'll be any more survivors 31 people are injured and some of those have got severe. we can never say 100 percent but i would strongly suggest that there is no one that has survived on the island so we'll look into. it if there

the deputy commissioner of new zealand police. are planning to return to the island tomorrow came as a surprise, because of the warnings of further volcanic activity. a short while before that update was given by the police, our correspondent shaimaa khalil used a helicopter to get as close as is safely possible to the island. we are five nautical miles away from whakaari, white island. there is a restriction zone around it so this is as close as we can get from the volcano. there has been quite a bit of volcanic activity happening on the island, toxic gases, ash, magma floating white, quite shallow into the volcano, and tremors. and, of course, that risk of another eruption. this is why it's been decided it is still too risky to go in and get those bodies. following her trip and the update by police — that the recovery operation will beging tomorrow — shaimaa sent us this update. eight bodies have been stuck on white island since monday and, for the first time, police are telling us they have a plan. the deputy police commissione

following terry martin good to have you with us police in new zealand are investigating the deaths of at least 5 tourists in monday's volcanic eruption the threat level was raised last week prompting questions about whether tour groups should have been allowed to visit the destination off new zealand's north island 8 people are still missing presumed dead after the eruption dozens of suffered severe burns. to disastrous chockful cari island russell clark was one of the 1st responder the paramedics flew in on a helicopter from auckland what he saw when he arrived just shocking. it was just it was just blanketed the nation it was it was quite. an eyeful welding risk there was a helicopter on the wall and it did it all see being there at the time. was that's right if lights were off it. it was monday afternoon local time when the volcano erupted at 47 people were on the island at the time some made a narrow escape but other some missing with little hope of finding them alive. the scale of this tragedy is devastating police and defense force personnel have undertaken a number of ereal rec

just a short while ago the deputy commissioner of new zealand's police gave details of the planned operation. so. tomorrow. people. will deploy and assistant boss specialist capabilities from across seas including new zealand police. and i will make every effort to recover all of the bodies from the auto and and return them to the washington. and from the we will move those bodies back to the mine mind. i have to emphasize that the risk has not gone the risk reminds prisms. elbagir ians are heading to the polls to elect a new president after months of political turmoil the north african nation has been in limbo since february when longtime president. announced he would stand for a 5th term now that announcement sparked massive protests which benchley led the strongman leader to step down after 20 years in power the move was meant to quell public dissent but it wasn't enough to appease protesters street demonstrations have continued with many in algeria's pro-democracy camp to boycott today's vote. we want freedom we will not vote they chant. though they want to mock recy these protesters say

new zealand police have launched an investigation into what led to the deaths of 6 people in monday's volcanic eruption 8 others are still unaccounted for in are presumed dead medics say that some of the injured are not expected to survive on. ethiopia's a prime minister of the ahmed has received the nobel peace prize at a ceremony in norway he was praised for his efforts to end 2 decades of conflict with the o.p.'s one time enemy there are 3. this is g.w. news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter at t w news you can also visit our website that's t w dot com. senior marie fredrickson has died at the age of 61 the news coming from her manager today the swedish pop star died on monday after a long battle with cancer her bed rock set sold more than 70000000 records worldwide will leave you now with a few samples of her biggest hits. pick up. another. place. logic beat oftentimes on the 2nd. block box scored in injury time to take all 3 points against by a mimic a copy of the table. today don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com highlights. literature invites us to

well new zealand police are continuing to work with the national emergency management agency to look for search and rescue operation but currently they cannot access the island it is deemed too dangerous to do so they confirm also that there is no communication with anyone still on the island and now a no fly zone has been established were there any warnings saw a bell this before it happened any signs that this volcano was about to erupt. well and it was reported that the gas output and volcanic tremor levels on the island at the highest level since 2016 possibly suggesting that the volcano was entering a period where an option was more likely. a member of the press asked the prime minister on why there are still tourists within the area prime minister said there will be time for questions about how it was for people to be on white island on the high alert level but at this moment the focus needs to be on the search and rescue operation person thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was journalist corrosive paramita there in auckland new zealand now to some of the other

i might be most intellectual the new zealand police have set to launch an investigation scientists have noted an uptick in volcanic activity in recent weeks the question to be answered why were people allowed so close to a disaster apparently waiting to happen. exactly a lot of questions that still require an answer and to help us understand what about this a volcanic eruption dr eleanor of alta she works with the german research center for geosciences in pasta and she's with me here in the studio so good to have you here with us dr now obviously there were warnings about increased activity your tour operators still took tourists visitors to the island i'm just wondering do you think that the warning obviously was not taken seriously enough because they would have taken those people there. well i'm not sure how both. whether the warning was taken seriously or not but certainly. things don't happen very frequently and these kids very little you know the probability of an event is real people to take our chance and to take in the people because the decided to have better thoughts they hav

new zealand police have recovered the bodies of 6 people who died earlier this week when the. volcano erupted the high risk operation went ahead despite the ongoing threat of volcanic activity on the island the bodies of 2 other suspected victims were not recovered. this is news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at news or visit our website. no forget you can always get the news on the go out from google player from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the d.w. app to send us your photos and your c.d.'s. coming up next monica jones will be looking at market reaction supports jobs big deal when the in the u.k. election stay tuned for that. clear message from the international perspective. as u.n. climate negotiate. since enter their decisive phase done to this demand the world leaders get serious with evidence of catastrophic effects mounting is the current climate anxiety too little too late that's are tough they've gone through to the point of just

earlier the deputy commissioner of new zealand's police gave details of the planned operation. shortly after a fierce lot tomorrow or indeed the if it suits people in capability will deploy to the armed assisted by specialist capabilities from across the seas including new zealand police. they will go onto the island and i will make every effort to recover all of the bodies from the oil and and return them to the wanting to. and from the we will remove those bodies back to the mine mine. i have to imply that the risk has not gone the risk remains present. now to some more stories making news around the world the new york times is reporting that former hollywood movie producer harvey weinstein has reached a tentative settlement with dozens of women who accuse him of sexual misconduct the 20 $5000000.00 deal would end most civil lawsuits against weinstein but he still faces criminal charges of a sexual assault and rape in new york. and algerians are voting to elect a new president after months of political turmoil the north african nation has been in limbo for months in person si

new zealand surgeons to their limits. these are exceptional circumstances by a stretch of the imagination and to illustrate abuse i would say there are police in new zealand. maybe the war or the whole year for all of them in a single day. in christ church friends and family members of some of the dead gather to come true to each other while the rest of the nation waits until they can top really honor all of the volcano's victims. india's parliament has passed a controversial new law that offers citizenship to undocumented migrants from its neighboring countries as long as they are not muslims the upper house passed the bill 125 votes to 105 the bill was approved by the lower house on monday and is now set to be signed into law was sparked protests in various parts of the country with opponents saying it discriminates against muslims and violates india's secular principles. our correspondent nischelle jaiswal has been following the story for us in delhi. after another long day of debate the controversial citizenship amendment bill has been passed by the indian parliament the law how debated this very extensively on monday and today the uppe

new zealand police say continuing volcanic activity is preventing them recovering the remaining eightom the island but many are badly burnt. victims‘ names and nationalities are expected to be released

and the rising death toll is police crackdown on protests is only fueling those he is. new zealand has ended a gun buyback program initiated after a terror attack at 2 mosques in christ church killed 51 people earlier this year the government banned certain semi automatic weapons giving owners in till yesterday to turn them in in exchange for compensation the government calls the program a success but not everyone is happy. getting guns off the street literally people were still turning in their firearms on the last day of the buyback program the government says more than 30000 weapon owners participated turning in over 50000 guns but i do believe that our communities are just a little bit safer for. 6 months but there is still a lot more to do and i'm confident that the new zealand police can do that and be the safest country in the world. the measure followed an anti muslim rampage at 2 christ church mosques in march of this year when a single gunman killed $51.00 people the massacre shocked the country where mass shootings were extremely rare prime minister just in the ardor and

new zealand. first of all how's the recovery operation going so given the police commissioner said it's not over yet they for treeview 6 bodies this morning but they do believe that there are still 2 victims remaining there on the island right. correct this morning new zealand time a defense force team of 8 successfully recovered 6 bodies from the island the operation itself started at 8 am local time and it took 4 hours from when they land until they had to call for the bodies on to the navy ship wellington they were placed in coffins and will be received by families at the airport a coastal town 50 kilometers from white island before they are flown to auckland late later this evening for id if occasion purposes as there are still 2 bodies believed to be on the island the operation is not over yet police believe at least one of the remaining 2 bodies could be in the water surrounding the island they have to deploy to a dive squad into the waters and further aerial searches are carry out are carried out this afternoon. chris a do we know why this operation was given the green light we're hearing how

well joining us now from auckland new zealand is journalist caruso paramita curser how are police handling the recovery operation. well terry today volcanic activity on friday or white island unfortunately has increased therefore authorities attempts to retrieve the bodies still on the island were not successful kind of activity significantly increased overnight indicating that volcanic pressures remain high and it has been reported that the risk on the island of another eruption within the next 24 hours is like monday when the eruption happened which was 40 to 60 percent from 30 to 50 percent yesterday police are on standby this moment there is no recovery operation happening. and the police did manage to get a rescue services did manage to get a number of people off the island what we know about the condition of those who were injured. the number of people killed by the white island eruption has increased to sit with a patient at a hospital and often succumbing to their injuries for australians that have been identified and confirmed including mother daughter and there are 1200000 square

that the new zealand police can do that be the safest country in the world. the measure followed an anti muslim rampage at 2 christ church mosques in march of this year when a single gunman killed $51.00 people the massacre shocked the country where mass shootings were extremely rare the prime minister just in the ardor and moved quickly to ban semi-automatic weapons like the one the gunman used the legislature passed it nearly unanimously. miss a speaker because 5050 people died and they do not have a voice we in this house are the voice and today mr speaker we have you say voice wisely. further legislation now moving through parliament would create a registry to track all guns police say that's intended to make it harder for criminals and gangs to get access to weapons. but in a country where many farmers and hunters are attached to their guns the measure has faced some resistance. there is a huge amount of. going to come tomorrow even as the buyback and the amnesty continues meaning gun owners can still turn in weapons with no questions asked but anyone ca

new zealand police divers have been trying to recover the last 2 bodies from the waters near the volcanic white island the volcano erupted last monday killing at least 16 people the military team brought 6 bodies back from the island on friday. british prime minister boris johnson has delivered his 1st address outside of downing street after gaining an absolute majority in thursday's general election the leader of the conservative party said the tories landslide victory would settle the question he also said the country must begin healing after years of bitter division with the conservatives now set for their largest majority in over 30 years john. and has a clear mandate for his agenda but many people are still worried about what exactly that means. skillfulness replaced the jubilation from ellie on friday as empty conservative purchased as slowly outnumbered johnson supporters need downing street. to fight for their concerns a clear night. because often the racism sexism is so jenny the homophobia of course johnson has to go opposed you know we call give this bigot a free ride here in t

new zealand police say volcanic activity is preventing them recovering the remaining eight victims from the tremors are increasing. dozens of people were rescued but many are badly burned. president trump has urged the us senate to try him quickly, now that democratic party leaders have unveiled the two articles of impeachment against him. they charge mr trump with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the times and the final poll before tomorrow's general election in the uk. it suggests the lead is narrowing for borisjohnson‘s conservatives. the ft now, and saudi state oil company aramco goes public today, the world's biggest flotation, the crown prince has encouraged local investors to buy—in as he tries to a $2 trillion target. the daily telegraph business pages cover trouble at ted baker, the retailer. its chief executive and chairman have left after it warned of a plunge in profits. greece's ekatharini reports on a project called rebrain, the country's attempting to

the new zealand police have said they launched an investigation scientists at noted an uptick in volcanic activity in recent weeks the question to be answered why were people allowed so close to a disaster apparently waiting to happen. well the murder of a former chechen rebel in berlin last august continues to strain relations between germany and russia the man was shot dead in a public park and german authorities suspect that he may have been killed at the order of the kremlin now german lawmakers are angry at russian president vladimir putin's latest comments on the killing on monday at a press conference with german chancellor angela merkel he said the man who was shot dead got what he deserves and the german lawmakers should be happy about that . model and putin both still have something to clarify the meeting in paris should actually have been about ukraine but merkel was concerned about something else. really was shot twice in the head at close range in broad daylight at the end of august in central berlin a targeted assassination. the suspect a russian citizen was later arrested g

information, the police will be providing it but for now we will be providing it but for now we will let them get on with theirjob. that was jacinda ardern, the prime minister of new zealandss conference. just to brief eve ryo ne that press conference. just to brief everyone on the situation at white island. they have told us, is police and rescue services are unable to go to the island at the moment, it is far too dangerous for them to do that. they are waiting on advice to find out when rescue services can go there but there are people who are still unaccounted for and the deputy police commissioner confirmed that there has been one fatality as well. 23 people have been taken from the island, they believe that there were around 50 people on the island so there are over 20 that are unaccounted for. they are saying there is no significant impact of this for those living on north island, the ash fall is just on white island at the moment, and one of those addressing the press conference was talking about the fa ct conference was talking about the fact that this was not a big eruption, so therefore there shouldn't be any material reaching mainland new zealand. he described

the new zealand police have set they launched an investigation scientists that noted an uptick in volcanic activity in recent weeks the question to be answered why were people allowed so close to a disaster apparently waiting to happen. and in australia authorities have issued warnings of dangerous fire conditions as temperatures rise across large parts of the country already ravaged by bushfires in sydney australia's largest city usually unmistakeable structures like the harbor bridge and the opera house are blanketed in a cloud of smoke weather forecasters expect the situation will get worse with temperatures predicted to soar above 40 degrees celsius while environmental officials say the conditions in sydney over the last month have been unprecedented the hot weather combined with gusty winds are making every day life a struggle for people across the state of new south wales. in a. desperate and helpless we stand before the ruins of their lives 4 weeks ago a bushfire barne through fiona lee cruz home taking everything the couple see they knew it was a risk zone but this is far from norm

the new zealand police have said they launched an investigation scientists that noted an uptick in volcanic activity in recent weeks the question to be answered why were people allowed so close to a disaster apparently waiting to happen. to the u.s. now where democrats on capitol hill have officially laid out their case for impeaching president donald trump accusing him of quote high crimes and misdemeanors the speaker of the house nancy pelosi and the heads of investigating committees releasing a shorts 9 page document within those pages are 2 articles of impeachment charging the president with abusing his powers and obstructing congress both charges come from the president's alleged efforts to solicit foreign interference in next year's presidential election and hide any evidence from congress. here's how the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff describes the president's actions a person to solicit a foreign currency to publicly announce an. end to this. and a baseless conspiracy theory promoted by russia to help his reelection campaign president trump abuse the power

our top stories: floral tributes for victims of the volcano eruption in new zealand. police a ceasefire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year. a justice department report concludes political bias did not drive the fbi‘s investigation into russian interference in the us presidential election. china claims all the people sent to what it calls "re—education camps" in the western xinjiang province have now been released. and one of the last surviving british pilots who fought in the battle of britain has died at the age of 101.

extent of the volcanic eruption the whole island is the much covered in ash and at this point new zealand police is still waiting for the all clear to recover bodies. a decision will be made based on images taken of our viewers today. what more do we know about the people who managed to make it off the island i mean we know there were dozens of people there and only 5 were killed perhaps luckily what more do we know about the people who met measure make it all. $31.00 people currently being treated at 7 hospitals around the country with a range of injuries 8 of them are in critical condition some have burns to 90 percent of their body so there is that possibility that they may not survive this. a few for a few plastic surgeons with private practice in or out and had been called in to help with the burn victims and disfiguration cost by force trauma so far 3 patients have been discharged among the injured are missing aren't 24 us travel between the ages of 17 and 72 there are also americans chinese british and malaysians as well as cylinders. course we're hearing there were warnings about increas

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now some the other stories making news around the world new zealand police divers have been trying to recover the last few bodies from the waters near the volcanic white island the volcano erupted last monday killing at least 16 people a military team 6 bodies but from the on and on friday. in chile fresh clashes have erupted between protesters and police in the capital santiago it comes off the un published reports on friday same security forces have been abusing demonstrators during months of anti-government protests demonstrations have been voicing their anger at the economic inequality since mid october. and algeria protesters took to the streets of the capital g.'s to vent their anger at the outcome of presidential elections held on thursday chanting the vote is fake former prime minister abdul majeed to boone was declared the winner with 68 percent of the vote turnout was no off the ocular decision who threw a boycott. well the united nations has published its annual list of cultural heritage practices around the world that they consider important to preserve and thailand has ca

new zealand's police chief has praised the military mission that recovered the bodies of 6 people who died during the volcanic eruption on for caare white island commission mike bush said the team members showed absolute courage in an unpredictable and challenging environment 2 bodies remain on the island all together at least 16 people died and dozens more were severely injured in the eruption. the recovery operation began at 1st light on friday when 2 haiti copses essential fulfill cari island and the ever present threat of another eruption. it's all just about 4 hours to recover 6 bodies which they airlifted to a naval base will and get off the coast. 2 more bodies could not be found. police said another operation would be launched to find them we do believe that at least one of them is in the water. we other one we're on shore so the only 2 possibilities one is still on the island and we have a good will by 2 or in the water. arriving back on shore friends and family off those who died on why tide and at sea they've taken part in a maori blessing for the victims. for the sea is st

the deputy commissioner of new zealand police. hat the police are planning to return to the island tomorrow came as a surprise, because of the warnings of further volcanic activity. a short while before that update was given by the police, our correspondent shaimaa khalil used a helicopter to get as close as is safely possible to the island. we are five nautical miles away from whakaari, white island. there is a restriction zone around it so this is as close as we can get from the volcano. there has been quite a bit of volcanic activity happening on the island, toxic gases, ash, magma floating white, quite shallow into the volcano, and tremors. and, of course, that risk of another eruption. this is why it's been decided it is still too risky for rescuers to go in and get those bodies. a little earlier, our correspondent in sydney phil mercer explained how the complicated operation to recover the bodies would work. it will be very tricky. as we have heard, the science community are telling us there is a 50—50 risk of another eruptio

when new zealand police say they have recovered the bodies of 6 people who died during the volcanic eruption on white island off the eastern coast of the country 2 other people are missing and they are presumed dead this was a risky recovery mission scientists have warned that gases on the island after monday's eruption are so toxic and corrosive the taking a single breath could be fatal. i did a reminder now of the top story that we're following for you at this hour an exit poll is pointing to a big lead for british prime minister boris johnson and his conserved. isn't thursday's general election they are on track for a $86.00 seat majority in parliament the labor party led by germany corben is projected to lose some $71.00 seats results would allow johnson to secure britain's departure from the e.u. in january of next year. and i'm watching a special edition of g.w. news live from berlin stay tuned d.w. africa up next with any michael jr and of course all the latest news and information available from talk on our website that's dot com i promise i want to cut. the crew to today's news. 197

now new zealand police $88.00 people still missing after a volcanic eruption in new zealand and our likely dead at least 5 people were killed and they are optional on white island on monday police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding their deaths jessica washington has more for clint. the excitement of the beginning of the summer holidays brought to an abrupt end thick plumes of smoke and ash rising thousands of metres into the air as the white island folk hainault 50 kilometers off the coast of new zealand iran says it's a popular tourist destination and the national geological authority has cameras on the island these pictures show what would be for some visitors their final moments so. if there's anyone criminally responsible for the deaths and injuries. it's early days yet the tragedy has raised questions about where the tour was should have been operating in the 1st place but the island draws 10000 visitors every year and december is 1 of its busiest mass prime minister just into our durned has promised she will make sure those questions are answered when

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us police in new zealand have raised to 6 the number of people killed in monday's volcanic eruption 8 people are still missing presumed dead dozens are injured many with severe burns search teams are on able to return to the volcanic island they fear it could erupt again questions are also being asked why tour groups were allowed to visit the site in the 1st place given that threat levels were raise. last week. it is a search operation because rescues considered unlikely 1st responders are flying over for kerry island after the volcano erupted on monday afternoon local time 47 people were on the island during the eruption most of them had a narrow escape but a few are still missing with little hope of finding them alive. the scale of this tragedy it's devastating police and defense force personnel have undertaken a number of aerial reconnaissance flights over the island since the eruption however no signs of life have been detected. clark was one of the 1st on the scene after the catastrophe hit the paramedic flew in by helicopter what he

just a short while ago the deputy commissioner of new zealand police gave details of the planned operation. so. people. will deploy to. the system. from across. and i will make every effort to recover all of the bodies from the on hand and return them to the wanting to come. in from the we will move those bodies back to the mine mine and. i have to emphasize that the risk has not gone the risk reminds present. all joining us from auckland new zealand is journalist curtis apparently it's a chorus we just heard there from the deputy police commissioner saying that the risk associated with with this operating is still very much there wife of authorities decided to take this risk now all that's right terry the likelihood of an eruption today has increased to between 50 and 60 percent over the next 24 hours but the police has stated that the recovery operation will begin at 1st light on friday you zealand time that the situation was not taken lightly but it follows day of growing frustration from grieving families at delays in emergency services returning to the island to collect their last one

new zealand. they're issuing a new warning this evening after that volcano eruption another explosion could happen in 24 hours. janis mackey frayer is in new zealand tonight. >> reporter: tonight new zealand police confirming the eight people missing on white island are presumed dead. the island itself still too dangerous for rescue teams to approach >> we will not be moving until the situation is safe for us to operate in. >> reporter: 47 people were on the island when the volcano erupted, including nine americans newlyweds matthew and lauren urey were on their dream honeymoon to new zealand then a late night voice message to his mother in pennsylvania saying they had been on the island and were badly burned >> terrified, any horrible emotion you can imagine. i hung up and quickly called him back and at least got to hear his voice, that he was at the hospital, but his hands were severely burned he really couldn't use the phone. >> reporter: white island, or whakaari, is visible from the shore. for a closer look, we headed out by boat it's pretty choppy water out here we need to stay back five nautical miles, but that is white island you can see the volcanic ash still hovering over the craters.

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new zealand police say the 8 people still missing after a volcanic eruption in new zealand are likely dead at least 5 people were killed in the eruption on white island on monday police have now launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding their deaths 31 people were also injured in the eruption most with severe burns volcanoes allowed level had been raised in november but tour groups had still been visiting. we can never say 100 percent but i would strongly suggest that there is no one that has survived so we will look into. if there's anyone criminally responsible for the deaths and injuries. so we've just kind of to work through the evidence talk to people and conduct the investigation. correspondent jessica washington has more from. the latest that we've heard from authorities is that there will be some sort of investigation into these 5 deaths but they have not yet at this stage determined the scope of this investigation now this comes after new zealand's prime minister just also commented that she too would be asking questions about whether tours should have been