the the, this is dw news line from berlin, rescuers in the us search for survivors after our major bridge collapse and baltimore, at least 6 people are missing, extra cargo ship, lose his power. and collides with the francis got key bridge, causing it to fall into a river. and also coming up a court in britain puts jolina solvers has extradition to the 9 states on hold. high court demands assurances that he won't place the death penalty the i'm here until them berlin. welcome to the program. a major search and rescue

operation is ongoing in the united states after our cargo ship crashed into a bridge in baltimore, maryland, causing it to collapse. officials, st. divers are searching the water for 6 people. still missing maryland. governor westmore said the ship reported losing power just before the crash. she had made an emergency call that allowed authorities to limit traffic across the bridge. he added that a preliminary investigation suggested that the crash was an accident. now just to give you a sense of the scale, the francis scott key bridge was 2.6 kilometers long, with 4 lanes on average more than 31000 vehicles crusted every day. and it is a major part of the road network on the us east coast. well, there's clearly a lot of unanswered questions. here's a look now at how is today's events unfolded. the francis scott key bridge. after the singapore flag, the container ship smashed into one of its pillars. the collapse of the bridge was

caught live by a web broadcast. the ship struck at 1 30 am within minutes. a major search and rescue operation was underway. the postcards, primary mission right now is search and rescue looking for any survivors in the water were basically searching for, for everyone that was potentially on the bridge. as you can imagine, to build the night, you know, you know, what type of traffic was there of how many workers were there. this video uploaded by a ship tracking service shows the vessels path as it went off course and into the bridge . it issued a distress called minutes before the collision. authorities said worker's been stopped the cars from crossing the bridge afterwards, saving lives. experts say the size of the ship simply overwhelmed the support structure. uh, heavy ship i that for them possibly a large load of many thousands of times when it hit something solid. i'm

a ship is obviously struck the support of the bridge. not surprisingly, the bridge collapses because the support has a very rapidly flimsy structure. us president joe biden said the disaster was an accidental way. there was word and pledge federal funding to rebuild my attention that federal government will pay for the entire cost to read your stucky nap ridge . and i expect the congress to support my effort. this gonna take some time, the people ball and i can count on a so to stick with them at every step of the way to the poor as reopen and the bridges rebuilt. meanwhile, people in the region are bracing for the aftermath. the port and baltimore is key to shipping on the us east coast, and the collapse bridge will likely create traffic jams for months or even years to come. let's cross over now to dr. mohammed kashodi, who is associate professor of structural mechanics design an earthquake engineering at the university of south hampton in the u. k. so tell us why exactly did so much

for the bridge collapse. um the reason that the bridge cuz collapse the 1st visit is that there wasn't any sheet about it. she backed out here in front of the p is and the reason that you don't have a probably the breed was a relatively old. i don't know the details of the, of the breeze. i'm just the my, my observation is based on the videos i've seen on the car. everybody's was quite heavy and menu i'm going to heavy sheep impacting and having the college and we do with this peer. so obviously with the fade you but the but the progressive, what i'm supposed to do that, that it was a secret failure to point. and that when the p of went away, so the part of the day went down and that on balance force distribute across it. that would take and essentially result, it's a company called apps of the whole world page. so use you spoke of

a single point of failure there. does that mean that the bridge had some type of design flaw? or no, it's not the design flow. it's, it is the way that these uh, the, the, the brands, but deputies lots, but the problem was the p. s, but not designed for the same price. and they didn't have any, any shipping picked value. so that, that's the problem. so if, if the, if the, the breach was that those ppos, if they wanted to take that he did, must it be lost? that's a large loading coming from the aim card that would survive. but the but the, but they would not design and it didn't have any shape to it should be impact padding. and so that, that was the problem. but if you remove the column on a bridge, so nobody says that before though. now you did mention that the bridge was quite old and we know it opened in 1977. do you think the age of the structure played a role in this collapse? not necessarily. i don't think it has any due to ratio because of the 18 problem at

it. the main problem, as i said, it all comes down to do a big protection of the bridge appear or against is college in the college. and then the ship came back and that was the main main main main reason. so now we're seeing some pictures. now the bridge, i'm just there and we do know of the collapse records has blocked a major port. do you know, baltimore is the only place where a bridge collapse can block such a major transit way or no, i mean, this is quite common. i mean, the youtube you have got to me or re, pertains that has more of the bridges on them or the structures. i mean, the police are living south. have you ever got to, they've been each in coming to deport recheck to see ready. send me the condo for the cargo ship. said he's going, you know, bounce up the top. have to import an under a couple of major preexisting the or they will have this protection. yeah, another example that we had, we could clearly see in the long that,

that actually there was a what we did. these are horizontal and cavan card for the one that big, so they are the bridges, but the cubicle has big such a lot, lot of towers in teams and the ships on a quick crossing for those towers. but they have a she picked value and deal with these are on just to avoid it twice. so it's essentially the foundation of the towers away from the sheep. and if it keeps coming across, they will hit the bodies before they wouldn't. they get close to the p. s. all right, i'm afraid we'd have to leave it there. that was dr. mohammed kashodi from the university of south hampton in the. okay, thank you very much for joining us. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. the us supreme court appears unlikely to limit access to the wi fi use the motion pills for prestone. the court heard arguments of the case on tuesday,

but if you're skeptical of efforts by anti abortion, advocates seeking to roll back access to the drug decision is expected by the end of june. the european union has agreed to soften environmental regulations and farmers following major protests across the block in brussels. farmers dumped the newer and with the heat. it was on fire on tuesday to protest against strict environmental protection was at least 2 police officers were injured. as they broke up the protest with tear gas and water cannons protest have a rough getting hungry after a government critic release auto implicating senior officials and a corruption scandal. former political inside or peter mind you are accused in aid to prime minister victor or abundance interfering in a graft case. thousands of people marched on parliament in budapest, calling from mister or mountains resignation. france has begun evacuating with good citizens from haiti as gang violence, violence rampages across the country, gangs have taken control of much of the capital of porn. prince. as officials

struggle to agree on creating a transitional government to fill the power vacuum, their frances defense minister says there are around $1000.00 french citizens. still on the island. a british court says wiki leaks, founder julie massage, cannot immediately the extradited to the united states. high court judges say they one further assurances about what will happen to him if the us fails to provide those assurances over the next 3 weeks. the court will give us songs permission to appeal extradition on grounds, including breach of freedom of expression. and because he might receive the death penalty in the us, the w corresponding charlotte shelton pill in london touches through today's events . i was put today's decision into a little bit of context have says the rights to an appeal, a final appeal for junior. and it's always been rejected today that would have been the end of the legal road here for him in the u. k. and would have paid the way for

his expedition to the us. what his going to say. he faces a 175 years in prison, something that his wife says would have been tantamount to a death sentence. now instead, today what we've had is something of a delay on that decision. as you said, the judges and said that they are taking assurance as on several points from the us, including on free speech protections. and that judy and assault is going to face the death penalty of extra jointed and convicted to us as 3 weeks to mind. those insurances, and if it fails to do so, then um, full appeal can indeed go ahead. now this is something of a partial victory full julian. assault is clearly his supporters would have liked to have seen that full appeal grunted today. but what the judges did say was that he has a legitimate prospects with success on 3 of the 9 grounds for appeal. so while it's

more of a wait, there is a still clearly some ways to go in this legal bathroom. as a new report from the german parity welfare association, it sounds in the alarm about the countries high rates of poverty, more than 14000000 people are living below the poverty line, including a record number of children, dw, visited a food bank, here in berlin to meet people who are struggling people lined up here for fruit, which to boats and other groceries every monday, the food estimated and the stuff, mainly volunteers. as i said to myself, imagine to me and stake. that's not normally here. let me skip this. but if it is, i'll take it out. so it will. yeah. right now has to make due on the monthly pens and of 400 euros without the support of the food think he couldn't make ends meet. it's also the same for an increasing number of families. more than one and 5

children in germany is affected by poverty. which helps us financially to get our food here. everything is getting more expensive and we can afford less. that's why we're here to get food compared to grocery stores, the prices here are a bar game or new one year old covers it. but for some, it's still hard to come. mice you but i've been, the hardest part was getting myself to go to the food bank. i'm ashamed of it. 57 year old my to us and unders lopez was forced into early retirement of the suffering. a hot tech. he's been unemployed. just get an entity shot, it takes up psychological, told him i developed mental health problems and i went to the doctor because i

couldn't get over it to know a poverty effect. several segments of society says ok, schneider, the head of the social loza group that release the report. so i'm not sure because you'll be, if you want to generalize it, then you'd have to say pension as opposed and 2 thirds of people considered poor are still working through this and about 20 percent of the children. so these are groups that you've got to take care of if you actually want to come back, talk to the ken from the group says politicians need to take action. they should increase the minimum wage to 15 euros per hour. introduce a minimum pension and basic tide insurance, but any of that will help them remains uncertain, making the safety net of to charities and food things, not just helpful, but vital. and here's a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you at this hour. at least 6 people are still missing in the us city of baltimore, maryland for

a cargo ship crashed into a major bridge, causing it to collapse. maryland's governors said that the ship, the dolly reported losing power before the crash. he added that initial investigation suggested it was an accident or u. k. court has delayed a final decision of the expedition of which he mcsaunder drilling us all to the us on espionage towers. as high court judges say that they'll give him a new appeal unless you accept doherty's provide further assurances, his rights will be protected and that he won't face the death penalty. and don't forget, you can always get much more dw news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app store that will give you access to all the latest moves around the world. as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and with that, you're up to date, but to stick around global us is up. next, looking at help for air quality in jakarta, effects and as myself or i'm here until berlin you very much for joining us.

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