W. This is good of you news live from berlin more than a Million People have evacuated their homes in india to escape the devastating force of cyc lone funny storms slammed into india early friday its now barreling eastward on a trajectory that will see it pass over the homes of one hundred Million People well have the latest live from our correspondent also coming up. On World Press Freedom day we meet a journalist in slovakia who says growing right wing extremism in the country is a threat to journalism and the personal safety of reporters. And with the e. U. Elections fast approaching we look at what germans think about the european project a new poll shows the nation is split over the idea of giving more power to brussels. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us one of the biggest storms ever to hit india has made Landfall Battering The East of the country with wind speeds of up to One Hundred Eighty Kilometers Per Hour now cycle unfunny struck the coast of odisha state at about eight am local time thats close to the Seaside Resort of prairie the cycling has operated trees just toppled Utility Poles but as yet there are no reports of any casualties authorities have evacuated over a Million People in coastal areas ahead of families arrival felix fearing that. Storm surges could endanger lives. Lets get the very latest now from the Me Joyce Wall whos covering this for us from d. D. Abuse delhi bureau good morning to you can you give us the latest on the storms location well The Storm Made Landfall at about eight am local time which was three and a half hours ago it is expected to have an impact over a period of six are so its hitting the Southern Coast of the state of florida shock and its moving in the north northeast and direction so basically its expected to travel sure to suck up to whats best for all and it would reach vesting dollars of the state to the east of the country to morrow morning and then proceed on to bangladesh but it is expected to gradually rican as it goes for the so the impact it is expected to produce over the next three and a mission weve already seen about a Million People back you waited how else have the affected regions been preparing for this this major event. Well the last super cycle in the
region was twenty years ago in One Thousand Nine Hundred nine but it is also worth noting that the region in the state of where the shot is not unfamiliar to cyclists like this a couple other me just like you would have hit in Two Thousand And Four and Two Thousand And Five and this is why theres been an excellent deployment all sik all forces to help people on the ground apart from the evacuation several teams have been deployed over have been deployed by the National Disaster just forms of force which is actually amongst the largest in the world when it comes results of the storm things was actually in response to the last super cycle in which im talking about and on the question that i have also been deployed the navy and the full thought have been a lot of the air force is also on standby food rations as well as Electricity Power ups and backups and medical supplies have also been deployed in preparation for what exactly happens during and after the storm ok you know theres a lot of concern about infrastructure that would be very important in helping out
the affected region the roads electricity how much at risk are they being damaged by this article. Well as i was saying that that has been preparation to save the human cost but in terms of Infrastructure Protection stablish moment of resilient infrastructure in destin lacking on that front there is extensive damage expected to infrastructure essential authorities are already putting out notification saying that patched houses as well as more prominent hows the should expect damage Communication Tools and telephonic boards are expected to be uprooted rude. Is also expected to be affected and really. Has already suspended operations towards that so of course to be only be able to see the truth of the damage off the cycle and process through but Severe Damage is expected and it is at least in terms of saving did using the loss of life actually caused even the loss of life that the Central Forces have acted well but in terms of infrastructure that Severe Damage is expected to come up in the major joints wall for us from delhi
thanks very much. Well meanwhile the Eastern African nation of mozambique is struggling to deal with the devastating aftermath of cyclon canot that storm hit a week ago strong homes and Roads Cutting off power to hundreds of thousands of people since then people say theyve received no help in or feeling increasingly frustrated about the governments lack of action you have your correspondent Adrian Creech sent us this from the village of Marchini Tabu Luis has felt somewhat traumatized ever since cyclon kind of rev it just as will. When the storm came everything was still ok. My house was still standing. But then drained for hours on end. Thats when my house collapsed as i quickly packed a few things and fled. Many
people in the village lost everything and in the time since the cyclon hit theyve lost all power. Luis takes us to see the only means of transportation that is left in his village. The Rickety Old Boss only starts after a long time and i wanted to finally gets going it only runs for ten minutes since i plan kenneth the road and says here. And the next town is an hour away by foot. We want our streets back so that we can drive to the city like we used to so we are asking the government to finally help out. But the
government seems to get going as slowly as the bus at least one good thing has happened workers from a Chinese Company appear in the afternoon and attempts to repair things but they seem to reach their limit soon the mess of destruction cant be repaired quickly at the moment the water level here is rather low but this can change very fast sometimes its just raining for a few hours very strong and then the water goes up again threatening the communities around it. Even in parts of the provincial capital the water level is still high meteorologist mario observes the weather from the station she is optimistic but cant give an all clear signal gets. In the next few days it will probably continue to rain but probably only lightly we dont think that the rain in this region will be as strong as it was in the last few days. Village of. Continues to wait. Hope that the government will soon come to hope. He hopes for a new how is the electricity for the streets to be repaired but most of all he hopes cook better with. Well now were going to take a look at some of the other stories making the news saying washington tensions are flaring after attorney general william barr did not appear before a congressional hearing into the his handling of special counsel robert millers Russia Report Bar skipped that meeting due to a disagreement over allowing staff lawyers to ask questions democrats are reportedly considering holding the attorney general in contempt after he also declined to provide congressman with an underaged acted version of the report. Malaysia has released the last remaining suspect being held in connection with the killing of these strange half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong nam died
after his face was smeared with a nerve agent of Call Import Airport in february of Two Thousand And Seventeen this release likely closes the cases for north koreans named as coconspirators are not in custody. Or minister swallows State Prosecutors have ordered the rearrest of the influential Opposition Leader Leopoldo Lopez days after he escaped from house arrest and appeared next to selfproclaimed president won wide lopez as a long time opponent of venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro hes now taking refuge in the Spanish Embassy and is calling on the country to continue the fight against president Nicolas Maduro. Hes a symbol for venezuelas Opposition Leader has led the first Maija Movement Against Nicolas Maduro that was over five years ago the protests ended in failure and lopezs Detention Fast Forward to Tuesday Lopez the skates from house arrest he says so just frayed him its the beginning of the latest Military Uprising against
madeira one that so far has against. Failed to dislodge venezuelas later right now once more Leopoldo Lopez is confined this time to the Spanish Embassy but the Opposition Latest says he stay they wont be long because that is when his leadership he believes is poised to switch sides you know you can come on down. I have been meeting with commanders. With generals. I have been holding talks with the different factions of the military you know and we agreed to put an end to this your subpoena power. But Nicholas Madeira has been trying to show he still commands the troops loti. He dressed scores of them at the Caracas Military Academy on stage with him some of the latest ship a signal that theyre literally behind him but the leader also sees rebellion in the ranks but. We cannot give one inch to the traitors to the conspirators we
must go on the offensive and be active everyone must follow the command and detain any traitors and then it will. Still mature our supporters are pines to sound the Hama News Night after days of turmoil probably kamal semicolon forecast the tune from the government madeira is still number one but would the low t. V. Zombie fall from assured she stays dischord could very well be reprised. Now Reporters Without Borders says Press Freedom is on the retreat around the world even in countries with long democratic traditions on this World Press Freedom day were going to take a closer look at this the report says only forty three of the One Hundred Eighty countries surveyed could claim that the situation was good or satisfactory those countries are in yellow or orange now thats down from last year that decline was due in part to a more challenging environment for the media in europe and that means that report
exactly mentions Smear Campaigns by populist parties in Central Europe against a number of journalists thats taken place in countries like Serbia Slovakia and even austria and thats led to threats in some cases violence against journalists The American Constitution is long in trying to free speech but todays report points out that when the us president characterize is the media as the enemy of the people it contributes to a hostile environment for all of the members of the press now attacks on journalists in the us are also reported to be on the rise germany has achieved a higher spot in this years ranking that comes it comes in at Number Thirteen but that improvement as a result of other countries slipping down in the rankings lets take a look now at the situation specifically in slovakia the murder of an investigative journalist there last february led to mass demonstrations and forced the Prime Minister to stand down but the journalist d. W. Spoke to in our next report say they still do not feel safe. They see it as a battle in the fight for slovakia open Democratic Society the high court in russia is deciding whether to close down the Peoples Party our slovakia the state Prosecutor Says the party is too close to fascism it should be banned. Journalist Adam Ventured fields party like this create a strict poll showed the slovak extreme right on third place in the lead up to the e. U. Elections greatly of especially for the markets. Does not. Its dangers for democracy this rise of right wing extremists because these people go against us for the right wing spectrum animes in any case the logic of. Both for through. The Court Decides against the better the party can continue. Adam or accept slovakias because. Theyre still absorbed in another side of the country
story or the guard. Is now at the center off the Case Slovak Media Report that the men who admitted shooting the journalist said the guard himself had ordered the killing that hasnt been proven but it is confirmed that question organized a full scale Spying Operation against investigative journalists. Suspected since last year that was having me observe that was when he suddenly released private things about me my child told my health but the police has only now officially confirmed for all. And im also received threatening emails but undeterred he spent all of last year to go after his financial dealings and his political connections in government. Its about transparency this process being renamed. It is from a journalistic work and the fight for freedom of information. So how do adams
colleagues feel about the Spying Operation and the new accusations against the Oligarch You Know was crazy but we always thought that hes like. Hes dangerous but not the dangers we always thought that its all about money and business. The newspapers editor in chief is worried for Journalist Safety but the threats push them to work even harder and she says return to the essence of the job this was such a defining moment in slovakias journalism because we realize that the country is on a crossroad and its not only that these in order needs to be investigated but that we have to tell the story how he got to the point she and her team i determined to continue uncovering corrupt networks in the country and that is the feeling all financial and political intimidation goes on on the good side the. Support from the public we do have readers who are really to pay who are speaking to us because they understand that that this is important despite all the political and financial pressures the press in slovakia is a life and fighting on journalists message to the countrys oligarchs is you can buy a paper or a news room but you cant buy us the people in it and many of them after last years murder of one of their own see that event as a particular call to arms. On their way through projects love us was on and adam often passed by the memory of their dead colleagues young could shock when i see picture i still cannot believe that hes not here anymore we will never forget him and. Its very sad and i think of him almost every day. Lets find out more about the state of Press Freedom with Scott Griffin deputy
director of the International Press institute hes in if your peers capital addis ababa for the main celebration of World Press Freedom day joins us from there thanks for joining us the report out today points to Eastern Europe we just saw a report from slovakia as being of special concern can you fill us in on why thats the case. Sure good morning and let me just say it briefly then you see opiah for the main celebration of will Press Freedom day and yukio is one of the few countries in the world where we can say that Press Freedom is actually improving there are few bright spots where through this Eastern Europe i think we heard already from some journalists in slovakia that main problems of beef is there the sort of Smear Campaigns and just Information Campaigns against journalists are critical journalists are regularly. Smeared are described as enemies of state and the double impact in our view on the one hand its a calculated way so we public distrust of the media and blunting the impact of the
work that the media to the critical media do so its undermining the role in a democracy and on the other hand of course it puts journalists indeed in it as is that journalist somehow targets and the other thing i think that must be met with regards to certain europe is behind gary and model which is what weve seen in hungary is a combination of sort of economic censorship in which media are targeted by there tonight state advertising we have sort of Ownership Networks you know friends of Prime Minister are bonded by up an independent media and so what we have are basically an independent media which are encircled by a state midi in and the model is being borrowed by by other leaders in the region so these are the developments that we see is see is that concerning in Eastern Europe and of course you know investigating it killings
a journalist like that of young groups in slovakia you have the killing of journalists is of course very disturbing for anyone interested in and getting information thats thats unbiased and this report shows that. Violence against reporters is also increasing what are the forces of work there what countries are especially at risk. Then we have an countries where violence against journalists is unfortunately endemic or we have a cycle of violence thats very difficult to stop if you look to mexico have to understand were thirty in journalism last year whats possibly even more thrilling for us at the moment is that journalists killings have emerged in countries more we not think they were possible it was our slow. Or the keeping of daphne car a lot of police yet multi or even the murder of Ahmed Hussein so wily ngata who was a colleague of im ever journalist im not and what we have to say in cases is that its extremely important to stop the cycle of violence and impunity before it be as
i said if you look at kind of in mexico so difficult to get out of this that to get out of this cycle and you know in the case of multiple particular its a scandal that theres been no progress in this investigation yesterday and you know you had a speech someone called the multis government an agent of impunity for blocking the investigation and into a death is murder and i think thats right and i think its an absolute outrage that we have had cases in the European Union adrenalize killed its terrible signal globally scott thanks so much for that roundup Scott Griffin for us Deputy Director of the International Presence there joining us from ethiopia so i thank you very much while israel has been marking its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day the nation came to a standstill yesterdays people pause to remember the millions of jews murdered by the nazis during World War Two one holocaust victim a teenage girl named if a hymen was given a special honor. This film depicting the german army entering hungary
during World War Two might look like a hollywood Film Production but its not in fact it was shot on a smartphone and portrayed format for an instagram audience it tells the True Story Of Thirteen Year Old Eva Hyman in one Nine Hundred Forty Four she kept a Daily Journal for three months before the nazis deported her to auschwitz even a story is told in the first person as if she had a smartphone during the holocaust and could have regularly documented it on instagram and Israeli Tech Entrepreneur Mountie called harvey personally financed the project and together with his daughter directed it with the help of social media theyre trying to establish a new way to remember the horrors of the holocaust museums and books. We bring. In a meaningful way into the social media. And young people too. And young users are already starting to discuss even a story online many have suggested the Effect Heavy Instagram portrayal is too
superficial for a story of such suffering others appeared to be impressed we break yeah yeah but the media. Has traditionally been in the past so i would say that was a little bit taken aback thousands are now learning about the fate of none she gave her diary to a neighbor shortly before she was deported to auschwitz it survived she did not she was murdered in october of nineteen forty four. Well in just a few weeks all actions to the European Parliament are being held across the you are the results of a new survey by the Polling Company and for tests indicate that a large part of the german population is closely watching the outcome germans were asked how they how interested they are in the european elections fifty three percent say they are either very or strongly interested now thats compared to forty seven percent who say they are either less or not interested in the vote. Debuts chief Political Correspondent linda drane joins us now for more on this good morning melinda good morning weve always thought of germany as being a country that is one of the biggest backers of the e. U. What do you make of this of this new poll forty seven percent not that interested in the u. Lections its all relative if you look at interest over the years it has been steadily rising interesting way enough this figure that were seeing there seventeen percent strongly interested is actually pretty much double what it was at the last election at loose point in time the fact is many citizens in europe and by no means only in germany have the feeling that brussels is far away and that these elections dont necessarily directly affect their lives and if we see other questions that were asked in this survey it looks like nearly half of germans have the feeling they dont fully understand how the e. U. Works just one other point ok unfortunately those who arent interested include the
young mostly a very small share of the young population is interested and thats troubling given the fact that a lot of young people are taking to the streets every friday Everybody Knows why and that for example in action on climate many people think europe is the place where Climate Policy has to be made and yet young people arent that interested in this election ok lets lets pick up on the some of the other questions including one about attitude the opinion poll also looked at. Women attitudes towards the European Union respondents were asked whether they think germanys membership in the European Union has benefited the nation forty six percent saying they thought it had been to germanys advantage thirty seven percent so the pros and cons of membership were the same fourteen percent believe being in the you was to germanys disadvantage ok melinda what do you make of that i mean is certainly a minority but whats behind the Euro Skepticism in germany what are some of the grievances again i think this is
a number first of all we have to look out over time it has been climbing steadily since One Thousand Nine Hundred nine it took a dip during the financial crisis it took another dip in Two Thousand And Sixteen during the brics it did back oh but it has been steadily on the rise since then and again if you look more closely at the numbers in this survey what we see is that Seventy Three percent of germans say membership in the e. U. Has made them financially better off seventy one percent say membership in the e. U. Has made them more secure so in other words theres a lot of ambivalence here why is that ambivalence there well some of the grievances are the politicians in brussels are too far away i dont fully understand what theyre doing i dont see the achievements in my every day life and i think all of that means its very important for e. U. Policymakers to concentrate on visible gains and thats another thing that did come out of the survey came out of this sort of came linda thanks very much for bring us up to date on that. Well now its to an issue that is concerning the star
wars fans around the world are marking the passing of one of the brightest lights in the Star Wars Universe Peter May here the actor who played the fan favorite to baka in five of the Star Wars Films has passed away the towering actor literally became an iconic part of Cinema History after director george lucas cast him in his epic film he was seventy four years old. Lets get your modern now of our top story this hour one of the biggest storms ever to hit india has made Landfall Cyclon Funny is battering the east of the country with wind speeds of up to One Hundred Eighty Kilometers Per Hour there have been no reports of casualties but authorities have evacuated more than one Million People in coastal left us. This is the t. V. News live from berlin still to come in Business Eat News a turkey feeling the pinch as u. S. Sanctions on
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