A standoff with the government over crop prices shows no sign of being resolved. Plus a backlash and boycotts the nikkei it for its provoke debate about diversity in japan. And im he said with the sport and then pick organizers say the tokyo games will cost an extra 2400000000. 00 because of the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Now more than one of the half 1000000 people have died from covert 1000 worldwide a 3rd of those deaths happened in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting Record Numbers of deaths in new cases among them italy which registered its highest daily death toll on thursday since the start of the pandemic its introducing new restrictions including limiting movement between regions in the worlds worst affected countries the United States hospital admissions and fatalities have also reached new highs the president elect joe biden says he will ask americans to wear masks during his 1st 3 months in office. Its on the 1st day im an arguer had
Tsunamis deadly waves that have the power to destroy entire cities in a matter of moments. There was little Public Awareness about them until december 26th 2004. That was the day a gigantic tsunami in the indian ocean killed more than 230000 people images illustrating the pools of this natural phenomenon shocked the world. 7 years later in 2011 a Nuclear Power plant in fukushima japan exploded after being engulfed by an earthquake generated tsunami. Since these tragedies scientists rushed to the scene redoubling efforts to determine what causes these killer waves. Because that knowledge can save lives its clear that tsunamis can strike any region of the planet urbanize ation has made coastal communities even more vulnerable. Can Tsunami Research protects them. On friday september 28th 2018 an earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated an area of the bay of palu on the indonesian island of slow way sea. Within minutes 4000 people. Lost their lives 79000. 00 had to be evacuated how coul
Respects to the victims authorities warning that more militant attacks on french soil are likely and ill close with the german president in an exclusive interview with d. W. I. Conflict a shiite liar shares his thoughts on the nice tax the pandemic the politics and a whole lot more. On why the hock thank you so much for joining us at this hour we begin with our breaking news story a major earthquake has struck turkey and greece turkeys Disaster Agency now says at least 12 people are dead and more than 400. 00 injured the powerful tremors struck off the coast with the epi center just north of the greek island of samas on the quake has cost several buildings to collapse in the turkish resort city of izmir rescue efforts there are ongoing. Correspondent dorian jones in istanbul dorian what is the latest from izmir. Well rescue teams are now frantically searching through the rubble of this devastating earthquake is near a city to over 4000000 people has been violently shaken by one of the
Witness says the crowds in the roads near the beach were caught totally off guard by the way no warning sounded here. Our Investigation Continues at the Tsunami Monitoring Center in the indonesian capital jakarta. This control tower monitors seismic activity across indonesia including the bay of palau. Seismologists here can detect any undersea earthquake in real time advanced algorithms allow them to simulate the formation of a tsunami and warn coastal communities before the 1st wave hits since its introduction in 2008 the system has issued 22 alerts saving countless lives why then did palu fail to receive a warning on september 28th 2018. In a scene he was the seismologist on judy that night. I guess that. The earthquake in palo registered a magnitude of 7 for 2 minutes then just afterward the magnitude rose to 7. 7. I instantly ran into the toss table where we simulate tsunamis yagami more dealings and i mean the center in jakarta registered an earthquake 80 kilometers north of palm
A surge in corona virus cases. One of cinemas all time greats is gone james bond star sean connery has died at the age of 90 he shot to stardom in the very 1st bond film at dr no in 1962 and went on to dominate the Silver Screen for 4 decades the veteran scot one of many awards throughout his long career including an oscar and 3 golden globes. This is g. W. News from berlin and follow us on twitter and instagram at state of the unions or visit our website dot com. This week on world stories. The u. S. Wants a reformed police force Mikhail Gorbachevs life is a play. But 1st we start in azerbaijan the car cation country is at war with its neighbor armenia more and more civilians are being killed in the process the warring parties blame each other for this. If you go far as a live shows as well he used to live until very recently. To see a rocket take his house in early october he says. So. Articles quite off base sure that. His home for 35 years burned down to the walls. In their work or