a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit indonesia sulawesi island the death toll has now risen to over fifteen hundred the search for survivors is continuing but hopes of finding any more people alive are fading tens of thousands still need help supplies are arriving now at the port in the stricken city of. question president vladimir putin and indian prime minister narendra modi have signed a defense deal during talks in delhi it will see india by ass four hundred air defense systems worth five billion dollars modi made the deal despite the threat of u.s. sanctions on countries that trade with russia as a defense sector. former south korean president lee myung bak has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison a court found the seventy six year old guilty on several charges including bribery and embezzlement he is the second former south korean president to be jailed in the past six months. leading figures in germany's jewish community are sounding the alarm after the far right alternative for germany party the f.t.