That more militant attacks french soil are likely close to belgium becomes europes latest coronavirus hotspot there are now more covert 900 patients in belgium hospitals then there were during the 1st wave in the spring. And why abortion clinics in candy are keeping a close watch on the u. S. Election they fear damaging cuts in funding is donald trump is reelected. A lock thank you so much for your Company Everyone well where it while were coming on the air with the breaking news a major earthquake has rocked turkey the powerful tremor struck off the agent coast causing buildings to collapse and the coastal city of its. The quakes epicenter was north of the greek island of some ost the u. S. Geological survey puts it at a magnitude of 7. 0 termers were felt as far as away as athens and Istanbul Turkish Officials Say at least 4 people are dead and 120 injured details are still coming in this is very much still a breaking story lets turn now to do to correspondent dorian jones who is in istanbul dorian active searches i understand are going on right now whats the latest what do we know about the casualties as well. Well at the moment there is very limper mation on the number of casualties and deaths but we do know from the mayor of is near sawyer he says at least 20 buildings have collapsed and its believed that there were people within those buildings when those buildings did fall under this of quake as we speak now there is efforts now to dig into this rubble to try and find people in those buildings we have reports at least one person has been dug out of the rubble and these efforts are extremely dangerous and extremely difficult you cant move quickly for fear of provide leaving to further collapses in the building as we speak now there are Emergency Services coming from all over the country to help with this ongoing effort to find people believed to be trapped in these buildings it is an extremely powerful earthquake a sim of the magnitude of cause mass devastation in 1909 near istanbul which claimed the lives of nearly 20000 people so this gives you an idea of how powerful this quake is seen images of water searching in from the gnc inundating nearby houses a mini tsunami another indication of how powerful this quake is dorian and weve also seen the images of our watching now what a rescue operation under way people were also scrambling to find shelter finding a place of safety where are people going to right now. Well thats very difficult to mean they will be looking for open spaces to to find sanctuary there will be a lot of concern over the safety of buildings if they have not collapse it will be concerns that they are structurally unsound usually offer a powerful quake that follows after quakes which also can cause a great deal of damage so its likely that most of these people will be spending the night outside its still relatively warm in this part of the country but still it is going to be a very very difficult night ahead for the millions of inhabitants of turkeys 3rd largest city and that turkey obviously sadly no stranger to earthquakes are they well equipped to deal with a situation like this and and how are they bracing for the aftershocks that will come. Well yes youre right the whole of turkey is vulnerable to powerful earthquakes and throughout the countrys history most of its main cities have been at one point or another hit by powerful quakes the most the most devastating in recent times was the one that struck outside istanbul near the provincial city of izmit that claimed around 20000 lives and many of those lives were claimed because of the buildings were built not to the required safety requirement they just collapse like a house of cards and there have been images in izmir of a similar events have occurred now since that powerful quake outside istanbul there have been very serious measures in and forcing of building codes that would ensure that buildings like this will not collapse if when struck by a powerful quake but still much of turkeys Housing Stock is very old before these regulations were enforced and even though the country has been enforcing their regulations to secure buildings that are not considered safe is a very long process and as what has happened now and hes made aware at least 20 buildings have collapsed it lead to the alliance the size and magnitude facing tokyo of dealing with these deadly earthquakes. Reading a from istanbul on that powerful earthquake a magnitude 7. 0 magnitude earthquake that has hit turkey you just saw it coming and will a catch up with you later on thanks for. Next return to France Police there have arrested a 2nd suspect over the knife attack at the basilica nice that left 3 people dead it was the 3rd islamised attack in france in 2 months time president on mccall is holding an emergency Cabinet Meeting and the interior minister is warning that more militant attacks on french soil are likely. A place of worship and the scene of terror candles laid outside the north church a nice tribute for the victims killed within its walls. What happened inside is now being pieced together by forensics teams frances top counterterrorism prosecutor said this had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack and they have detained a suspect. Who. When he was arrested he was carrying a document in the form of a paper from the italian red cross in the name of a 2 newseum National Born in 1909. To gay chanson showing that this is the perpetrator moreover the person concerned is not known if in the National Fingerprint database and is not known to the intelligence services. When the police told the church on thursday it was too late to stop the bloodshed a Church Official and a woman had been stabbed and killed a 3rd person died of her injuries. Police found a copy of the koran and 3 large knives in the suspects bags the man is now in hospital in Critical Condition president mark kroll was at the scene within our was calling for national unity. Some of that taking if an attack to get in its because of our values our belief in freedom to believe freely and not give in to terror to quiet. Let me say this very clearly we will never give in because. It will be money said oh yeah here are the french president has angered many in the muslim world by refusing to condemn cartoons of the prophet muhammad. Was. Its a long standing debate in france reignited by the murder of School Teacher samuel petit earlier this month. He was beheaded after showing cartoons of muhammad in a class on free speech. And with this latest attack france has 3 more people to mourn. We want to take you now or to nice to elise elise who standing by behind her the basilica where that incident happened lisa a city that is guarded by what has happened tell us whats it like to be there what are people telling you. Yes absolutely many people have been coming to the cathedral just behind me all day long actually since yesterday to lay down for hours to mourn the dead but also to have heated discussions really you know they have been members of the Muslim Community but also catholic people who came here muslims saying you know you cant tell us that this is what our religion is about we dont agree and then others yelling back why are you taking these radical people into your mosque so they were really heated discussions about what happened here at the cathedral behind me and that just says to what extent france is divided at this very moment in the how how angry and and worried people here in the country right now france is i understand at its highest terror alert level what does that mean absolutely the government has increased the level from the 2nd highest to its highest level and is deploying thousands of Additional Police forces and soldiers across the country to protect a potentially vulnerable locations from future attacks that could be places of worship it could also be locations where terror attacks have happened in the past and as one Police Source told me earlier today especially during these times of luck on public transport because thats when no not that many people are in the streets. Thats where people are crowded and what could be possible locations of future attacks so the government is watching lots of different occasional cations across the country to prevent other attacks now as you referenced of course the country is the dealing with a surging number of covert cases there going into lockdown later this evening how will that affect for instance the d. D. Public fidget vigils like the one behind you the the events that are commemorating the victims. Well its obviously a burden an additional burden on the soldiers and visitation right it comes to covert is already quite worrying and people and all of the even more worried about the new terror attacks on french soil obviously this also means that a National Ceremonial comets cant be held that easily and well see if maybe the government will hold a few speeches but certainly not many people can attend any such meeting a ceremony. Responded so hes reporting from the from nice in france thank you. Europe 2nd wave of covert 1000 affections is gathering pace germany has reported a record 800000 new cases just days before a new limit along down takes goes into effect france as you heard lisa just say as well has already begun a 2nd national shut down hospitals in belgium are struggling to cope the number of patients at hospitals with kovan 1000 has outstripped the 1st wave back in april doctors and nurses are under enormous pressure to keep the Health Care System running. This used to be the Recovery Room for patients whove had surgery now it serves as a makeshift intensive care unit for cope with 10000 patients on life support hospitals of the belgian province of lea is are no the epicenter of europes 2nd wave and struggling to keep up we are not about to admit one new patient any more so if a patient comes in the emergency room with these we have to transfer him to another of. The. 4th devo tells us his team is not only short of beds but also personnel one in 5 nurses in the region have tested positive for the virus themselves but the pressure is so high that those who dont have symptoms continue to work under strict safety precautions doctors and nurses here are working tirelessly to take care of covert 900 patients some of them are even infected themselves but despite all efforts the Health Care System here in belgium has reached its breaking point as the overall number of infections continues to rise the actual number of infections is likely to be higher than the official figures across town at least as University Hospital testing is ongoing. I cant smell or taste any more and i have a headache. Because after the medics year can conduct 280 tests every day but these tests are strictly for those who have a doctors prescription family members friends or coworkers who have been in close contact with them but dont show any symptoms cannot get a test for them or as the moment we have so many positive cases the problem is there are far too many contact persons given the huge number of people who have symptoms wed be unable to test them as well as all the people theyve been in contact with at least not with the amount of tests we have currently if we had more tests we probably could back in the covert ward doctor duvall fears the lax handling of the crisis in summer. Will put him and his colleagues in a very difficult position very soon when you have only one bet and 10 people out of a thing for the same bit you have to choose between the team but which one you are after there are no doctor want to do thats one thing its like you know we are not doctors who do that kind of thing we all doctor up to treat patients not good with which patient treating germany has started to take patients from belgian hospitals with infections expected to continue to rise here in the coming weeks medical staff already at their limit will need all the help they can get. All right lets bring in correspondent back to regroup in a firm of brussels to get more on this a worsening situation in belgium how did it get to this parent its not entirely clear what caused this tsunami of corner cases as the Belgian Health minister describes it as scientists and politicians. Clear that this is a mix of reasons one reason might be that the population doesnt offer the same a break got a little bit less serious about the distancing rules social life was coming back and so infections went up again but this is not only the case in belgium if you look at the euro
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