i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us we start in genoa where rescue teams are still working to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble of the collapsed highway bridge at least thirty nine people were killed when a stretch of the marandi bridge collapsed on tuesday the government has declared a year long state of emergency for the region but with hopes of finding more survivors fading anger is growing over how such a disaster could have happened to debbie charlotte shell some tell reports. as hopes of finding survivors fades the blame game intensifies officials initially pointed the finger at the e.u. accusing it of limiting funding for infrastructure past the focus of criticism is now shifting to. the company responsible for the bridge locals say the long been

i'm sumi so much down there good to have you with us sim bob noyce president emerson man and god what has called for a dialogue with the opposition amid high tensions following monday's elections his comedy comments come a day before after wrap of the military shot dead three on armed demonstrators at a protest in the capital harare when they got deployed the troops to disperse the protesters who allege the country's elections were raked international observers have condemned what they call the use of excessive force by the army. soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwe's capital. the army into the street to harare midafternoon reportedly at the request of the police. the country's justice minister said the military had been deployed to maintain peace and tranquility and accused opposition supporters of going on a rampage what the protesters claim they didn't stop the violence. was going on was driving. this is a i just want to know if this is a demonstration that. the crackdown came after a day of protest in the capital people were taken to the streets to protest at the law and the r

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us at least thirty five people are now known to have been killed after a highway bridge collapse in the italian city of genoa many more are injured some seriously rescuers have been working around the clock to find survivors and bodies in the rubble the country's president sergio mata has called the collapse a catastrophe for the country. it was a race against the clock in the tally in city of genoa as rescue efforts continued into the night reinforcements were sent to the site in the hopes of finding survivors trapped in knishes under the rubble. up above emergency workers week patiently in case someone is pulled out alive but after seeing the collapsed morandi bridge for himself italian prime minister just half a continent want italians to prepare for the west removal. from office i have personally ascertained so far the number of dead will increase at this moment it's an incredible tragedy because there wasn't an explosion or an accident but we are working on the hypothesis that this was a structural failure. and. this is the moment

i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us afghan officials say over one hundred security forces have been killed as they battle with the taliban for control of the city of grozny taliban forces launched a surprise attack last friday on the city which is just one hundred twenty kilometers from the capital couple afghan defense officials say seven hundred taliban fighters have been killed in the fighting hundreds of civilians have fled the city the u.s. is providing military support to afghan troops washington has denied reports that the city is on the verge of collapse. well let's get an update on the situation we have journalist to hearken dearie he joins us on the line from kabul he's been following the situation in russian for us to hear what can you tell us about the latest that's happening in bosnia this morning. who to be honest a situation really looks bleak and the fighting has been going on since friday that people who are calling on the government and the college. years nearly three years nothing was ever their own when i was on on the ground all human syrian organizati

i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us international leaders are calling for calm in zimbabwe after the military shot dead three demonstrators in the capital harare the government deployed the army to disperse opposition protesters angry at what they say was electoral fraud by the rulings and party. soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwe's capital. the army into the streets of harare mid afternoon reportedly at the request of the police. the country's justice minister said the military had been deployed to maintain peace and tranquility and accused opposition supporters of going on a rampage however the protesters claim they didn't start the violence. it was going on. i just want to emphasize the demonstration that. the crackdown came after a day of protest in the capital people were taken to the streets to protest a delay in the release of the results of presidential polling. crowds gathered outside the offices of the country's electoral commission to demand the release and things quickly turned violent the electoral commission called for patience verifying the vote was mor

i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us italy is stepping up pressure on its european partners to take more migrants rescued at sea italy's defense minister elisabetta tried to announce that she will ask fellow e.u. defense ministers to rotate the ports that migrants disembarked at calling on other countries to share the load that used joint naval mission in the mediterranean operations of fionn was created to target people smuggling but as rescue thousands of people since its launch in two thousand and fifteen under the current rules operation sophia brings all of those rescued to italy and rome says that practice is no longer acceptable and wants a change or else it could see. excepting migrants. for european defense ministers are meeting in vienna today for the second day of talks and after trying to announcement operation sophia is likely to be the number one item on the agenda let's go right to our correspondent barbara vai so she is covering the talks for us in vienna today hi barbara so operation sophia was supposed to prevent people smuggling and further gas at sea why

i'm sumi so much gonda good to have you with us italy is stepping up pressure on its european partners to take more migrants rescued at sea italy's defense minister elisabetta trend to announce that she will ask fellow e.u. defense ministers to rotate the ports that migrants disembark at calling on other countries to share the load that used joint naval mission the mediterranean operation sophia was created to target people smuggling but it has rescued thousands of people since its launch in two thousand and fifteen now under current rules operation sophia brings all of those rescue to italy and rome says that that practice is no longer acceptable once it changed or else it could stop accepting migrants. they use chief diplomat federica mongering he says it's a divisive issue and one that e.u. states need to tackle together here's what she said a short while ago the issue of how to share the management of migration flows that is not an issue for one single country but is a common european issue this is why we have a european union operation and this is why i believe that even if it's a

hello and a very warm welcome to focus on europe i'm sumi so misconduct turkish president to one says his country is facing an economic war and he's pointing the finger straight at the u.s. earlier this week two men were arrested after shooting at the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital ankara no one was injured but the attack comes as a dispute between the two country.

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can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's at d w dot com sumi we'll be with you at the top of the next hour thanks for . the letter we want. when do we want it now eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listening. audience.

i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us officials in india say the death toll from floods in the state of kater law has jumped to more than one hundred sixty kid it was located on the southern tip of india and it's known as a tourist hot spots towards beaches of the state is hit by monsoons every year but this year's weather has been called the worst in the century hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless by the floods and are living in shelters due to be sonia's on the cars following the story for us from delhi she joins us on the line hi sonia tell us the latest that you're been hearing. heights of the well it's a really dire situation in the last twenty four hours faces with the same torrential rains large box seats are underwater we're seeing some heartbreaking footage on social media but also on television you know prototypical elect even go to some of my own some large holy cross the authorities go help the current thousands of people remain stranded across the street over joining us on the streets completely cut off from the mainland with the roots wa

i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us in the german city of cabinets several people have been injured after thousands of far right protesters rallied for a second day the protests were sparked after migrants were linked to the killing of a german man over the weekend but they point to longstanding tensions over immigration that have polarized german politics. a second day of tension in the city formerly known as karl marx stopped right wing protesters rallied beneath a bust of the father of communism but that message was typical of the contemporary far right. where god. wants us out of line for the germans they shout foreigners out. for all its problems robert. and the journalists started to. press their child said the german version of fake news. that anger followed the lethal stabbing of a german man early sunday morning during the city's annual street festival the killing was attributed to two young men one from iraq one from syria. later on sunday far right protesters took to the streets with overwhelmed police having to draft in reinforcements from out of town. was h

well sumi i feel reminded of our trip to greystone where we covered the demonstration together last year if you remember those statements a very very similar they sound very familiar people say i'm not a new nazi but there is an increased presence of foreigners and i just don't like that and the statistics do show that fear of foreigners is highest in areas where there are few foreigners so saxony has a share of only four percent that is very low compared to some twelve percent in say in the west but then also candidates for example has a slightly higher share and you hear those statements also in areas where people just don't meet the native population if you will the germans don't really get to know those foreigners because they can't find jobs they're not allowed to work etc which is also why the national government government is working on an immigration bill that should make it easier for people to find jobs who know the onus is now on politicians and the regional leader the state premier michel he's holding something of a town hall in a football stadium today and he's going to have

i'm sumi so much common good to have you with us in zimbabwe president emerson mclaughlin has called for unity after winning the country's first election since the ousting of robert mugabe but doco was declared the winner last night after securing just over fifty percent of the ballot box him by the way remains on edge following post-election violence the main opposition is questioning the polls outcome and demanding the release of what it calls proper and verified results. after days of unrest the long awaited results were delivered in the middle of the night zimbabwe's electoral commission declared a narrow victory for the country's incumbent president. party is therefore julie declared he lifted president of the republic of zimbabwe with effect from the third of august twenty eighth. with fifty point eight percent of the vote and missing money on god avoids a runoff against his nearest rival nelson chamisa who won just over forty four percent his party the movement for democratic change has declared it will challenge the results. of those. affect. what would follow. you very much

i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us two days after a storage election in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the ruling zanu p.f. party has won the most seats in parliament partial results shows that new p.f.s. picked up one hundred nine seats in the nation's two hundred ten member assembly that's compared to just forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. the remaining seats if you have to be announced along with the victor of the country's presidential poll monday's vote was the first since robert mugabe was ousted after thirty seven years in power. and let's bring in melanie she's covering the election for us from zimbabwe from harare their money good to see what zanu p.f. saying about these results. does anybody have has not come out yet with an official statement but of course you can imagine that they must be very happy to have the hundred and nine seats refuse as you said in parliament they'll be even more results coming out so we can expect them to get even more seats which means for them they'll be the ones doing the pol

i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us the number of people killed after a highway bridge collapse in the italian city of jenin what has gone up to thirty eight many more are injured some seriously rescuers have been working around the clock to find survivors and bodies in the rubble the country's president says you might have at last call the collapse a catastrophe for the country. rescue efforts in general work this morning. firefighters and doctors worked throughout the night pulling survivors out of the rubble they're hopeful they'll find more. but there are also facing the grim reality recovering the dead. emergency workers say the most difficult part of the rescue effort is still to come . from this evening we will start moving some of the biggest segments of concrete from the collapsed bridge in order to create new spaces for teams to enter and check for other survivors as well this is going through the pressure. that is. when them or any motorway bridge collapsed dozens of vehicles plummeted to the ground killing and injuring many and leaving behind a huge gap in t

i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us fans have been paying tribute to so legend aretha franklin who died on thursday at the age of seventy six from pancreatic cancer her distinctive voice captured the heartbreak and determination of millions around the world she also broke the barriers with power anthems demanding racial and gender equality here's a look at how fans are remembering the queen of soul. you. leverage this is a theory says so many of her fans remember setting things right when she's been done wrong. such. as from the sidewalk outside her father's church in detroit. to the apollo theater in new york to the hollywood walk of fame in los angeles an outpouring of love for a music icon. she. told such a dad as there was no little outbreak all years p.c.t. . everything that her music awards her advocacy have always been at the front of her songs gave you that power like that confidence to step out in the world. she was the first ever woman inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame credit where credit was due flowed in on social media from politicians and her mus

hello and a very warm welcome to focus on europe i'm sumi so much condo turkish president. says his country is facing an economic war and he's pointing the finger straight at the u.s. earlier this week two men were arrested after shooting at the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital. no one was injured but the attack comes as a dispute between the two countries deepens the u.s. has slapped sanctions and tariffs on turkey sending the lira into a freefall was the economy spotters president there to one has described the crisis as a national struggle an appeal to patriotism and many turks have rallied around him but the severe downturn has taken a heavy toll on ordinary citizens as a lira has lost value so too have pensions and savings and prices have soared across the country making it especially difficult for retirees like this woman zain up just going on after the building boom that had spurred on turkey's economy started to collapse she was left empty handed and now she's fighting back. this is we're going to lose beloved bungalow once stood she worked dollar life to pay for

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us zimbabwean president emerson when god was says he is humbled to have been elected president and has called on the country to unite he was declared the winner last night after securing just over fifty percent of the ballot but the opposition accuses the ruling party of rigging the vote and says it will challenge the result in court. after days of unrest the long awaited results were delivered in the middle of the night zimbabwe's electoral commission declared a narrow victory for the country's incumbent president. of the party is therefore julie declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with effect from the third of august twenty eighth. with fifty point eight percent of the vote and missing money on god avoids a runoff against his nearest rival nelson chamisa who won just over forty four percent his party the movement for democratic change has declared it will challenge the results. of those. are fair. just. what would. you very much like to get what you see. when i'm doug was policy zanu p.f. is also celebrating its vic

all the difficulties to fill up christophe all the vacancies on the german labor market that's right sumigermany's labor ministry is set to release its monthly employment figures later today it is expected to show a slight uptick in joblessness as students and school leavers register as an employed over the summer but that will do little to address the country's demographic crisis with fewer young germans and during the job market as many older germans and to retirement it's an especially stark contrast in nursing homes where there aren't enough young people choosing to work as caregivers raising wages to make the job more attractive would be one option but hospital and nursing homes say there is a cheaper way. germany needs nursing staff and not enough germans are going into caregiving they see the work is too hard and poorly paid that's why berlin's biggest hospital has been hiring albanians and it's about to recruit workers from mexico to it's symptomatic of the personnel shortages in germany not only in the health professions. the number of vacant positions has been rising steadily in

following the story from delhi hi ashish what stood out for you in the run from modi speech this year well sumi what really stood out was that this was in many ways kind of like a campaign speech listing achievements making promises and and that's not to be unexpected given as you said you know we've got a general election coming up within the next year this is the last speech of this kind that modi will be making during this term at least and so it was very much like a campaign speech focusing on domestic issues much more than the foreign policy and in terms of those promises that he made one of the ones that stood out was this health care policy that is set to roll out next month. it is aim to reach one hundred million of india's poorest families and five hundred million people that's the aim now obviously you will have to see how that rolls out and there has been a lot of sort of criticism and doubts raised about whether many of many of the states in india are actually equipped to to see this through and whether there are enough doctors enough beds to actually see through this kind of health

i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us the german city of cabinets gripped by violence for a second day with leftist and far right demonstrators clashing on monday evening several people were injured the unrest was sparked by the fatal stabbing of a german man but it has been fueled by longstanding tensions over immigration that has polarized german politics. a second day of tension in the city formally known as calm upstart rightwing protesters rallied beneath a bust of the father of communism. but their message was typical of the contemporary far right. to the boat yard was quite the journey for the germans they shout foreigners out. was all it was was. and the journalists got to. know. that the press they chanted the german version of fake news. was that angle followed the lethal stabbing of a german man on sunday during the city's annual street festival. the killing was attributed to two young men one from iraq one from syria clashes with left wing counter protesters on monday resulted in injuries to at least six people with overwhelmed police having to draft in reinfor

christopher is here now with some business news and chris i think it's a boost for over sumi a big load of cash usually helps toyota says it is set to invest drop a half a billion dollars in writing and services work as part of a deal to work together on mass producing driving vehicles the japanese car giant says technology from the two companies will be used in building hundreds of special toyota vehicles for the use of ride sharing platforms this after or announced it would expand into bike sharing the latest values at around seventy two billion dollars it is the world's most valuable startup. now at times the months long moishe asian seemed to be advancing only at glacial pace but now the trump administration. and mexico have reached a preliminary deal to replace the north american free trade agreement the deal so far known as nafta has drawn harsh criticism by the u.s. president calling it a job killer with much of the details still in need to be hammered out of the u.s. president already promised that i'll help manufacturers and farmers on both sides of the border. donald trump wel

i'm sumi some of their good to have you with us italy in hungary say they will work together to push for a new hardline policy on immigration in europe and garion prime minister viktor orban and italian deputy prime minister my tail salvini vowed to make migration the central issue in european elections next year the two met in milan to cement their political ties on tuesday. with allies ceding that political alliance with a handshake hungers viktor orban the man who builds a wall to keep out migrants entering by land i'm not tell you solve the need who is closely tied in polls to most migrants arriving by sea this time. leaders who think like them to take control they say. in europe there will be elections in may we want to change a lot of things we new commission a new european parliament a start up on him because legally for the protection of borders and stop a migration. to make. it what starts today is a new journey that will lead us to a different europe we need to change the european commission european policies and focus on jobs the right to live on health security. even. goi

the situation has calmed down considerably here sumi after the outbreak of violence yesterday but the army is still very present the government has been saying that their police seventy thousand police officers have been employed throughout the election that they are understaffed and that the army needs to remain in place until there is no more indication of protest so basically we are in a silent state of emergency here melanie when are we expecting to get the results from the presidential vote. well constitutionally the last day to get those results is saturday that's the day when they have really have to tell us who the president is but the results could come in early and of course that has been pressure on the zimbabwe electoral commission to release the results today we are expecting them if they do give us the results today to do that more towards the evening though to avoid clashes and outbreaks of violence the demonstrations that happened yesterday similarly we saw in a report the opposition says the parliamentary vote was stolen and that the same is going to happen to the pre

i'm sumi so must be good to have you with us a change in germany's immigration laws a set to take effect today starting today some refugees can apply to bring their immediate relatives to the country in two thousand and sixteen the german government suspended family reunification to slow down the number of migrants arriving here now what is left of that cap we need a syrian refugee who hopes that the new ruling will reunite him with his wife and daughter. needs not allow our last look his wife and daughter in the eyes in august twenty fifth teen. allow our is a lawyer his name is on a syrian government blacklist he had no choice but to flee. i know my daughter but she doesn't know me she calls me uncle will by first name. his daughter was two months old when he fled back then they started not realize it would be the last time they were together for many years he wasn't able to take much with him when he left this precious photo with his daughter his wedding portrait a photo of his home village from syria he fled to turkey and from there he went by boat to greece then along the balkan rou

can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's at d w dot com sumi we'll be with you at the top of the next hour thanks for. the. letter we were. when we were out in the percent of americans in some places and our allies will experience hardship listen up. double. binds. tourism in the twenty first century looks to the stars. looking for experiences and astronomy is a new experience not available to them previously they knew. like never seemed that they tell you all the sights and on some of the stars. spain is one of the best destinations in the world to enjoy astronomy it's a trend on the rise. this is more mastro tourism is giving value to the attraction of the night sky. scientific institutions businesses and tourist establishment are backing this new trend. making fifteen years ago astro tours and sounded like times fiction didn't it who would come from abroad just to look at styles i mean i definitely. remember that more than thirty thousand jam in astronomy. have to go abroad to practice their hobby that's with us here in. gaza this intelligen

. >> joining me now on set, sumi, former cia korea analyst, and former director of japan and korea at national securikue council. you know a thing or two about the topic. mattis seems to be saying, it is the state department's issue more than mine. >> it is true, the state department is engaged with the diplomatic process. problem is, president trump said after the summit that there is no longer a north korea nuclear threat. i think now, by saying secretary pompeo should cancel his trip, trump is finally admitting there is no progress being made on the denuclearization front. >> something seemed to trigger this decision. the "washington post" is saying it is a secret letter sent by north korea, that convinced the president and mike pompeo that going to pyongyang would not be productive. >> it's true. we don't know what was in the letter that the north koreans sent to secretary pompeo, but i think from the letter, they understood by going to pyongyang yet again, secretary pompeo was going to come back empty handed. last time, he didn't get to meet with kim jong-un. the whole trip went

you to be with us it's the woods second largest sporting event behind the olympics and even today sumi is on a grand scale isn't it. absolutely peter yet it's been going on it's not only that on a grand scale it's ongoing it's probably going to end up being about five hours long there are different segments to the program the opening ceremonies there's a pre-show then there's a very big stage show actually in kind of different sections it's a massive six hundred tonne stage has a volcano replica it has a working waterfall so very elaborate they were cultural displays of indonesia's very diverse culture we're here from the president of course he had the national of the nation team march around the inside we saw the united korea team behind the silhouette of the korean peninsula on the flag in front of them like they did in the winter olympics and then you know it's still ongoing now we've had a couple of fireworks go up in a little bit but yeah it's a very very grand scale. it's an important event for indonesia with the eyes of the wool watching what measures have been taken to ensure t