i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us at least eighteen people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing on the russian annexed crimea peninsula the explosion tore through a technical college in the black sea port city of curch officials say it was set off in the building's cafeteria by a student a russia's national anti-terrorism committee is investigating. and russian president vladimir putin commented on the incident a short while ago at a joint news conference with the egyptian president. is going to close the tragic events played out in the russian city of curs several hours regards. as a result of an explosion caused by an explosive device people died and there were many injured. i want to extend my condolences to the families of the dead and my hope that the injured recover as quickly as possible. we're doing everything we can to make that possible. it was to be sure it's obvious that this was a crime that we currently investigating the motive and the exact sequence of events . let's go to moscow now where our correspondent emily sure wind is following

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and now berlin at turbo speed photographer shot up gabriele best sumi created a stunning clip of berlin's landmarks using hyper laps viewers are literally drawn into the city sights. berlin hyper labs is the no frills title of this dynamic time lapse clips. films or time lapse recordings where the camera is moved over large distances. the sides of the german capital form a spectacular fact drop. the entire film is the work of one photographer and his digital single lens reflex camera shot sumi spent six days snapping his way through the lens. was rushed to go i want to make things perceptible to people things they don't normally no tears. by using this time lapse and also the spice lapse feature. yeah i can show things in a different perspective. it's a pretty arduous task for just one minute of film he needs two thousand photographs . is she doing research on our she why i see myself as an archivist. taking as many pictures as i can to try and outsmart my own transience all the sin. and. lapse films they may race ahead for the viewers but the makers need real patience to create them. shi

while sumi this seems to have been a horrible act of violence the actual number of dead and the number of injured isn't confirmed as yet media reports are talking about thirteen people that may have died in this attack and also over fifty people who were injured many of them teenagers of course because this was a school rescue services are on site russian media are showing videos of ambulances of people being loaded into ambulances now we don't know exactly what happened yet there are various witness reports circulating as well people talking about the sound of gunshots ringing out before the explosion and the director of the school has said that several men were opening doors in the school and shooting everyone they saw so really horrible reports and we have to wait and see what turns out to be what actually happened and we're looking at some images from what appears to be from the scene there are rescue vehicles there as we mentioned moscow says this may have been an act of terror what more are authorities saying on that front well initially the official version was that this was thi

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i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us indonesia's government is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the region of soloway sea last week authorities are rushing to get aid and rescue equipment to the area. the president has now called for other countries to pitch in and help more than eight hundred forty people have been confirmed dead so far tens of thousands of people are homeless. the moment disaster struck first an earthquake then this tsunami indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and the government has been keen to show it was ready for this one but the region at the center of the disaster around the city of palu is remote so the rescue operation has been slow to get off the mark. this woman is begging to be airlifted out of the region are responding to the distress president joke over dodo help distribute emergency food supplies he also authorized international aid agencies to enter the country to help struggling local authorities. we didn't expect it to be like this we hope and pray for the communities affected and

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i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us of course in pakistan has freed a christian woman sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy a mother of four aasia bibi was condemned to death in two thousand and ten she was the first woman in the country to receive a death sentence for insulting islam and her case has caused widespread outrage among both human rights groups and hard line islamists extra security forces were deployed in the capital after islamists threatened violence upon her release. let's get more on the story with. asia also as a baby has been fighting for her life for nearly a decade now tell us more about her story. well it's been a ready tragic story. in two thousand and nine she was accused of blasphemy by her neighbors. it was a very bad thing about drawing water from a gravelled so that shows how religious minorities christians are treated in pakistan with contempt they are discriminated against so that escalated and in two thousand and ten she was arrested we must understand and in pakistan the blasphemy is punishable to death the court sentenced to deat

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i'm sumi so much conduct good to have you with us afghan election commissioners are calling for a suspension of voting in the province of kandahar in the south of the country after the taliban killed a powerful police commander and a local intelligence chief after a three year delay parliamentary elections are set to take place in afghanistan on saturday the deadly shooting happened at a meeting to discuss security for saturday's vote which would be the first national elections in eight here. a campaign of violence hangs over saturday's parliamentary elections the taliban. has warned voters to stay away threatening to kill those who take part they've already made good on that threat most recently by assassinating one of afghanistan's most important powerbrokers abdul razak the police chief of the southern province of kandahar was gunned down by his own bodyguard shortly after he met the top u.s. general in afghanistan to discuss election security unfortunately we lost a brave commander but if son of this soil voting is now set to be delayed in kandahar because of the murder still the u.s. ho

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the main train station in the german city of cologne is on lockdown amid reports of a hostage situation outside the rail hub now police have cordoned off the area and evacuated the station and all in the end outbound passenger services have been suspended there is been no immediate word on whether the incident could be terrorism related. let's go right to the w.'s david martin he is on the scene in cologne he joins us from outside the station david what are you seeing and hearing there. good afternoon as you said i'm just outside you in central station where the whole area has been cordoned off by police we're seeing dozens of police and emergency services i'm given says and even a fire engines we've talked outside no one is allowed to get anywhere near the inside of the station what we hear is that the perpetrator is still holed up inside we want hostage actually just about real home minutes ago we hate to gunshots ring out from the station so this is a developing situation david is there any indication who this person is and what a po

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the last privately operated ship dedicated to saving migrants from drowning in the mediterranean has docked in the port of mar say the aquarius has had its license withdrawn so it won't be able to head out to sea again legally this is part of a crackdown on migration by italy the operators of the aquarius say it jeopardizes the lives of many refugees. this ship has meant the difference between life and death for thirty thousand people say its operators the n.g.o.s a west met a tiny launch the aquarius two and a half years ago the group says its work is vital. currently there is massive confusion in the mediterranean there is no real coordination to manage the distress calls and lead rescue operations. the aquarius is out of action and there are no other private sea rescue vehicles operating in the mediterranean. for other ships run by n.g.o.s have already been detained two vessels lifeline and sea watch three are being held in malta the ship you vent to is stuck in the port of to pani in sicily all the boats have been to flag now the aq

i'm sumi so much going to welcome to the show u.s. secretary of state mike pompei always holding a mergence the meetings with the leaders of saudi arabia about the missing dissident journalist jamal khashoggi the visits come as unconfirmed media reports from the u.s. suggest saudi arabia may be about to say that kushal she was killed in their consulate in turkey during an interrogation that went wrong on monday turkish officials searched the consulate building for eight hours. after a long night of searching for clues on how jamal khashoggi vanished turkish police left the saudi consulate in istanbul taking evidence with them. the journalist was last seen walking into that same door nearly two weeks earlier turkish officials believe he was murdered and dismembered by his team. living in self-imposed exile in the u.s. was a vocal critic of the saudi regime rionda denies any involvement in his disappearance but u.s. media says the saudis are preparing to admit that he died during an interrogation at the consulate that went wrong. amid m

i'm sumi so much got to thank you for joining us u.s. national security adviser john bolton is in moscow today for what could be tough talks on arms control that's after washington announced it would withdraw from a nuclear arms agreement with russia u.s. president donald trump accused russia of violating a thirty year old treaty on intermediate range missiles and threatened a fresh arms race with moscow. this is what the drama is about medium range nuclear ballistic missiles that have been on a self-imposed by the u.s. and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. that may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement they go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to wear the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we bonded greatly but russia has not fortunately wanted the agreement so we're going to terminate a break but we're going to pull out. the kreml

she did strike a familiar tune there sumi there's no doubt about that she again demanded respect from the european union insisting that she respected her friends and allies and in sort of a way insinuating that they did not it almost seemed like she was still offended by what happened at that now famous summit in salzburg where the other leaders of the european union rejected her plans the so-called checkers plan and then she read it aerated her position saying that she didn't want to have any kind of future trade ties where the european union would have any kind of say over great britain and so that basically rules out the single market of the european union at the same time saying that she would not expect any external border separating two parts of the united kingdom so that was out taking the border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and ireland which is part of the european union and pushing it out into the irish sea so where's the solution there there really isn't any solution there the only solution would be that swinging our heads and the people love to for it

sumi: he is criticizing all -- >> he is criticizing all of this. he has been fighting the credibility of the judiciary and the media and all institutions that control the power. brent: that was a sociologist with brazil us university. -- brazil's free university. thank you. >> thank you. >> angela merkel's announcement to not seek reelection is also a topic among investors. they are usually quick to react to this type of news. the euro dipped to one dollar 13 -- 1.13. a 2% spurn ended monday's session. a pretty clear statement in a market that has weakened considerably in recent weeks. german economic leaders have been reacting to angela merkel last decision. the president of the german institute for economic research says that the succession needs to be sorted as soon as popoible. >> t this decision creates a l t of uncncertain.. everyone is asking what would happen t to the governmenent. will therere be a new chancello? will i improve the a ability ofe gogovernment to o push reforms n germany and eurorope as s well? this uncertainty is a babackin

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us a court in pakistan has freed a christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy i see a baby was condemned to hand in two thousand and ten for insulting islam as prophet mohammed now since a ruling thousands of islamist activists have blocked roads and ransacked government property in protest and one hardline group called for death to the judges who overturned the sentence. she has spent most of the past eight years in a prison cell in solitary confinement. bibi has always maintained her innocence the christian farm worker and mother of two was convicted in two thousand and ten of blasphemy she was accused of insulting the prophet mohammed after muslim women from her village objected to her drinking water from their shared class because she was christian bibi then became the first woman to be sentenced to death by hanging under pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws but now pakistan's highest court has decided to overturn the verdict and said b.b. the ruling was immediately met with angry protests by hard line islamists. the only punishmen

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us to campaigners for victims of sexual violence so the winners of this year's nobel peace prize. the committee chose to honor yazidi campaign or not be a rod and congolese dr dennis macwhich for their efforts to put a stop to rape as a weapon of war. not here mourad was one of those women in two thousand and fourteen she was kidnapped in mosul and handed over to a militant from the so-called islamic state by religious she managed to escape and described her ordeal to the un security council. humiliated on an every day he gave me clothes that didn't cover my body i could no longer bear the rape and torture so why escaped. in two thousand and fourteen years edis in northern iraq fled i asked militants. well you see the men were killed some three thousand girls and women were taken as slaves. nattie who are out went on to become the un's first goodwill ambassador for survivors of human trafficking. denis mukwege is a renowned gun ecologist who treats victims of sexual violence he has helped tens of thousands of women at his hospital in east

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us british prime minister theresa may is for. cing intense criticism at home that's after admitting that she is considering a european union proposal that would keep britain bound to the blocs rules for several months longer than originally planned after a summit of e.u. leaders in brussels failed to make enough progress and reaching a divorce agreement the e.u. has now suggested more time for striking a trade deal that ensures a frictionless forder between northern ireland and the republic of ireland now with bricks of the border between northern ireland and the republican set to become the u.k.'s only land border within the e.u. both sides want to avoid a physical border which many fear could read night social tensions in northern ireland now a key part of negotiations is a so-called backstop that's a guarantee that the border will stay open should the u.k. leave the e.u. without a deal now the e.u. wants to keep northern ireland in the customs union and the common market britain's theresa may says that is not acceptable she sp

news coming to you live from berlin we have more for you at the top of the hour sumi will be with you then and don't forget you can always get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's at the w dot com thanks for watching. in. the colbys in germany to learn german. courage to the. point not learn with him online on the mobile and free to suffer from the w.'s in learning course because fake. cigarettes cause sickness and death they don't just calm people they also laid waste to the environment many of the toxic dangers lurk in cigarette butts. it's old enough to make given the amount of nicotine they contain cigarettes are hazardous waste many people don't see the problem or even regard the bugs as trench . growing so back a ways we source intensive and requires large amounts of pesticides huge areas of rain forest like here in africa for example have been cleared to make way for plantations. just as they go nine it is a regional catastrophe and it doesn't just change the local climate but makes rain less frequent and beneficial insects don't come. int

i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us looking ahead to a future beyond germany in the world can now contemplate this coming reality a day after the german chancellor announced her plan to exit from politics but today merkel is back at work set to appear in just a few moments at the g twenty compact with africa summit here in berlin we'll cover that live but first a look at what's next after michael's announcement that she'll resign as leader of her party. an earthquake a bombshell a day of destiny there's been no shortage of drastic descriptions. announcement. s. is. firstly at the coming c.d.u. party conference in december i have decided not to run again for c.d.u. party leader and secondly this fourth term is my last and as chancellor of germany start at the election in twenty twenty one i won't run again and see the chancellor candidate nor will i run for a seat in parliament nor will i seek any other political office. and sleep. merkel has previously said that the two jobs chancellor and party leader should go together but after eighteen years heading the christian democ

hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe i'm sumi so much gone donating organs can save lives so why does it happen so rarely in europe germany is facing an acute shortage more than ten thousand critically ill patients here are waiting for a life saving kidney liver lung or heart transplant many will never live to get one every eight hours a patient dies because he or she didn't receive an organ in time. now the system behind organ donation and transplants in germany is complex and bureaucratic you have to volunteer to be an organ donor here and not enough people sign up now in spain on the other hand you're automatically a donor unless you opt out and spanish hospitals work together quickly and efficiently to get available organs to those who need them over the last twenty five years that has made the country the world leader in this area and that strong and germans like thomas to nero who are found a new lease on life and say. music producer told us to nero urgently needs a new kidney and it's not the first time he had a transplant fourteen years ago when both his own kidneys faile

welcome to focus on europe i'm sumi so much going to it is great to have you with us europe is facing difficult times the independence movement in catalonia is picking up steam again nearly a year after the we.

welcome to focus on europe i'm sumi so much going to it is great to have you with us europe is facing difficult times the independence movement in catalonia is picking up steam again nearly a year after the region held a referendum on breaking away from spain this was the scene in barcelona a few weeks ago a pro independence rally drew nearly a million people they called on spanish officials to release jailed lawmakers who were put behind bars for holding the illegal referendum last october. well today catalonia is as divided as ever and these yellow ribbons are proof separatists are putting them up in cities and towns across catalonia as a symbol of their drive for freedom for opponents the ribbons are a sign of the growing threat to spain's unity it is a conflict that spilled into the streets and both sides are seeing red. night has fallen and a small group is gathering to discuss tactics nobody wants to be identified the leader even asks us to distort his voice you never know. if the reverse we're going to stay in the cars and check things out well do our work as usual then the dri

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us a passenger plane with one hundred eighty nine people on board has crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from indonesia a card to airport emergency personnel have been searching for the plane off the northern coast of java island rescuers have already located to brave but so far no survivors relatives of those on board have gathered at the airport to await news. the passengers and the flight was operated by the indonesian budget to airline lion air. and joining us from jakarta is journalist amanda siddharth she's been following the latest for us hi amanda what do we know about why this plane went down we've seen reports that the c.e.o. of the airline has said that there was a technical problem on a previous flight but that had been solved according to procedure so what more can you tell us about that so the plane is said to have engine failure about thirty minutes after. it took off. what we know so far that. international obviously requested it all or the plane to return to base shortly before he lost all contact. ok and what mo

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us a passenger plane with one hundred eighty nine people on board has crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from indonesia airport now emergency personnel have been searching for the plane off the northern coast of java island rescuers have already located debris but so far no survivors relatives of those on board have gathered at the jakarta airport. awaiting news of the passengers the flight was operated by indonesian budget airline lion air. and that's a developing story we'll bring you more details on that story as they come in to us now brazil has a new president far right candidate share both a narrow has won a sweeping victory official results gave him more than fifty five percent of the vote well ahead of the leftist candidate for none to have died as a final results rolled in intense displays of both grief and joy on the streets a sign of the country's bitter divide after its most polarizing election in decades . thousands of people gathered outside jaya both sinatras home in rio de janeiro to celebrate. for his supporters

differences between germany and other european countries like france or like belgium but what this case sumi reveals what this investigation reveals is that germany could have also been affected by an attack similar to the one that we saw for example in paris and in fact if you ask german officials they have they will say though they did they did say that some time ago that since the beginning of the century they have managed to prevent at least sixteen terror attacks in germany so it also just shows to what extent german authorities have been preparing in order to prevent these kinds of attacks and also an extent which shows to watch how german officials have been working also with other european officials in order to coordinate their efforts in this particular area so thomas the threat of an attack in germany is very real what is the security situation at the moment well it still remains on high alert the security situation here in germany there are differences compared to for example two thousand and sixteen differences mainly regarding the situation of islamic state in iraq and in syria

powerhouse economy it is losing steam it is missing steam china has had the weakest growth in over a decade sumi maybe that so an interesting set up especially for a meeting currently in brussels where the e.u. and asian economies are looking towards closer cooperation global partners for global challenges is the theme of a summit currently underway in brussels and this just from china russia and japan have made the trip to reaffirm support for multilateral cooperation the e.u. sees the meeting as an opportunity to present itself as a counterbalance to both the u.s. and china by offering asian countries alternatives when it comes to trade infrastructure and digitalisation. it is called the biggest tax swindle in europe's history european banks bought and sold shares at a pace that confused tax authorities and they claimed billions in tax deductions in the program process the so-called exit scheme has been known about for years but recent reports suggest that the amount of money involved could have been more than six times higher than we thought. some insiders call it organized crime in pinstripe

very good numbers monica from the german labor market and we're almost getting used to it already sumi because they are getting better and better germany's unemployment rate actually fell below five percent in october and that's the lowest level ever recorded by the federal employment agency in total two point two million people were without a job and that is fifty three thousand less people on the dole than in september engineers masons and programmers were in high demand the rock solid to labor market is likely to further boost consumer confidence and household spending in europe's biggest economy which has seen domestic demand overtake exports as its name growth driver in recent years. so a solid labor markets rising consumer confidence economic stability developments well whole too familiar with under the chancellor ship of i'm going to america but following disastrous results into regional elections merkel announced on monday that she will step down as leader of the conservative party and not seek another term as chancellor at the end of this legislative period twenty twenty one p

also have to make changes and you also have to make changes considering what i mentioned just earlier sumi the fact that the social democrats here are under a lot of pressure that they also have to bring results and that also applies for angela merkel both the conservatives and the social democrats will have to bring results if they want to turn those bad numbers around tell us what does all of this tell us about how germany's political landscape is changing or it is changing a lot in that you can obviously see that when you look at the results it has that when you look at the results in bavaria even when you look at the results at the federal elections in september last year the fact that germany's political landscape landscape is being fragmented and more political parties are coming to the fore in entering general politics as well the fact that traditional parties like the conservatives and the social democrats are losing ground and those votes are going to smaller parties part is that on some occasions are even on the fringes of the political spectrum like the far right alternative for

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel is hosting the compact with africa summit here in berlin aimed at raising private investment on the continent she's meeting with twelve heads of state including egyptian president of the fattah el-sisi the two countries are currently holding bilateral talks on the sidelines i aimed at tackling terrorism illegal immigration and other regional issues now cairo is keen to boost cooperation with germany which spearheaded the summit last year says he will be in the capital on toll thursday. we have more on the story now with our correspondents for him and nina hasa good to have you both with us here in studio three a let's start with you because you've been following elsie's visit here in germany what is the main aim of this meeting well it's always been maintaining security and security cooperation between the quit the two countries but also increasing investment of course this has been seized this platform since he came to power and since he was reelected again this year to increase investment and to restore i

i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us here in germany people all over the country are marking the twentieth anniversary of the nation's reunification official celebrations are ongoing at the berlin state opera right in the heart of the city events that kicked off with a play in the i. president orchestra playing beethoven the keynote speech was delivered by bundestag president. he spoke at length about immigration a topic that has brought division among germans let's listen in to part of what he said at the celebrations. we have to provide assistance to and that's an obligation as human beings it's part of the. christian religion. occidental this applies to citizens who are vulnerable and who listen to people who come to our shores in order to seek refuge but we have limited possibilities because we want to preserve and protect the asylum rights we need to tell my friends who come to our shores for other motives that we can only accept too many greedy i mean as far as this doesn't engender the future of iraq country we want to protect people from drowning but we on the other h

news coming to you from berlin we have more for you at the top of the hour sumi will be with you then and don't forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's a d w dot com thanks for being with us. what we were. when we were. eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listening. for. memory is an essential issue for us a sign and for every one of us up to now various media have been used to store all memories and a wealth of information. the average life expectancy of an inscription on stone is ten thousand. on parchment it's a thousand years. on a film a hundred. on vinyl fifty years. with computers all memory is facing an unexpected vulnerability. some technologies have already disappeared and. this uncertainty is especially troubling because we evolve to to make everything digital believing all data would remain retrievable for a very long time yet not a single digital medium has managed to achieve long time success will we be able to ensure the survival of all digital data or is it doomed to d

is not happy about italy's expansionary budget not at all sumi the european commission president says italy must stick to its commitments from managed to get its draft budget in on time by midnight last night along with all other eurozone member states but the commission's being warning italy's proposed deficit represents a significant deviation from its agreed economic path populist government wants to stimulate the economy with a spending hike of thirty six point seven billion euros next year most two thirds of that would be funded by higher deficit a much higher deficit that is two point four percent of gross domestic product all the programs that it wants to fund sound nice raising the retirement age basic income for the poor but there are fees these measures a looming date similar standing by for us in rome let's start with the economy minister zagi meant that this budget will boost growth and not dead how valid is that well that's certainly what the government is thinking will be the case they believe by spending more they will actually be able to offset the slowing economy here

i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us here in germany people all over the country are marking the twenty eighth anniversary of the nation's reunification on october third one thousand nine hundred capitalist west germany and communist east germany formally reunited after over forty years. of division a less than a year before that on november ninth one thousand nine hundred nine the berlin wall had crumbled. earlier today german chancellor angela merkel joined other leaders in berlin cathedral for a church service to start official celebrations. and let's take a look here at those official celebrations here live pictures here at the berlin state opera right in the heart of the city celebrations kicked off with a play and now the opera's resident orchestra that's the stuff capella they will also be playing beethoven and we're expecting as well the speech from for lin's mayor in a short while. well our correspondent hans front is following all of the festivities for us in central furlan hi hans so how is reunified germany i'm marking this national holiday. well apart from the ch