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plunging the most in three years in taipei. slashing sales. 35%. it down to week chinese demand. release of smartphone failing to boost sales. japan's economy is showing signs of revival with the latest data. revised gdp numbers putting gdp up 3.9% for the year, way above the analyst estimates. the preliminary 2.4% number that we got as a result because of a stronger business pickup in investment. let's have a look at what is going on in hong kong and shanghai. they should be getting underway. >> we had that strong rally in chinese stocks last week. it is extending those gains. the shanghai composite is up for tens of 1%. it is now said to read $10 trillion. the handsome index is down for the third consecutive day, 3/10 of a percent down, at the lowest level in nearly two months. the nikkei reversing earlier gains that we saw this morning. of a now down pretense present. we had earlier gains with exporters, was the weekend helping. we are seeing the yen strengthening slightly after that. better than expected gdp data out of japan as well as trade d

more than 519 people were hurt in the blaze in new taipei city. 180 are still receiving treatment inensive care units. erica wood reports. >> around 1,000 people were dancing at a water park in news taipei city when colored theatrical powder being thrown from the stage accidentally ignited. >> whoa whoa. amateur footage shows within seconds, crowd members closest to the stage were engulfed in a massive fireball. they ran to get away but more than 500 suffered from burns, especially to their lower legs. >> everybody wassing running and pushing each other. we saw a lot of people skinned up and burned. it was just like hell. >> almost 200 are reported to have been seriously injured and some are in a critical condition. >> everybody was screaming and bleeding. there was blood everywhere. >> paramedics were called to the scene. many having to be treated on the ground where they lay. others made their own way to the closest hospitals. in the morning following the accident, emotional parents of some of the victims arrived to be by their bedside. >> just a small child who had gone out to hav

joining us from taipei, dennis. thank you for coming. what happened on sunday. that was the deadline for national parliament to approve the disbursement of funds. what happens next? i think the big problem is that greece is receiving emergency assistance of nearly one billion euros a day and therefore does not have much pressure to act until the very last moment. this is not helpful for the future of europe. sherry: what happens immediately, because we have heard reports that greece doesn't have money to pay the ims -- imf at the end of the month. comings another meeting up, so practically speaking, what happens, can they make the payments? no way in my opinion that greece campaign back debts that it does at the end of the month. the only question is whether it can reach agreement on it getting further loans to repay the debt and that can only happen if it connects itself to structural reform. it has not happened sufficiently so far. the government, they are committed to resisting such pressure and that is the nature of the problem. in o

tim culpan joining us from taipei. this cut seems sudden. what is going on at htc?you're right, it was laid on friday. in some respects, people can say they expected it. -- i t was late on friday. things have not been good at htc for a while. shares have been falling, and in fact, many small investors are faced -- the chairwoman last tuesday at their annual general meeting and were very unhappy or she apologized at the time and said she is looking to turn things around. writing off 2.9 billion taiwan dollars of assets is not the best way to turn things around, but it may be the first step to doing so. let's put that in context. 2.9 billion taiwan dollars is double the amount of net income they produced all of last year and the year before that. they had a loss. it is going to be next to impossible amid declining sales this year for them to post net income. many analysts with reports coming out in the last few days are also saying that a prophet next year is also looking very unlikely. and the shares down basically the maximum. they probably will fall in the next few

this was yesterday in new taipei, taiwan. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a fun night out dancingends, partying at a water park, music, flashing lights. then this -- a massive fire ball engulfing the stage, terrified people screaming, running for their lives through flames that seemed to come out of nowhere. the injured carried in the arms of others, some dragged out on inflatable rafts. fellow party goers doing what they could to cool the skin of those who had been burned in the blaze. hundreds rushed to nearby hospitals. beds made available in military hospitals across the region to accommodate the casualties of what the local mayor says is the worst ever incident of mass injury in new taipei. it's believed colored powder that was sprayed on the crowd as part of the theme of the event ignited causing the midair explosion. these events have been held here before. video on the organizers facebook page shows bags of the powder for sale, people throwing it in the air and on friends, a bit of fun. similar to the indian festival event or running events around the world. they said in a

. >> the man at the head of the company that has organized this event here in taipei has apologized and has accepted full responsibility as prosecutors look into the reason behind this disaster that happened here at this waterpark and as you say we need to warn viewers that this story contains very graphic images of the moment that these flames erupted on the stage that many viewers may find disturbing. it was supposed to be a fun night out, dancing with friends, partying at a waterpark, music, flashing lights. then this. a massive fire ball engulfing the stage, terrified people screaming, running for their lives, through flames that seemed to come out of nowhere. the injured carried in the arms of others some dragged out on inflate inflatable rafts, fellow partygoers doing what they could to school -- cool the skin of those burned in the blaze. beds made available in military hospitals across the region to accommodate the casualties of what the local mayor has said is the worst incident of mass injury in new taipei. it's believe that colored powder that was sprayed on the crowd ignited

kathy novak in taipei. thank you. >>> are you watching "cnn newsroom."states is on alert. >> that's right. there are new potential attacks threatening the country's fourth of july festivities. we'll have all the details coming up next. eenie. meenie. miney. go. more adventures await in the seven-passenger lexus gx. see your lexus dealer. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla apremilast. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. side effects may include diarrhea

party organizer and lighting technician are considered suspects at a blast in a water park in new taipei. 498 people were injured in the explosion after a flammable powder ignited. more than 200 victims are in a critical condition. let's bring in kathy novak, live from new taipei with the latest on this investigation, and i understand we have new vision as this explosion occurred. absolutely horrific scenes, what are you learning about what triggered the fire? >> reporter: well, we can show you this new video, and it should give you some kind of idea, actual lay. what it shows is that the organizers were shooting large amounts of powder that is part of the whole theme of this color play party event into the crowd, so it was shot in large quantities above the crowd of people who were dancing. and then all of a sudden it seemed like the people who were filming it didn't realize it was happening. it burst into flames, and that's when we start the seeing the chaotic scenes of people screaming, running for their lives and those horrible scenes of people being burned on the dance floor. and th

. >> it was a hot summer day in taipei. nearly 100 degrees. people had gone to the water park to school down and have fun. without warning the party scene turned to a scene of disaster. around a thousand people were partying at the popular water park when powder was thrown from the stage. the power caught fire set off an explosion sending panicked crowds screaming and running. he says suddenly it was sprayed and there were sparks then fire on our bodies. rescue workers treated hundreds on the scene. the young victims were still in their swim suits. infladble water rings were used as emergency stretchers. the mayor of taipei city said the use of the powder is now banned and an official investigation is underway. hundreds of victims are still hospitalized. many in critical condition. >> taiwanese authorities say they're questioning the party organizers who they say may face charges of professional negligence and endangering the public. >> wow, scary stuff. thank you. >>> we turn to the latest in that intense manhunt for david sweat. he's been on

hoping it would striking a pose in taiwan's capital taipei. >>> world cup pakistan not known for itsootball skills bagging a bronze medal has changed the lives of the young team. but kamal haydar reports. >> after scoring a third on the world cup in brazil, the pakistani team has received owner attention karachi a city ridiculed by violence, it was the effort of the assad administration, to participate in the tournament in brazil. abdel rashad says he is hopeful the team will also do well in the upcoming norway cup as well. this is an example if street children can be rehabilitated. if the government is willing to help them out. >> translator: if the government supports these boys then i think they can prove to the world that they ask owner improve theircan improvetheir lives. >> none of these children have been held by the government at large. >> translator: some promises were fulfilled but many were not. we have received only apart of the money. >> reporter: these children have not just won a great victory for football but for street children of pakistan. >> pope francis has viewed

temperatures are in the 30s in hong kong as well as taipei in e north and tokyo with cloudy conditions on tuesday and rain will be coming down in tokyo on wednesday. across pakistan due to excessive heat wave hundreds of people are killed in the southern areas of the country but good news is most of the season has started. so temperatures will be dun to the 30s for the next couple of days. here's your forecast. >>> a solar powered airplane is now making the first around the world flight that doesn't use fossil fuel. the swiss aircraft left japan for hawaii after bad weather grounds it nearly a month. the soyuz 2 took off on monday. the poilt projected the weather conditions will be suitable for a smooth flight. poor weather conditions forced the plain to make an unscheduled landing june 1st. it was on its way from the chinese city to hawaii. >> i shouted, "good luck!" it was really amazing to see the plane glitter in the night sky. >> the aircraft started its journey in the united arab emirates in march t. single cedar plane has a swing wing span of 17 metres. it's powered by about 17,

. >>> fire at an amusement park outside of taipei. more than 90 people suffered severe burns.he blaze was quickly put out. >>> the investigation into the collapse of a garment factory two years ago in bangladesh has been completed. the building came crashing down, a court is about to decide whether it will put the building owners and a number of government officials on trial. maha satar reports. >> still not getting better. she was working inside the rana plaza building when it collapsed. her arms were crushed under piles of debris. two years later she still has to make regular hospital visits. >> reporter: >> translator: the rest of the world play be ready to forget, but i'm in pain every day. it's not easy for me to forget. >> the rana plaza disaster has been sling from public conscious here. lackconscience here. not as much attention is paid for bills of disaster and their lack of punishment so far. >> translator: the garment owners knew better but yet the management forced the workers to enter the day it collapsed, so many resumes were flouted that resulted in so many peop

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taipei looking at wet weather, into hong kong and tokyo. now, as we go further toward the west into the arabian sea we're keeping an eye on cyclonic storm ashobaa. this system is slowly moving and so it's nearly stationary. winds of 74. but we are expecting this to be a big rainstorm. look at this. we calibrated the colors to where the red indicates 300 millimeters in 72 hours. that's a lot of rain. and we're going to see that in the eastern tip of the arabian peninsula through the next three days. flooding will definitely be an issue as we go forward in forecast time period. thankfully the winds may not be quite as big of a deal compared to the rainfall. looking at the forecast for europe, we still have the stationary frontal boundary over to a low pressure head located north of the iberian peninsula. this will keep the western side of europe wet through thursday. you'll need your umbrellas all seeing wet weather. and down toward the south and to athens in the balkan peninsula, you'll see the unstable weather. elsewhere looking at dry and

and taipei's mayor announced a ban on the coloured powder used at public event >>> now, an african-american american woman has been arrested in south carolina after climbing a state poll and removing the confederate flag. bree newsome and supporters say the flag is a symbol of white supremacy that inspired the church killings in charleston. nine black church members were killed in the attack. pictures of the gunmen holding the confederate flag were found online >>> all right. let's go back to one of our major stories, and that is the revelation that the suicide bomber that carried out the attack has been identified as coming from saudi arabia. we can talk to our correspondent in kuwait city. the kuwaiti authorities moved quickly on this and managed to find a few details about the man behind the attack on the mosque. yes, that's right. the man is identified as a saudi citizen. authorities say he entered by plane, before it took the lives of 27 people. he's been identified as a saudi citizens, and one thing we can say offer the last couple of days is the kuwaiti authorities have been very qui

the low cost carrier will offer flights between hanada and taipei. the service will begin on august 8th. two low cost airlines are already providing international flights out of hanada. >>> japan has lost 53 local train lines over the past two decades largely due to a declining population. but rather than thinking about the loss some communities are trying to bring the trains back to life in a different guise. >> reporter: here's a sight you don't often see. a train carriage hitching a ride on a huge trailer truck. this sleeper train is called dawn. it retired in march 2014. now it's heading for a railway theme park in kosaka town, northeastern japan. this park occupies the site of a railway that closed six years ago. the once-deserted facility has been reborn as a popular tourist slot. railway fans can drive diesel-powered locomotives and try other hands-on experiences. but there's a problem. the local area has just one hotel. tourists coming all the way to visit the park have nowhere to stay. this is where it comes in. town officials wanted a retir

taipei's mayor announced a ban on the coloured powder used at public events >>> it's been 11 days since a gunman killed nine black church members in carolina since then protesters have been mobilizing over the symbol held by the shooter. a demonstrator who pulled down a flag is being hailed as a hero. tom ackerman has more. >>> bree newsome, a 30-year-old activist climbed up a 90 meter high flag pole outside the carolina state house on saturday and removed a piece of cloth, symbolic of a wider debate. she and her supporters said they were taking down the confederate state battle flag, a mark of white supremacy inspiring the killing of 9 black bible study members in a charleston church. police put the flag back up, she was arrested on a $3,000 bond. a crowd fund raised more than 60,000 more her. some civil rights groups praised her move, others say it could delay momentum for change. the state legislator which has sole authority to remove the flag will debate the issue in two weeks. newsome said action needed to be taken now. >> there's doing the right thing and the wrong thing. >> it's

the explosion caused a fire that spread into a crowd of people in new taipei city. 83 people have been left with serious injuries. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. >>> in sri lanka the president resolved parliament, paving the way for an earlier than expected parliamentary vote. vote willing now be held on august 17th. >> more than a thousand people have now died as a result of the heatwave in pakistan. the city of karachi has been the worst affected. the heat has now subsided bringing relief to the millions who have been affected. >>> emergency relief continues to arrive in affected areas in india where 50 people have been killed. flash flooding triggered by seasonal monsoons have destroyed bridges and houses. there's been no rain in the region for the past two days, and relief workers are now trying to reach people who are stranded. >>> despite competition from new retailers, india's oldest toy store is going through the fifth generation family owned store. it began business in 1890. we visited the shop in new delhi as part of the still going strong series. >> in

temperatures are going to be quite high in taipei 30 for the high, 33 in hong kong and very hot with daytime thunder showers in bangkok on thursday. now let's go the americas. there are a couple of tropical systems over the eastern pacific. we have two hurricanes actually. this will move away and should weaken and this one here is blank blanca. it will become a category 4 system after wednesday. it should weaken to a tropical storm but get very close, could reach the baja california peninsula by early next week. the southwest coast of mexico will likely feel high surf and rip currents within the next couple of days. now a front and low pressure system are causing bad weather over the northern half of the plains. we have very dramatic video coming out of south dakota. take a look. this is called super cell and this is impressive time lapse video of a huge thunderstorm hitting the small south dakota town of black hawk. bonnie fleming was about five kilometers away from the storm when she captured the storm cloud on her cell phone. this happened over a time lapse of 0 minutes showing a

kathy novak, cnn, taipei. >> we should note that a party organizer and lighting technician are considered are free on bail and barred from leaving the country. >> the organizer dropped to his knees to apologize and say he is sorry for saturday's devastating accident. >>> hundreds of tourists are fleeing tunisia after a deadly attack there. but some have decided to stay. hear their reasons next. >>> plus gay pride marchers and police in turkey clash during a demonstration. >> they may have won a very significant victory in the united states but in so many other countries there is still such a battle ahead of them. headache? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, let's-rock-this-concert- like-it's-1999 kind of mom. when pain tries to stop you, there's motrin. motrin works fast to stop pain where it starts. make it happen with new motrin liquid gels. you know, when i started my business, a lot of people didn't believe in me. but things took off when i got a domain and built my website all at godaddy. now i can tell the doubters to stick it. hey, honey. stick it! stick it! stick it! nana? hi...

wednesday, you're going to be looking at these rain showers out there across japan, but even toward taipei august little bit of break here on your benz, but back by thursday and friday, those rain showers really start to kick back in yet again. let's look at your temperatures because over toward tokyo, 25 there for your high, rain showers for you. back towards the north, things are staying clear, down toward the south, manila, high of 35 there for you. i want to talk about what's going on here in south america, specifically in chill lay. what we have going on is one low after another, you can actually see here toward the east, moving away, another pushing back toward the west, a transition season, so you see this. the problem is they hit the mountains here in the andes and then you start getting that moisture, just accumulates. let's go to some video we have. this just shows you what it looks like on the ground here, the rainfall has been taking place. some neighborhoods here are being flooded. residents say drainage has been blocked and only temporary repairs put in place at this time. pe

still expecting showers in hong kong and more toward taipei. i will leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. stacey thunder: on this edition of "native report," we attend the veteran's pow wow and a memorial dedication in lac courte oreilles. we'll learn about the traditional harvesting of wild rice. and we learn about astronomy from the ojibwe perspective. we'll also learn something new about indian country and hear from our elders on "native report." announcer: production of "native report" is made possible by grants from the shakopee mdewakanton sioux community and the blandin foundation. [music playing] [theme music]

still expecting showers in hong kong and more toward taipei. i will leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocative sites. this was the seat of ancient irish kingfor centies. st. patrick baptized king aengus hen about 450 a.d. in around 1100 an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then as it does today over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland. stacey thunder: on this edition of "native report," we attend the veteran's pow wow and a memorial dedication in lac cou

it happened at a venue outside of taipei. 400 people are being treated at hospitals. local media report the woman who died suffered burns to 90% of her body. large amounts of colored powder sprayed may have come busted after being set off by sparks. investigators are examining the site to pinpoint the cause and questioning the event organizers to see if they followed proper safety measures. >>> egypt's top prosecutor has been killed by a car bomb. nine people including police officers were injured. authorities suspect islamic extremists are behind the attack. the prime minister was traveling by car in cairo. a bomb and parked vehicle was detonated by remote control and damaged several cars in the convoy. he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. islamic militants have been targeting the military and police since the ousting of the president. tuesday marks the second anniversary of the major anti morsi rally that led to the defactor military coup. >>> the military killed the high-profile leader of a rebel group on the southern island fighting the mpa for

from beijing down into shanghai thai pieaipei taipei, and hong kong all seeing rain. we're keeping an eye on the ashobaa. cyclonic storm expected to get closer in the next few days. so we need to look out for this but it is expected to weaken. now, as we go back to india, notice that the dash lines showing the average progression of the southwest monsoon. the orange color is showing where it is right now. it is behind and that means more dry, hot weather is expected until this system starts kicking in. this problem last year where the delay really slowed down the pace of that monsoon. we're looking at that possibility again as we go into this coming week or so. now, looking at the forecast for europe we do have this stationary front keeping the areas south wet, drier up north. paris and vienna with a high in the 20s. quick look at what's happening in north america. a cold front on the eastern seaboard of the united states and canada. looking at some active weather. looking at thunderstorms as well. drier towards the rest and rain to los angeles with a high of 29 degre

very hot in taipei. 35 degrees. now let's go to the americas. floods are a very high risk across the southern portions of the united states. tropical storm bill made landfall in the east coast of texas on tuesday. and it is still packing lots of energy. now, the system caused nearly 100 kilometer per hour gusts. it has weakened enough to cause flooding as well as tornadoes. there is a concern for nearly 200 millimeters of rain for the eastern areas of texas for the next several days. in fact, over 500 millimeters has fallen since the entire month of may. the ground is very well saturated. additional rain is definitely not good news. it will also spread to the south of the gulf lakes region as well as into the weekend. temperatures will be down to 23 degrees in oklahoma city. that's more like may. 29 in houston. the risk of rain will continue into the weekend. very hot conditions are still affecting the southeast and southwest. in the southeast your high will be 36 degrees in raleigh on thursday. and 37 degrees across georgia. and across the flip

in taiwan almost 500 have been injured in a fire outside taipei.00 people were being sprayed with powder during an event when the blaze began. more than 90 people suffered burns. the fire was put out. >> the investigation into the collapse of a garment factory has been completed. 1200 workers were killed when the plaza building came crashing down. a court will decide whether to put building owners and officials on trial. >> translation: this woman is not getting better. she was working in the rana plaza building when it collapsed. her arms were crushed under piles of debris. two years later she has to make regular hospital visits much >> translation: the rest of the world might be ready to forget what happened. you can't forget if you are suffering. i'm in pain every day, it's not easy to forget. >> the disaster has been slipping from consciousness. few turn up at the memorial site. lack of public pressure means not as much attention is paid. to shows responsible for the disaster, and their lack of punishment so far. >> translation: garment openers

, officials are investigating the cause of a massive fire during a music party at a water park in taipei last night. a warning, these images are graphic. amateur video shows the moment when a fireball ignited after someone sprayed colored powder over the crowd of at least a thousand people. nearly 500 people were hurt or burned, and today 400 remained in the hospital. no one was killed but eight people were reported to be in critical condition. in the south, four predominantly black churches have burned this week, investigators suspect three of them were set on purpose. federal and state officials are investigating a fire friday night that destroyed the glover grove missionary baptist church in warrenville, south carolina. on tuesday, a church in georgia was burned, and on wednesday, a north carolina church caught fire. that blaze reportedly caused 250,000 in damage. a florida church caught fire friday morning, but investigators ruled it accidental. in florida, an unmanned privately funded rocket exploded about two minutes after lift-off at cape canaveral this morning. the falcon 9 "spac

taipei for the latest i.t.ow in asia. ♪ angie: checking other stories making headlines around the world. accused of bringing the organization into disrepute. jack warner, the former head of football in the caribbean and north and central america said, "no one has brought more disgrace to fifa." arrestedmself has been and faces extradition to the u.s.. the corruption scandal is widening. banned along with officials from the congo based a's ownrmation from fif ethics committee and the attorney general. refugeeson has visited in myanmar to highlight their plight. he travels to where thousands of people are living in a temporary camp. they are denied citizenship in myanmar and are technically stateless. discrimination has worsened under the fragile democracy as buddhists take advantage of newfound freedom of expression. locks of love are being broken in paris. city officials have started removing an estimated 50 tons of padlocks left by lovers on the famous bridge. the tradition of attaching the lock to the bridge

taiwan's president visited some of the injured at a taipei hospital. saturday's fire injured 400.ered an explosion near the stage. flames spread towards the crowd at the water park. >> time-lapse video shows greeks withdrawing money from an atm in athens as their country's five year financial crisis takes the most dramatic turn. greece's cabinet ordered that banks will remain shut for six working days and atm withdrawals, limited to 60 euros, $66 a day. this comes as european financial ministers rejected a request to extend the baleout for greece's debt beyond tuesday. the athens stock market will not open monday. desperate times. desperate measures. >> desperate times, desperate measures. sums up jeff gordon. in the mix until the end. one of the most entertaining nascar races at sonoma raceway ever. you want entertainment, how we spend a lot of time online around here. but with all this speed from xfinity, it's all good. hey, why don't we do some homework for a change? gary, you too. dad...work stuff. yes! [laughs] lovin' the new design! konichiwa hirosan. five minutes... all thi

in taiwan there was a similar show of defines, in a ceremony in taipei, people held up the umbrellas to demonstrate soled art with a push for democracy >>> the tiananmen uprising began as a push for democracy but turned into a violent event. >> reporter: this was the image broadcast around the world in 1999. an icon of the fight, he was known as the tank man. a solidary figure representing the tiamanmen square uprising. he was standing in the same square where mao tse-tung declared it the people's nation. and where students came to demand democracy and freedom. the protest was the first sign many saw of a divide from the government to a younger generation of chinese. on june 4th thes the government cracked down. tank rolled in. troops fired assault rifles and rolled over demonstrators. the scale was unprecedented. >> during the past few days elements of the chinese army has been brutally suppressing popular and peaceful demonstrations in china, there has been widespread violence casualties and deaths. >> reporter: hard line leaders didn't end up when the demonstrations ended. >> the

. >> around a thousand people were dancing at a water park in new taipei city when colored theatrical powder that was being thrown from the stage accidentally ig flighted. accidentally ignited. >> whoa whoa whoa! >> reporter: amateur footage shows that within section concert goers next to the stage were engulfed in a massive fire ball. they ran to get away, but more than 500 suffered burns especially to their lower legs. >> translator: everybody was running and pushing each other. we saw a lot of people whose skin had been badly burned. it was like hell. >> some are in critical condition. >> translator: everybody was screaming and bleeding. there was blood everywhere. >> reporter: paper decision were called to the scene. many had to be treated on the ground where they lay. others made their way to the hospitals. emotional parents of some of the victims arrived to be by their bedside. >> translator: just a small child who had gone out to have fun, now on the verge of death. >> reporter: his 18-year-old daughter has suffered burns to 90% of her body. >> translator: today it is with a fe

the explosion of an unknown power caused the fire which spread into a crowd of people in new taipei city 83 people have been left with serious injuries. the cause of the blaze is under investigation. >> dismissing reports that a group linked to isil is behind the attack on a beach report. the tunisian prime minister said that the gunman has never traveled abroad, and was not previously known to police. they have closed 80 mosques forue citfor inciting power. 39 people were killed including the gunman outside of the beach hotels. we have more on who might be behind the attack. >> the claim of responsibility appeared on social media under the name of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. saying that the gunman was someone who was acting on behalf of isis. but then different reports and security forces also saying that they doubt that. they don't have strong evidence to suggest that this is someone who is affiliateed with isil. they're following up with different leads knowing that one of the suspects arrested yesterday, but if you look at the armed groups. they have an up operate parti

she joins us from new taipei.e can you tell us about the victims, people that we saw in the video running through fire. >> reporter: yeah george they have been taken to 39 hospitals in this area. more than 500 people injured, more than 180 in intensive care units, so great fears for those people with the kind of burns they have suffered and the sort of smoke inhalation that they would have gone through when we look at that horrible video that we must remind our viewers is very graphic, we do want to tell them people may find it disturbing. it gives you an idea of what went on in this waterpark that is behind me. it is completely closed today. it is the scene of an investigation, authorities are trying to figure out exactly just what caused these horrible scenes and it does likely come down to the powder that was used as part of the event. it's part of the gimmick of the color play asia event that people throw this colored powder is part of it. what one firefighter told me on its own in small quantities the powder

the national palace museum in taipei, when the nationalists fled china, they took all of these piecesart with them. they can only show 1% of the collection. there is a lot more. matt: i could have watched that the rest of the morning. we should make it a longer piece. scarlet: back with the bloomberg market day after this. ♪ scarlet: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. theng a quick look at equity markets, the s&p and nasdaq have clawed their way back to little changed. the s&p unchanged at 2124. dow industrials parent its losses as well. gdpot economic data showing in the first quarter shrunk less than first estimated. toonly shrink .2% compared the previous estimate of .7%. breaking news in the oil markets, weekly inventory numbers are out. a big drop in inventory numbers. the biggest i can remember in some time. a drawdown of 4.90 3 million barrels, more than double what analysts had and -- anticipated. distal it inventories up 1.4 million barrels. gasoline 680,000 barrels. interesting numbers coming out. looking at oil behind me, it looks like we are seeing, despite that lar

taipei's mayor announced a ban on the coloured powder used at public events >>> i.s.i.l. fighters stormed kurdish-held villages near kobane near syria. saturday, kurdish forces announced they pushed i.s.i.l. from the town for the second time this year going door to door searching for fighters left in fighting. the latest battles are in villages further south than east. 200 have been killed since thursday when i.s.i.l. launched its assault >>> cross border shelling by houthi rebels and forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh. houthis attacked an oil refinery in aden. 14 people have been killed. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: witnesses say houthi fighters fired missiles on a refinery. a shell hit a fuel tank which ignited. thick smoke bellowed. the refinery has not received oil through the port but has 1.2 million tonne of crude in storage. as well as gas tanks. >> translation: what happened today is a heinous crime mitted by criminal militia, trying to seize aden targetting the refinery which considered the only source of income for the city. >> reporte

. >> reporter: around 1,000 people were dancing at a walking park in new taipei city when powder thrown from the stage ignited. amateur footage shows within seconds members closest to the stage were engulfed in a massive fireball. they ran to get away. more than 500 suffered burns, especially to the lower legs. >> everybody was running and pushing each other. we saw a lot of people whose skin was burnt. it is like hell. almost 200 were reported to have been seriously injured, some in a critical condition. >> translation: everyone was screaming and bleeding. there was blood everywhere. >> paramedics a were called to the scene. some were treated on the ground where are this lay. others made their way to the hospitals. in the morning, some of the parents arrived to be by their bedside. >> translation: just a small child that went out to have fun, now on the verge of death. >> reporter: his 18-year-old daughter suffered burns to 90% of her body. >> translation: today it's with a feeling of sorrow that i visit these people injured by the powder explosion. the main purpose was to promise thei

let's get to kathy, live in taipei. reporter: chris, about 500 people were injured. of that about 200 in critical condition, injured in this massive fire ball that ripped through a party at the water park bemooindhind me. the powder is being blamed. investigatingse investigations are being conducted. cnn spoke to a company that sold the powder to the organizers of the event. the vice president told us there are warnings on the box of the powder that say there is a risk this powder can become flammable. as you mentioned, the organizer and the hardware manager have been arrested. they are out on bail. they have not been charged. now that someone died they could be facing a penalty for negligence causing death it carries a term of five years in prison. the person passed away is a 20-year-old woman. she suffered 90% burns on her body. people in critical condition are in similar conditions. very grave as they make it through the the critical week. after that even if they survive, it will take months to recover. alisyn? >> so

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. >> it was a hot summer day in taipei. without warning it turned into a disaster. around 1,000 people were partying why at the popular water park where colored powder was thrown from the straj where it caught fire. images were captured on this anture video. >> suddenly it was praying and there was sparks and fire on our bodies. >> rescue workers treated hundreds on the scene. many victims still in their suits. the mayor says use of the powder is now banned. hundreds are still hospitalized many in critical condition. >> taiwanese authorities are questioning the party organizers who may face charges of endangering the public. >>> we turn now to the intense man hunt for david sweat. he has been on the run for three weeks now and this morning authorities think they have him surrounded. stephanie is on scene for us there. >> reporter: good morning, it was not just one tip on friday there was at least three credible leads phoned in by concerned residents. chuck schumer says one woman thought there was an intruder at her door thursday to friday and they believe that was t

. >>> it's being called the worst incident of mass injury in new taipei city taiwan that has ever beent to see is very disturbing. a flammable powder exploded in midair over a crowd of people at a water park and then a fireball engulfed the stage. as you can see, people running for their lives through the flames. taiwan's official news agency reporting the fire was pretty quickly brought under control but not before at least 229 people were injured. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> we are told 97 people right now are being treated. they are in serious condition. an investigation under way into how that could have happened. >>> also, three more victims of the charleston church massacre were laid to rest today. cynthia hurd had worked as a librarian for 31 years. she was just four days shy of her 55th birthday when she was shot dead along with eight other people at bible study at emanuel a.m.e. church. today hundreds gathered at that same church to remember her. also paying their respects united states congressman jim clyburn and south carolina governor nikki haley. >> i love the fact

the mayor of taipei says use of the powder is now banned and official investigation is under way. hundreds are still hospitalized and many in critical condition. >> the authorities say that there are the possibility of charges of professional negligence as well as possibly endangering the public. this is so weird because the base of this ignition was corn based starch which is not something that would ignite. they are trying to determine what this product may have also had in it maybe something to do with adding the color, that resulted in making it a flammable situation to begin with. >> i tell you, those pictures i don't recall anything seeing anything that horrific in a long time. those people running on fire through fire. okay -- >> yeah horrible. >> thank ug for that story. >> yeah, horrible. >> a celebration of gay pride interrupted when shots ring out and security expert on alert for new terror threats ahead of the july fourth holiday. e home without it! and someday, i may even use it on the moon. it's a marvelous thing! oh! haha! so you can replace plane tickets, traveler'

we've got jim joining us live run taipei to explain.ite especially coming late on a friday night. what is going on at htc? jim: well, you are right. it was very sudden. they decided very late to announce may earnings, may sales, rather. they cut their guidance for the second quarter. only four days before, the ceo spoke to investors at their annual shareholders meeting and apologized, and said they would work to do better in the future. now, they come out with that bombshell. at the end of the day, they are in the business of making and selling smart owns. they are just not doing as well as they hoped. they came out with their m-9.hip, this one called it is not doing as well as they hoped. they blamed the market for high-end android smartphones, which is the space they dominated a long time ago. they are facing a lot of competition from samsung. of course the iphone and some of the newer entrants. the market at the high end and they also blamed china itself. things were not going as well in china as they'd been hoping. that led them to

of course, chinese do travel and when they travel to places like hong kong and taipei the most importanto is go to book stores because they want to see and read what they can't at home. so essentially the communist party has been sophisticated about this so it has been able to make sure that people do not understand what's going on. >> gordon talk to me how if you go to china and the places and sites you see a country where you don't breathe oppression or repression because it's so financially active. but how is it that a regime -- the same regime that had the cultural revolution and was able to kill millions of its own people, how is that regime able to have that fine line? that you don't see the repression if you visit it or maybe even if you live there and yet it's right under the surface 24/7. >> when we moved there, my wife and i, in august 1996 we saw a very different china for about six months. and then all of a sudden the story became clear about how indicted coercive the political system is because we talked to people and they started to tell their stories but if you go through

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