German president franklin voltage di meyer shares his thoughts on the nascent tax to pandemic politics and much more. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program the death toll from an earthquake off the coast of turkey is rising as rescuers rushed to find survivors in the rubble more than 20 people are now confirmed dead and at least to 400. 00 others injured the magnitude 7 quake struck in the aegean sea between the greek island of sam us and the Turkish Coast much of the damage is in the Turkish Coastal city of izmir where several buildings were brought to the ground. Its a race against time rescue workers in izmir are trying to find survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building. Suddenly cheers from the crowd. Someone was found. But others were unable to escape. But. I thought that the ground had shattered you cant think in that moment all you can try to do is get out everything was collapsing around us our building stayed intact but we were really panicked and managed to get out at the last minute they said. This is a family home on the 15th floor of an Apartment Building in is near when the earthquake hit. Them or the quake struck deep in the ground beneath the aegean sea. It was followed by dozens of aftershocks with tremors felt as far away as athens and bug area bill and. I was in my shop i was talking with someone who felt like we were on a road it started to shake while i was watching our building shake i saw this one collapse. A small scale tsunami flooded the streets in some districts sending debris inland and causing further damage. To. The greek island of samuels also suffered casualties damage and flooding with the foreign leaders of both nations pledging to help one another. Seismologists have warned that potentially powerful aftershocks could be expected for several weeks to come. And its crossed mountain turkey where they dont need correspondent daryn jones is standing by daryn hows the rescue operation going. Well rescue efforts are still continuing after a long night all efforts are now focusing on these collapsed buildings careful this painstaking work of carefully removing the rubble to find looking for survivors in these buried collapsed buildings over 70 people have so far been rescued according to turkeys defend so keys. Managed quake Management Agency 4 out of the 17 buildings that a collapse have now is being cleared now those efforts have been hampered by severe aftershocks which runs the risk of not only killing people trapped in the buildings but also the rescue workers the efforts all being read read toppled more people are turning up on to the scene to help with those efforts which are expected to continue for out the day. And their intake is no stranger to strong earthquakes why it is still so many buildings that are not quite prove. All that indeed is a big question being asked once again after a powerful quake weve seen apartment blocks just collapse into heaps of rubble toki that are leading to a few seismologist dr john said why is it is only the poor that are buried in the rubble you never see rich peoples buildings collapsing and questions have been asked over the the quality of buildings in turkey now after the powerful earthquake of 1909 in the provincial city of it is made just outside the stamboul new power new strict regulations have been in force and also a program of strengthening buildings but given the fact that turkey has a large amount of also Housing Stock this is proving a challenging task but again the quake in is me underlines how important it is. Date of lees daryn jones speaking to me a little earlier from istanbul lets now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world police have clashed with protesters in central barcelona after crowds took to the streets to demonstrate against the latest coronavirus measures restrictions under a new nationwide state of emergency could last until may next year. Armenia and azerbaijan have reached an agreement to diffuse their conflict over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh peace talks in geneva they promise not to purposely attack civilians and to do a Prisoner Exchange hundreds of people have been killed in more than a month of fighting in the region. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of warsaw on friday to protest the polish governments near total ban on abortion opponents have been defying pandemic restrictions to take part in nightly marches a court ruling last week banned abortions in cases where the fetus has congenital defects. And least 9 people have died and dozens more are missing after heavy rains triggered a landslide in el salvador the president has sent in the military to help in the search and rescue operation. France continues to grave following a terror attack in a some thursday that left 3 people dead investigators have now arrested 2 people who they believe were in contact with the assailant its the 3rd is the most attack in the country in just 2 months the countrys interior minister says france is being targeted for its defense of Free Expression and secularism. Our correspondent lisa lewis joins us from nice they say a 2nd person connected to that suspect has been arrested what more can you tell us. Absolutely there now have arrested a 47 and 35 year old man both live in this live inis and both talked to the attacker the day before he killed 3 people at the basilica just behind me now the investigation is obviously looking into the question if there was just chatting or maybe helping the attacker it is a bit surprising that this man arrived in france as one or 2 days before the attack and then really fast chose his target and attack so investigators are wondering did he get help from these people or from other people many questions to answer here. What about the victims what do we know about the victims so far. Well 3 people were murdered by the man between 40 and 60 years old 6 christian diet he had been working at the basilica here behind me for 7 years people told me that he was known as a very discreet but also very welcoming man and then a brazilian lady who managed to escape but then she died of a bones in a nearby cafe and a 3rd woman 60 year old lady he was killed by the attack obviously people who were known to the community here is very sad and shocked by what happened here now the suspect as you just mentioned ahead and only recently arrived in france but theres been some other details that have come out about him can you tell us more. Fairly he was a 21 year old tune is young man had traveled from tunisia to italy and then came to france recently now french media have talked to his family back in tunisia he said that he had been preaching a lot over the past one or 2 years but they obviously werent of aware of the fact that he had somehow radicalized and gotten this idea to attack france still not really clear how he decided to attack and why he came to france to do this. Whats planned in nice memorials for the victims whats planned there today. Well there more people probably going to more people are going to come and lay down flowers here and mourn the victims as far as we understand there is a commemorative service plan tomorrow night here at the basilica behind me with a limited number of people but it was the any public commemorative event is being made more difficult by the lockdown thats imposed here and across the country so any gathering will be limited as to the number of people who could come of course later lewis inmates thank you very much for the update. And german president Valdas Steinmeier has condemned that attack in naysaying france and europe must stand up to acts of brutality in an exclusive interview with president spoke about the need for tolerance as well as the pandemic and even u. S. Politics. Many issues have been on the plates of german president thank you of late following the recent suspected terror attack in nice france where 3 people were killed steinmeier says his thoughts are with the victims families but he also wants the united stance from europe after such a brutal attack to these and get done of course our thoughts are above all with the relatives who have. Guns but i believe what we must do know in europe not just in france is to stand up to this act of. The islamist motives behind it and in funding and in all our democratic societies above all we should not base the response of the state on a cause determined by hate in a phobia and some. Parts of acceptance and Mutual Respect are a part of our society and so standing up to such acts of brutal violence and islam is motives is one thing but the other is to try and maintain the openness of our society thats the other challenge is the under the halls full. The coronavirus pandemic another issue at the top of the president s agenda germany has just approved a new partial lockdown to try to curb a record spike of calls in 1000. 00 cases discontent with measures has also been on the rise with thousands protesting on the streets germanys president acknowledges that the restrictions are especially hard but he says the critics abrasive attitude worries him because dick built schaffel criticism is getting harsher and more aggressive especially when it comes from people who are spreading conspiracy theories. But people who consider the restrictions to be correct are demanding stricter measures as currently growing faster than the number of critics. In this respect its not so much the numbers that worry me brace affinis of the argument. These are also. On the Upcoming Elections in the us steinmeyer says the decision on who the next president will be lies with the American People what he would like to see is a return to a more fruitful cooperation between the u. S. And germany. As. A lection in the u. S. So november will have a Global Impact and side that off the words regardless of who wins the United States will again develop the ability to have a shared idea of the future of their country and a good mind. And that is one thing and what is important for us as your appearance is also to understand european project with european integration and cooperation is invested in the transatlantic relationship this is not in the cards recently father but i hope that a new understanding for europe will grow again but. It may take weeks or even months to see whether steinmeyer swish will be fulfilled for the us with the election still the focal point and the coronavirus pandemic in full swing europe may not be a priority. 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