it happened in jakarta where some of the world's worst traffic of people spend twenty two days a year a year stuck in traffic in metro jakarta it's tough where i just don't know why he hasn't what up to say guess what we've got twelve brand new stadiums we're ready to go we've got a metro system ready to go for these olympics we've got the world's best airport which it probably will be right has number one or two when the world next to shanghai you know how about international where or why doesn't the supreme committee where like you see in delivery put together a bed and bring the olympic games the medal it's why chickweed the only city there should the olympic games your you know a million people in the country of qatar instead of not employing five or nine point eight million people in jakarta what was the same. south korea's military exemption program for a fleet's could be about to be revised the country's football and baseball team one gold at the asian games and that means the likes of tottenham strikers sonny hitting men one have to do military service something which is compu

and they're in jakarta for us thank you very much thank you. turkish president's ranch of tayyip erdogan wraps up his highly controversial state visit to germany today the visit was meant to create harmony between berlin and uncle but it's been derailed by their differences over human rights last night germany and turkey's as of state traded accusations at a v.i.p. banquet germany's franc germany's president franco valter steinmeyer accuse everyone of jailing germans for political reasons everyone responded by accusing germany of hosting thousands of quote terrorists who are facing charges in turkey. foreign affairs correspondent status sedaris here in studio with me say that we saw that unprecedented scandal at the dinner last night chancellor merkel president schedule to be having breakfast actually as we sit here right now will this be a nother difficult meal while it should be another difficult meal because a lot is at stake there are many german citizens that are imprisoned in turkey they have to talk about that they have to talk about the

journalist told me so gypped law even the indonesian capital jakarta good to have you with us tommy so we understand more rescuers have reached all the way c. does that mean they've been able to get into some of the cutoff places like. in terms of situation from dongola we just had a major development that out of the eight hundred thirty two number for the death toll eleven of those actually coming from the city of tonkawa now the figure is coming from the indonesian brass cross with earlier two helicopters with medical supplies and emergency needs now however at this moment we don't know to what extent of a more clear picture we don't know what we don't have a mockery of pictures from dongola now the military as of this morning has been redeploying some of their personas to dongola but we have yet to receive any word of information whether the military personnel have actually respond are not now earlier the disaster and the national disaster agency spokesperson saying insisted that up until today until now they're still receive no official information in terms of casualties. and damag

journalist told me so jim who is live for us in the indonesian capital jakarta good to have you with us we understand more rescue workers have been coming in does that mean they're getting now into some of the cut off areas like. we're starting to see some we are starting to see some more information coming out of the. we have received information that the. two helicopters from the indonesian red cross have been dispatched to tonglen bringing a merchant. emergency supplies now from the eight hundred thirty two the numbers of the latest. number eleven is actually coming from the angle of what we don't know is whether rescue officials have managed to respond via road because due to the heavy damage conditions. we don't know either is the extent of damage we're starting to see. as we starting to see the utter destruction of dongola from a couple of local t.v. stations here but again there is no official assessment in terms of the number of of houses and building. that's been damaged. earlier we heard that the vice president one of the of this disaster could reach thousands and the forec

and also from jakarta have indeed arrived via air the airport the commercial airport that was closed for for half a day has been reopened for humanitarian purposes two military planes have actually . more than two hundred victims of the quakes most of the injured ones and they have been evacuated to the provincial. what we do know is the number of displaced people is around sixteen thousand people and that number of loan is only coming from palo area just from power area as well as for the number of people among the average looking at the of the building to nisha i think we're looking at really really large numbers paolo is the. capital city of around three hundred thousand people now there's been criticism against indonesia's meterological and geophysics agency which issued a tsunami warning but lifted it thirty four minutes later all lines of communication and power supply collapsed leading to confusion in the first few hours this is the scene in jakarta falls where anguished relatives and passengers are still stranded. pauses partially reopened but only for humanitarian aid some b

correspondent mass walden is covering this story from jakarta i asked him earlier to describe what he's hearing about the numbers of people affected. from the disaster management agency earlier today cited the figures that you mentioned. including. about three hundred thousand people which was much closer to. the earthquake and more exposed to the tsunami. structure and communications. have largely been caught off. there is not so the. devastation will be even more severe. looking at pictures. being. about the situation right now. as. the military and the. friday night. because. there was. quite. still the priority and it was up to sighted around sixty. at the time. and south korea are still missing. officials are. coming to the. cross. ready to be deployed. by the military and. previously by the fact. that these. things may be going. through the challenges that. are facing right now. and other supplies. as we go. because. people still. what. their fate. subsequently. because. when i meet you i mean quoting one commentary and as family certainly being very openly critical and cold but t

it is a developing story this hour. story this hour. our team on the ground nearby in jakarta. jakarta. immediate aftermath pictures and some of the original footage. some of the original footage. this was the cinema itself. was the cinema itself. scene say many buildings have been completely flattened. completely flattened. real concerns in terms of getting access. in terms of getting access. reporting teams are trying to get more information for us. more information for us. speak at bbc correspondent near the scene. scene. we will keep you up—to—date on the story this morning. on the story this morning. toll now in the need days in tsunami is estimated to be 380 people. is estimated to be 380 people. —— the indonesian tsunami. new three billion pound aircraft carrier for the very first time. flight trials off the east coast of the united states. and land on her deck. hms queen elizabeth. it has been marked as the aircraft carrier without planes. carrier without planes. britain's most expensive warship has at last met its match. the f 35jet. the world's most advanced a

correspondent max walden is in jakarta for us he joins us now with more on this story max authorities have warned that the death toll could rise further what's the latest that you're hearing there about rescue efforts in the region. yeah well certainly it's still very much an ongoing search and rescue mission members of the military and the disaster management agency flew in straight after the disaster yesterday and the president has said he's following the situation very very closely i've heard from the red cross that on the ground there in dire need of food course. has been damaged the water is also in dire demand medical supplies and of course the ongoing interest is the most urgent priority as well. speaking of the rescue efforts and the preparation there there's been some criticism about the warning that was issued before the tsunami or as a tsunami was expected can you tell us about that yes so the agency of indonesia initially when the earthquake could get issue a tsunami warning this was council just over half an hour afterwards and there have been reports of people in. the ts

so indeed them they may face some questions that need answering matts weldon in jakarta thank you you thank . so look at some of the other stories making headlines this hour in gaza hundreds of people have been have attended the funerals of two palestinian boys officials say the fourteen and eleven year olds were among seven people killed by israeli fire as they attempted to storm border fence on friday it was the deadliest day of weekly border protests since they began in march. facebook says a fresh data breach has exposed the personal information of fifteen million users social media giant says it doesn't know who is behind the attack but the bridge could allow hackers to take over facebook accounts users who've used the view as in the last year especially vulnerable. u.s. president donald trump has ordered the f.b.i. to investigate allegations of sexual assault against his pick for the supreme court brett kavanaugh the senate judiciary committee narrowly approved his nomination by eleven votes to ten but a key senator called for a week long delay before the full senate vote to dec

its red cross could be nato who sneak in jakarta thank you again for making time to speak to us. thank you. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world a powerful typhoon is lashing the japanese mainland threatening a region still reeling from a storm last month high winds and heavy rainfall have halted air and train services in parts of the country three hundred thousand homes are without power authorities have ordered the evacuation of more than half a million people. busted on eons of voting in a landmark referendum to decide whether or not to add the word north to the country's name making it the republic of north macedonia it's a tweak that could settle a decades long disputed neighboring greece which has a province called macedonia the result could pave the way to nato and e.u. membership. it on must founder of the electorate come a contest will step down as chairman of the company a probe by the u.s. securities and exchange commission concluded that must misled investors with tweets about the company's future tesla has agreed to pay a multimillion d

it's red cross coordinator who sneak in jakarta thank you again for making time to speak to us. thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world bulls have just closed in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia where people are voting in a landmark referendum it's to decide whether to change the country's name to the republic of north macedonia that could settle a decades long dispute with neighboring greece which has a province called macedonia the result could pave the way to nato and e.u. membership. german chancellor angela merkel has accused u.s. president donald trump of undermining the united nations last week trump used to second address to the assembly to criticize multilateralism saying each country must look out for its own interests echo one trump against destroying the un adding multilateralism was a solution to many of the worlds. pierce hamilton has extended his lead in the formula one driver standings after taking victory in the russian grand prix the british driver took first place thanks to a little help from his mercedes to make valtt

it's red cross coordinator who's meeting jakarta thank you again for making time to speak to us. thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and egyptian activist has been fined and handed a suspended prison sentence for criticizing the government's failure to protect women earlier this year amal fati posted a video online in which she spoke out about sexual harassment in egyptian society i'm listing to national have condemned the verdict calling it an outrageous case of injustice. a powerful typhoon is churning towards the japanese mainland threatening a region still reeling from a storm last month high winds and heavy rainfall have halted and train services in parts of the country three hundred thousand homes are without power and authorities have ordered the evacuation of more than half a million people. tens of thousands of brazilians have protested against the rightwing presidential frontrunner bull sort narrow who was angered rather he has angered women in particular by making light of rape and seeking to justify the gender wage gap on saturday

correspond and that's well done in jakarta now joins us from on this story so let's authorities have one that the death toll could rise further what's the latest you're hearing about rescue efforts. yes disaster management agency and the military on the ground president said that he's monitoring the situation very closely from the red cross that is dying a food. act as the water had been disrupted and. as well medical supplies short but the most urgent pressing need at the moment is still the ongoing search and rescue efforts are being frustrated by damage to the infrastructure including a large bridge and what has been closed due to damage to the runways so only helicopters able to fly in with. resources for the rescue effort and what can you tell us about reports that we're getting that prisoners managed to escape from a prison in the city of. yet so the the head of the local prison there told in ages and that a news agency of almost six hundred inmates some three hundred seemed to have the skates when a wall of the prison was destroyed by the tsunami however it was noted that give

now at least one momentary in in jakarta who had family and has been very very openly critical of me your all the agency are calling for them to be held accountable because of course as mentioned there were two people on the beaches the tsunami so certainly there had been some confusion here and potentially lives lost as a result of miscommunication that's wild and joining us from to cata thank you. thanks very much tech ish president one is wrapping up a controversial state visit to germany today the visit was meant to ease tensions between berlin and ankara but it's been marred by their differences of a human rights as well as mass street protests against his visit demonstrations are underway for a second day of today this time in the western city of cologne which aired on is visiting this afternoon is shuttle to open the city's new central mosque a number of supporters among germany's turkish community have also been gathering to welcome him. and i'm joined here in studio by get up his tekkie correspondent yulia han and from cologne i'm joined by my colleague simon young thank you

mr price i what will the tangible benefits be to ordinary indonesians of having the olympic games in jakarta. is. firstly because based on this success will start of the cotton and game india got back everybody pretty happy. and there is a young man in the us that this part of the big moment that spot could unite the nation because we have a way out of the car but here is the there are a lot of the model a lot of the political dispute among the political be good it is but unfortunately today in the it's in game every. can you. spot one of the. because. really is. that. where you are is where you is made do you miss the. various secularly sorry to cut you off they were running out of time and got told to tell you the secretary of indian is indonesia's youth and sport ministry on the bidding for the olympic games serena williams is getting back to her best tennis after reaching the quarter finals of the us open she was taken to three sets by stone years k a connect the but came through to make it to the last eight at flushing meadows for the tenth straight time except for last year when she ga

we welcome correspondent max walden in jakarta for more on this story max we heard the death toll rising rapidly so far those confirmed deaths there all in the city of palooka what we know about other affected areas. yes today there was an update from the disaster management agency and it still seems that very little pretty from ation has come out of the city of three hundred thousand eight will the significantly closer to the epicenter of the earthquake and that's where the tsunami here. so. we've also heard that very little eye of communication has been able to be made with those areas so. this death toll that then provided is only for the city of kabul we would expect that that area is closer to the epicenter. we could see that death toll rises fairly significantly. we're looking at pictures of the aftermath of bodies being removed from the rubble what can you tell us about the situation right now on the ground. has opened up again previously. and it was difficult for them to get across. that's a little bit of good news however. the need for food because water infrastructure. and also

let's cross to jakarta and our correspondence there. what do we know about the extent of the damage given that, presumably, that are pa rt given that, presumably, that are part of the island that and co nta cta ble part of the island that and contactable at the moment? yes. it was a huge wave coming from the sea, up to six metres high. it swept everything that it goes through. a major bridge that connects the north and south part of the island, it is a modern construction, now it is flattened, it is destroyed. there eight story hotels with hundreds of people now flattened to earth. the water brings everything into the flat. it also brings the cars, the people obviously, people say they have declined open trees for up to six metres to survive. police and army, everybody remembers over christmas 15 years ago now, lead to major investment in tsunami warning systems. was that effective? was there much notice given the earthquake happened of the risk of the tsunami? yes. the disaster management agency lifted the tsunami warning early after t

good morning from jakarta. our tea m you? good morning from jakarta. our team has finally reached palu early this morning, because the fumigation access lines are down in palu. the rescue access lines are down in palu. the rescu e tea m access lines are down in palu. the rescue team from the red cross and certain rescue and the army is now focusing on helping people who might be trapped under buildings, and giving first aid to injured people. that is still the main focus of our response. “— that is still the main focus of our response. —— search and rescue. report your team can tell you, other enough there to help? —— from what your team can tell you. —— are there enough people there to help? yes. we work together with the army and search and rescue, and like they explained earlier, we are not focusing on evacuating affected people, because there are still a lot of people there still could be trapped under collapsed buildings and breed. —— debris. this morning, my team mentioned some of the dead people still need to be evacuated, be

throughout the games called closing ceremonies a traditionally lavish affair as did the jakarta twenty eighteen vashon live up to expectations look out you know they are certainly extravagant considering some of the some of the conditions quite honestly was very heavy rainfall earlier this evening supposed to continue the closing ceremony itself is probably going to wrap up in just the next fifteen minutes now when you look at the very elaborate opening ceremonies two weeks ago they're not as extravagant because this is an active venue for the games so they really only had one day to set up a stage for it whereas before for the opening ceremonies they had several days even a week to set it up but it is very very elaborate and what we saw and this is how it was described by the organizers here is it was a tribute to the athletes themselves we had that you know traditional parade of athletes and then a lot of thank yous a lot of speeches and then they went into kind of a musical concerts different artists from korea from china from india performed and that's still going on right now just

certainly a likelihood in singapore anywhere in sumatra in the next couple of days so i cannot keep jakarta any more showers in java are turning now as the monsoon trough disappears slowly sas out of india you this time you can get second cycle is something develop he in for example the bay of bengal it's still a possibility the next day or so and if it stays out in the water doesn't do a great deal of damage that doesn't harms the rain on the coast of myanmar possibly throw some back on the eastern coast of india for the most part i would looking it dry and less humid weather but its still a pretty help thirty five up in delhi. the weather sponsored my cats are always. arts. again you're watching and just a reminder of our top stories this hour the trade war between the u.s. and china has escalated again after president trump announced another two hundred billion dollars worth of tariffs on chinese imports ten percent hike will take effect for next monday they'll then increase to twenty five percent from january next year. syrian state media says its defense forces intercepted missiles fir

your hotel by four o'clock in the morning so you can do it again for eighteen days can it happen in jakarta where some of the world's worst traffic in fact people spend twenty two days a year a year stuck in traffic in metro jakarta it's tough now if you were a power issue today into the bid team what would be the first thing you'd say they should do yes. i don't think they would agree with this but i would ban every motorcycle every motor bike in the city number two i would eliminate all bus well actually delivery traffic from any time except one am to four am and then i would capacity control every vehicle coming in to jakarta if you know those three things and start losing enough traffic you might have a chance otherwise with a subway that's not yet open with the world's worst traffic as well as new delhi which may also bid for the same a lead big games the only way to do it is to go above ground meaning above the air and start doing helicopter or. you might see jetsons type travel with flying cars and flying buses to move people from the airport into the city otherwise i had just don't

and preparing basic needs let's get more on this now we're joined by tommy subject a journalist in jakarta very good to have you with us on al jazeera saw the death toll in the past hour has risen from fifty eight to nearly four hundred what are you hearing about these deaths and where they have taken place. but that three hundred eighty four and also the number of injures five hundred forty have been confirmed in. just over an hour ago and it needs to be told that this number coming specifically only from one area which is the provincial city of power lou we haven't heard any updates in terms of casualties from the. outlying areas particularly from the hardest hit coastal town dongola now. in the it fearing for more tolls and the national disaster agency spokesperson that say that. situation. is quote unquote far worse than the ones in other. areas which they have been minutes to to be in touch. officials are now on their way emergency officials have been on their way by road and also by through waters as well. we know that an emergency military plane carrying. medical supplies left to qa

no i didn't get the first part of your question sorry peter can you repeat that the airport in jakarta must now be hosting incoming aircraft that have got people n.g.o.s and rescue gear on board. yes the airport is only being open only for humanitarian reasons we do know that around over three hundred people have so have been airlifted from the main airport in the nearby city of. the capacity of the airport is already stretched to the limit. the operation of the airport is only being. only for until five pm due to a limited. limited supply of electricity. what we do know is in terms of. in terms of support for electricity a number of electrical generators have arrived by via road and then at least by heavy equipment five more have equipment that they have a right of obviously that's not enough to support. the clearing of the debris and also the there are rescue operation in the city clearly tell me this is not on the scale of the two thousand and four christmas tsunami that affected that region as well as well as other areas around the indian ocean but is the government quite close per

a year a year stuck in traffic in metro jakarta it's tough where is don't know why hasn't sold what up it's a guess what we've got twelve brand new stadiums we're ready to go we've got a metro system ready to go for these olympics we've got the world's best airport which it probably will be right as number one or two in the world next to shanghai and how about international airport why doesn't this in committee where legacy and delivery put together and bring the olympic games the middle east it's logically the only city back should the olympic games your you know have a million people in the country have got car instead of nine point five or nine point eight million people in jakarta likewise the same number in new delhi south korea's military exemption program for athletes could be about to be revised the country's football and baseball teams won gold at the asian games that means the likes of top them strike it's funny how men one have to do ministry said this something which is compulsory in south korea the country's defense ministry says it's looking at tightening the rules tha

make it, squarespace jakarta jakarta jakarta >>> the death toll is rising after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the indonesian island of sulawesi. thousands are now homeless. officials say some areas still remain completely cut off. cnn's matt rivers has the latest. >> reporter: a body is pulled from the rubble of a hotel where 50 people are thought to be trapped, a desperate search for survivors continues after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the indonesian island of sulawesi, triggering a tsunami. this cell phone video captures waves as high as ten feet as people are warned to run for higher ground. the force of the water sweeps through the streets, carrying anything and anyone in its way. in its my foaftermath, survivor tended to amid-the power cuts. they are the lucky ones. >> translator: we're expecting a rise in number of dead victims that we hope the data remains as it is. however, looking at the conditions there, there are still bodies unidentified as well as victims buried under ruins. there are also remote areas yet to be reached by joint s.a.r. teams >> reporter: indon

rebecca hensley, bbc news, jakarta. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. the usa, holders and pretournament favourites 13—1 up after the morning for balls, but europe rallied early lead with a clean sweep of the foursomes, something they've never done before. then crafter reports. as monuments go, they seldom get grander than this. the ryder cup in all its iconic majesty. justin rose and john ram. and this was before a ball was even dropped. a morning were nerves can get the better of the world's best where more specifically, it got the better of europe's. if his tee shot set the tone, it all went swimmingly for our friends from across the pond. even when they didn't find the green, it proved no obstacle for rookie tony finau. that is a brilliant shot. when europe defined the short stuff and even behold... oh, my goodness! oh, my. a point slipped away. the usa won the opening three matches and in full swing. that was until open champion francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood combined to tame tiger woods and patrick reed, time for a reshuffle. foursomes,

relief aid is being moved to the area from the capital, jakarta. indonesia authorities say they tsunami one was issued but lifted half an hour after the quake. it is unclear whether the wave had hit the coastline by then. jan gelfand is from the international federation of red cross and red crescent charity in the indonesian capital, jakarta. he's been giving me the latest. when you have a situation of 7.7 earthquake, it was followed by hundreds of tremors afterwards and was followed by a tsunami, the devastation we have seen are terrible. people that are in the streets, you have communication infrastructure down, transportation is complicated. the nearest airport is complicated. the nearest airport is between ten and i2 is complicated. the nearest airport is between ten and 12 hours away because the airport, the closest airport, the control tower was damaged. it is quite chaotic on the ground. it is deadly serious. the initial concern must be for life and for those who may have either died, we have a figure of 380, but the many people whose lives

ok sorry we have we've lost scott there may be the rain in jakarta but we'll have from him later on well south korea have won gold in the men's football they beat japan two one on saturday with all the goals coming in extra time i mean south korea's place including tottenham striker song here men will be let off that two years of military service . was very heavy i didn't expect. three great. believe will be amazing so very happy tonight. roger federer produced the best shot of the u.s. open so far as he beats nick kerry off to reach the last sixteen he was already two sets up when he somehow reached this dropshot hit it around the net and back into play to win the point not bad for a thirty seven year old showing he still well capable of adding another grandson to the twenty's one already next up federal will play another australian john millman . you don't get an opportunity to hit around the net post very often because in practice you can i mean you can't really train them because the net is out further the court is more narrow so. for a shot like this to to happen in a practice you w

communication and power supply collapsed leading to confusion in the first few hours this was the scene in jakarta airport where anguished relatives and passengers are still stranded pollo airport is partially reopened but only for humanitarian aid and some broke down as you can see after not being able to hear about their loved ones right there in their own belief. that it was my nephew has been found and. well in japan nearly two hundred thousand homes are without electricity after a powerful typhoon hit the southern island of okinawa dozens of flights have been canceled and hundreds of people have been evacuated typhoon trami has made landfall on saturday and is expected to reach the mainland in twenty four hours western japan is recovering after typhoon gebbie woods tore through the country earlier this month. north korea's foreign minister has accused the us of deepening mistrust between their countries through sanctions on home made the comment during his address to the united nations general assembly he says it's unrealistic for washington to expect pyongyang to denuclearize while sanctions

felt more rescue teams are arriving on scene which is about three hours flying time from the capital jakarta most of the confirmed dead are in power lou where six metre high waves crashing ashore were filmed on mobile phones but there's been no word yet from the city of dongola thirty kilometers to the north it has a population of more than a quarter of a million people told me so just two reports from jakarta. the difficult task of looking for survivors this is what is left in the city of new after friday's method to seven point five earthquake and tsunami rescue workers frantically trying to find those who may still be a life search efforts are being hampered by block roads and the collapse period rescue teams stuck by hand to free twenty four people trapped in the rubble of this hotel the owner told local media people could still be heard crying for help but no heavy lifting equipment was available. dozens remain missing in the city of over three hundred thousand those who did survive the quake and tsunami that follow now have to try to lift off anything they can find things like this of

rebecca henschke, bbc news, jakarta. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: worried french bakers fight to protect the humble baguette. in all russia's turmoil, it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people had feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. israel's right—winger, ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites — an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a senate committee has approved president trump's nominee for the supreme court — but a final con

up to has the latest from jakarta. rescuers have not been able to reach the hardest hit areas we're talking about the coastal town of dong are now listed below the number of the that all the number of casualties is only coming from one area we have yet to receive updated information as well the condition from other hardest hit areas particularly in the coastal town of dongarra now the latest information we receive in the eastern hour is the commercial airport in provincial to the of battle has just been reopened but only for humanitarian reasons the information minister early on held a press conference saying that he probably saying that he was for he first he'll be a commercial about to be reopened the evening but it's not clear whether he will in the open this evening or not now the reopening of the commercial airport for humanitarian proposal is expected to expedite the process to slow the process to the stand the logistical as well as the emergency aid that's been underway since this morning and last night. now as

journalist tom is gypped is live in the indonesian capital jakarta joins us that's now so rescue teams are reaching more more than my getting into this mean that they can now deploy into some of those cuttlefish areas like. we have the first batch of rescue team from the indonesian team cross. today they sent two choppers bringing medical and eight supplies it's not clear though whether we whether they come back with of a more clearer pictures of the damage we do know that from. from pm officials from the red cross officials that eleven people have been accounted that and that eleven people is among the and hundred thirty two people the total death toll that's been made official earlier in the day. it is seven o'clock now in in the parlor and surrounding area search and rescue of search and rescue operations is still continuing this by going into the and it will go through the evening. president joe calling the call we thought the earlier today was in the area personally inspecting the search and rescue operation and this will likely. affect in a positive way. this will likely strength

i know you're monitoring this from jakarta. what can you tell us about the extent of the damage at this point and the need of people there? >> hello, george. thank you for having me here. the damage is reported to be quite significant, quite massive in both palu city and dengala. the government prioritizing the search and rescue mission to clear up -- but most importantly to find more victims in the debris of the collapsed buildings. also, the government agency has start shipping relief aid to the area from other cities, including from jakarta. people are in need of -- i'm sure people are in need of shelter, as you said, you know, more than 17,000 people are displaced now. they need shelter, they need food and also they need other basic necessities to maintain their existence there. >> help us understand as well the difficulty that -- the sheer difficulty of getting into the region. >> the challenge is that because the airport in palu has been damaged, and now in repair only for humanitarian relief materials, and basic needs an

correspondent max baldwin is covering this story from jakarta i asked him earlier to describe what he's hearing about the numbers of people affected. provide from the disaster management agency early today cited the figure that you mentioned. including. about three hundred thousand people which is much closer to. the earthquake and more exposed to the tsunami. the structure and communication area have. given its proximity to. devastation all the even more. pictures. being. about the situation right now. the military and the. pain this friday night. because. it is a. military. that came out of. there was. quite. a priority and it was sighted around sixty. at the time. and south korea still missing. officials are. coming to the. cross. by the military. by the fact. that. facing right now. and other supplies. we. because. people still. their fate. tarion. has so many things. agency to be held to account for the fact that clearly there's a lot of people. and perhaps who are unaware that they should be heading to high ground. thank you very much thank you. now to some the other stories makin

felt more rescue teams are arriving on the which is about three hours flying time from the capital jakarta most of the confirmed dead are in the city of palu where six metre high waves crashing ashore were filmed on mobile phones but there's been no word yet from the city of dongola thirty kilometers to the north which has a population of more than a quarter of a million people tommy so gypped two reports from jakarta. the difficult task of looking for survivors this is what is left in the city of after friday's method to seven point five earthquake and tsunami rescue workers frantically trying to find those who may still be a life search efforts are being hampered by block roads and the collapse periods rescue teams stuck by hand to free twenty four people trapped in the rubble of this hotel the owner told local media people could still be heard crying for help but no heavy lifting equipment was available. dozens remain missing in the city of over three hundred thousand those who did survive the quake and tsunami that follow now have to try to lift off anything they can find things like t

yeah he'll be met with the presidents here in indonesia in jakarta the capital of indonesia today you know obviously as you said they've been angling internees to get position a bid to get those olympics in two thousand and thirty two you know we spoke with a lot of kind of observers those who kind of journalist who covered these types of events all over the world and he said it's very it's and when you look at indonesia and the way they manage these asian games he said that they've done it fairly successfully there is a lot of worry a lot of concern coming into the games that's because you don't need to have the very last minutes. bid to be the host for the games that's because vietnam withdrew so there was a lot of focus on that there's a lot of concern that if it came off ok it has come off ok but these observers say that they're not ready for the olympics just yet but obviously the the president internationally the committee is here it's kind of customary for him to go around the world and see these games his meeting with the president he met with the leadership of the organizing

is here for us he's in jakarta he joins us with more on this story max the death toll is rising rapidly so far the confirmed deaths are all in the city of what do we know about other affected areas. it was provided from the disaster management agency early today cited the figures that you mentioned however. including bungalow which is a town of about three hundred thousand people which is much closer to the epicenter of the earthquake and the more exposed to the tsunami. transport sorry the structure and communication don't know the area have largely been caught off the government admits there is not so the information available for that area given its proximity to this disaster one would imagine. the station will be even more severe they're. looking at pictures now of the aftermath the bodies being removed from the rubble what can you tell us about the situation on the ground right now. president bush. has arrived the military and the top management. it's friday night off the. because of a damage that is if you will school if in established. military. that came out today where previous

of showers certainly a likelihood in singapore anywhere in the next couple of days so i cannot keep jakarta roger any more showers in java order turning now as the monsoon trough disappears slowly sas out of india you this time you can get second cycle is something develop he in for example the bay of bengal it's still a possibility in the next day or so and if it stays on the water doesn't do a great deal of damage it doesn't haunts the rain on the coast of near some back on the eastern coast of india for the most part where we're looking at dry and less humid weather but it's still a pretty help thirty five up in delhi. the weather spawns. cats on race. when they're online for humanity has been taken out of its goals of this would hold you down. on a spreadsheet or if you joined us on say i guarantee no one has a back story like yours this is a dialogue i'm just tired of seeing negative stereotypes about native americans everyone has a voice. and that's your comments your questions i'll do my best to bring them into the cell join the global conversation on how to zero one of the really sp

but i'm not going to put that in the forecast brings showers to jakarta just yet asked for the receding monsoon rain and indeed interesting places it looks like particularly heavy rain is headed for i just. don't like this was our foundation. i tried to do something different when i met daisy it was the best day of my life. i wish that day could have gone on forever. but my past caught up with me. and made us all pay the price d.c.m. back on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera my name's peter toby your headline so far today the latest attempt to search for an end to the war in yemen has come to an end before it even started the official government delegation is leaving the swiss city of geneva after waiting two days for the goosey rebel representatives to join the u.n. brokered talks with hoofy say they didn't fly to switzerland because of concerns to do with their safety the death penalty has been confirmed again seventy five people for their part in protests against the twenty thirty nine military coup in egypt many of them were involved in the sit in the robot that we're square in

live there the authorities fear many people in the area may have been washed out to sea we live in jakarta in a moment but first for the news hour dosage of body with the latest the difficult task of looking for survivors this is what is left in the city of hollow after friday's magnitude seven point five earthquake and tsunami rescue workers frantically trying to find those who may still be alive. search efforts are being hampered by blocked roads and a collapsed bridge rescue teams dug by hand to free twenty four people trapped in the rubble of this hotel the owner told local media people could still be heard crying out for help but no heavy lifting equipment was available dozens remain missing in the city of over three hundred thousand those who did survive the quake and tsunami that followed now have to try to live off anything they can find scenes like this of people looting local shops and siphoning petrol from cars are becoming the norm as aid is very slowly coming in. many injured are being evacuated by the red cross estimates that more than one point six million people have been a

can host the olympics in twenty thirty two so our correspondent scott highlight has been in jakarta for the last two weeks he's had a look at whether this stream can become reality. with the ceremony described as a tribute to the athletes the two thousand eight hundred asian games drew to a close after sixteen days of more than forty competitions as expected team china takes home the most gold at one hundred and thirty two and most overall medals a two hundred eighty nine japan won the last gold of the games in the mixed triathlon and came in second in gold and overall medals south korea came in third. team indonesia came in a surprising fourth hoping for sixteen gold medals the final tally was almost double that at thirty one but the pride here also coming from how the games were organized and presented. and i feel like we are now very trusted by the outside world we have been very successful ready to host the olympics as a nation we are becoming more advanced encouraged by the record breaking performance of team indonesia on the pitch the mood of the people here has been growing s

so indeed you know them they may face some questions that need answering matts weldon in jakarta thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in gaza hundreds of people have attended the funerals of two palestinian boys officials there say the eleven and fourteen year olds were among seven people killed by israeli fire as they attempted to storm a border fence on friday it was the deadliest day of with keyboard a protest since they began in march. spanish police have clashed with catalyst of criticism bus alona demonstrators threw paint of projectiles at the police and officers kept them at bay with the tons tensions are high in the region one year after band referendum on catalan independence. u.s. president donald trump has ordered the f.b.i. to investigate allegations of sexual assault against his pick for the supreme court read covenant the senate judiciary committee narrowly approved his nomination by eleven votes to ten but a key senator called for a week long delay before the full senate votes to decide whether he should sit on the court earlier a pro

correspondent mass weldon in jakarta now joins us for more on this story so much have just heard in our story that authorities are facing criticism over the apparent failure to want people of the tsunami will anybody be held accountable. well that remains to be saying but certainly the mayor logical agency has come in quite a lot of criticism due to the fact that it was mentioned that around half an hour after a tsunami warning was issued it was then lifted as mentioned there was no sirens meaning that there were still people on the base however this is because electricity had already been caught up off because of the earthquake now authorities in a defensive said that well actually the tsunami warning was lifted off the tsunami already heat the problem being that the communications have been cut out to have this sort of speaks to a larger problem which is that. early detection systems in indonesia for things are . perhaps inadequate to the void that was used to monitor. two or three hundred kilometers away from. in actual fact it was it would have been difficult for parties to determin

right now if only we spoke to correspondent max walden in jakarta we asked him how whiskey if it's slow going and why indonesian authorities all facing criticism of the warning they issued for this to. aftershock up until the afternoon now not time and many of the people there in pa will have been advised by officials not to sleep in their homes to see that the collapse of buildings however. the military and the disaster management agency they're on the ground doing continuing rescue efforts the military. field hospitals edgy to the fact that hospitals were damaged and the key infrastructure including a lot of bridge and the airport runway there have also been damaged which is certainly a frustrating rescue effort the meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning will be off to the quite yet the day and this was. about thirty four minutes later. withdrawn however in days there was a tsunami. one parliamentarian today was sort of calling for the agency to be called to account because of course we have there were people on the basis that the tsunami he. they may face some questions and a