the lead me, the western europe flooding crisis, spread to new regions after more than a 180 people are killed in germany and belgium. ah, hello there. i'm just on the hand. this is their life and are also coming to athletes, test positive. and the corona virus inside the olympic village, the 1st to do so with the games to stay away. long

range and heartbreak and indonesia as southeast asians west curve at $900.00 outbreak. a hospitals and funeral workers overwhelmed. i'm rob rentals in south dakota where native americans are dealing with the legacy of the u. s. government boarding school program and varying the remains of children who died long ago and far away. ah, well, western europe's flooding crisis is escalating with parts of eastern germany and austria now experiencing heavy rain for at least a $183.00 people, as has been confirmed, dead so far, but that toll is expected to rise as the water levels drop. people in the austrian old time town of her lane were also now warned not to go to their fellows as flash floods swept through that area. there aren't any reports of casualties either. john chancellor, anglo michael has called these floods

a catastrophe and will visit the western region. next sunday, baths and reports now from the germantown of earth, stopped. it was rush hour when the water quickly inundated high number 265 near f, stop catching unexpected drivers and passengers by surprise. soldiers and rescue workers try to reach drap, cause finding out if everyone made it out in time. we hope that they made it out of their cars, but we are not sure. and we can guarantee that the perhaps people in the cars, we could not check all cars. and if you see the quality of the water, also the check with diversity of no use looking at how challenging it is to fleet is one highway. it becomes clear as recovery will take time. it's hard to imagine the panic of people stuck in traffic when the road suddenly filled up with walker. reinforcements have now come from all over germany, because not only were residents completely taken by surprise by the flock. they

also completely overwhelmed government services. during his visit to after the german president, frank wilder stein maya told survivors they will get help, but have to be patient. when does it have the exact this, the law config mind, and this help that has been promised should also be for the communities who in the next days and weeks won't only have to clear up the damage, but will also have to rebuild everything. the roads that are destroyed, the bridges that have been swept away, and that's why it is good that such support has been agreed on. a landslide buried at least 3 houses in our start and damaged others. this woman lost, her son was swept away by the much flow, his body as yet to be recovered. she and other residents are anxious to be begging authorities to allow them to return to holden monotony. alas, what yet? we have nothing. we were evacuated. i took a few things, i think it will take 4 to 6 weeks before i can go back. there was no electricity,

no water, no gas. the whole infrastructure is down. albus boring in from across germany for those who had to leave their homes in a hurry with only the clothes they were wearing. people were lucky enough not to be effected of volunteering to help you that we have clothes, shoes for men, women, and children. everything they need, it's great to see how much support is coming in. the outgoing of solidarity gives hope to those who have not only lost their loved ones, homes or belongings, but also they believed that their town was a safe place to live, steadfast and al jazeera after germany. while at smell feed to adam rainy his and bon in germany, and we've been hearing that the waters are receding. what is the situation now? especially for such a rescue? was you may see behind me, you see the water lapping here. waters are receding, but i'm on the river probably not here in bon. and just yesterday it's still this

whole area was underwater where i'm standing. so as the waters recede, they're taking stock of the full extent of the damage. as you said earlier, chancellor merc will be in the region and just a couple hours touring it to show her support. her solidarity with the regents also very important political region with the upcoming elections in september. but clearly she wants to show the german people hard hit in this area, just how much support they're going to get from the government. and that support has been hard to arrive because the waters were so high. so what we're going to be seen in the next 24 hours is recovery efforts, ramp up as these waters recede. and it comes on a day in which the 1st deaths are now reported, or at least one in the very, in the south of the country. showing that this intense weather may not have fully tapered off for good. while speaking of government support adam, given the scale of the cane up that we're seeing here, how all people handling the beginning of recovery efforts, how they actually getting the help they need right now. they are starting

to but our team did see yesterday that is on saturday that some of those recovery efforts were hampered because of fear of still rising waters. one area in which one center where relief supplies were being handed out, people were told to, to leave the area at least briefly. that's what our team saw on the ground there. because there was a risk of further damage from these very high waters. but we're starting to see other recovery centers fully stocked now, as supplies arriving to the region, the waters should keep receiving the weather forecast for this region shows sunny skies. so this recovery effort is going to ramp up into full speed in the next 24 hours. and chancellor merkle visit is only going to accelerate that. natasha. adam rainy there with all the late as far as from bon and germany. thanks adam. in

while 2 athletes has now tested positive for the current of ours. inside the tow carolyn picked village on saturday and i see member who is also in the village was confirmed, also have the virus. now all of this comes just 5 days before the pandemic delayed . games officially open dozens of cases have been linked to the olympics since the start of july. and the event has been facing opposition in japan because of fears. it will just worse than the countries outbreak, as it continues to backlist and infections. the money bonds in june bureau to stimulate, even with all measures fully taken there will still be some positive cases. the corona virus situation is encompassing the entire world. so it is inevitable that there will be cases what is important is that when such cases arise, we properly and systematically isolate them so that there will be no further transmissions that well, let's take to just kingston. he's been monitoring the curve and 19 situation inside the village very closely. he's the director of asian studies at temple university in japan, and he joins us now from tokyo. jeff,

we've been hearing from various officials off the well seeing cases. imagine the village that there was 0 risk to others in the athletes village. clearly, that's not true. where in the middle of a pandemic, surely 0 risk is impossible. yeah, they're trying to put a brave face on this. the io see chairman box on television, reassuring the japanese people there is 0 risk. but clearly there's a lot of skepticism here in japan about these reassurances. and this is exactly what public health authorities have of warning against and why a prime minister su guys, chief adviser on cobra 19 was opposed to holding the olympics and insisted on no spectators. so hopefully they manage to contain this. but this is a bad sign as thousands of athletes are arriving this week and they'll be more than 50000 olympic related guests also arriving. then just as the delta variant is

swirling around the globe, the vaccination here is just 20 percent. jeff, given the amount of restrictions and roles we've seen around the athletes village, do we have a sense of how these infections are even getting in? well i, i think that, you know, there is no certainty. i mean, the olympic, the official who had already been vaccinated was found to be positive. so lot of things cannot be anticipated. we don't really know of and the, that's the real problem. big question mark over at these lepic. since why about 80 percent of the japanese people did not think it was a good idea to go forward. and so the big worry here is that this might become a super spreader event. and hopefully it's not going to start math leaves village. and it would be a shame for all these athletes,

but working so hard over the years to prepare themselves are now going to be living in the bubble and not even certain that the bubble is safe. of course. well, given the inevitable risk, jeff, as you say, even holding these games a massively unpopular with the japanese public. so many restrictions as you say, as well, not even spectators, it venue. none of that's really in keeping with the spirit of the games. so in your mind, where do you actually draw the line? should these games be even going ahead? well, that decisions already been made. the jug or not is chugging along. clearly the i o . c wants them to go forward so they can get their television revenues of the government here wants to go forward for political, economic reasons. and so the japanese people are scratching their heads like where did all the olympic ideals go? well, hopefully, the global athletes will rescue the games from the miasma. all these

calculations and there'll be some studying performances that will help define the legacy. but in between now and then, there is a great risk for the athletes. and it could spread the general population because not everybody is going to observe the protocol that everybody is going to follow the rules. and so with a population of only 20 percent fully vaccinated, there is considerable risk. and yet he say the juggernaut continues. why has the japanese government in particular, been so stubborn about all of this? you mentioned economic and political constraints that is this primarily about money? was this about identity and ana? i think it's about all those things. i mean, they've invested over $25000000000.00 preparing for the games, or sponsors putting up the extra money is about branding. after all, 960 or was a defining moment japan's coming out party. and so japan wanted these olympics to

be a sign of. it's come back, it's return from the devastation of 2000 or 11. japan is back, but as a branding exercise, it's been an ending catastrophe. lurching from one scandal next gap, nod showcase in japan's numerous virtues. so we've seen in the back some nation campaign, things that japan is usually good at logistics, operations efficiency, you know, those bird 2 seem to gone on holiday. so hopefully japan can recover its mojo and show the world a better side of japan over the next few weeks. but up until now, terms of branding, it's been a disaster. the other thing in mind is mr. sou, goes political career. if you cancel the games, that was the end, he's hoping they'll get through the games, things will go well and this will give some momentum to his bid to win the party

leadership contest in september of a very interesting here. we go ahead and also for him, jeff kingston, that the director of asian studies at temple university in japan. great. get you a thought to announce there. thank you for joining us, jeff. se asia, whilst cove at 19 outbreak shows no sign of slowing down with more than $50000.00 new cases reported each day in indonesia. more than 72000 people have now died from the virus test so far. and as jessica washington reports from the capital jakarta, the funeral industry is now looking to volunteers to help bury the dead. on the outskirts of the indonesian capital, yet another family has lost a relative to cope with. love, wake up! she cried. please don't sleep. it's the last time she will ever see her father. as indonesia struggled through the surgeon covert 900 deaths,

there were too many grieving families and not enough workers to help bury the dead . some communities are now relying on volunteers. you just get back to them and that we don't receive any payment. we do our job from the heart. he cleans the bodies and also drives coffins to the symmetry and got the number of this is so high here. so this is what we can do to help the families. they work from morning to night. every day they see more families in anguish. seeing the conditions of these families, i feel in my heart and need to help them. i think about them even after i get home . ah, this is just one as many covert 19 burial sites in indonesia. at all hours, hearses and ambulances,

queue up with more bodies to be buried. as dr. caught away sick people. more people are dying alone in their homes, and most never had the chance to be treated in hospital. as the death toll rises over 900 variable size. overwhelmed and grave is have to work well into the night to keep up with demand. indonesia cove, at 19 fatality rate is the highest in se, asia. but experts warn the government's data doesn't reveal the extent of the crisis. we pray take that the real number of those who died from coffee 9 teens should be 3 to 5 time higher than the officials. number each day, indonesia cases and deaths rise to record levels and more families come here to more those they've lost jessica washington out to 0. chicago. i'll still ahead here

on al jazeera. believe about the pension remains in south africa when the military is now patrolling the streets off the days of unrest plus the film, one the doors to time. great, great confusion come. why is likely didn't do the right thing while announcing the festival top prize. ah, there is still rain floating around the same culpable depression that brought the flooding. extraordinary rain in germany. it's sitting now of the gym and i was circulating around it will give something of a flood threat to croatia. bossier has got it, but not the same degree. about half the amount of the, the amount of rain in the southern germany will,

is destiny. view of the west balcony, which means things improve germany, the netherlands and belgium, in fact advancing its warming up slightly. and that has been the story of europe until that flooding outbreak. we've seen warmth and east of the balkan states, up to scandinavia, and the off. it's been the case further west, fast changing dramatically. now helsinki, it's cooling down little bit, not quite from reco values, but from high values down to average. whereas in london, as near sample of western europe, we're up to the 30s this weekend, not a record well above where it's been for the whole of this year. that large yes of wards extends all the way down through front and covers space. the res i said concentrating in the balkans, leaving most a central europe behind. rain in africa sees no rain has been at his heaviest recently on the coast of nigerian gonna that is a major runway. it's closed the

stone, mum, flying the flag for her nation. we have been putting in playing crickets on what the country may dream, play in the woods while providing family rise in buckley's cleaning game. that's my precious game in the game. my son bob way on al jazeera. ah the me. hello again. i'm says, remind you about top stories. the south western europe flooding crisis is

escalating and spreading even further with heavy rainfall and parts of eastern germany and austria. at least $183.00 people have been confirmed at so far that toll is expected to increase water level to athletes have now tested positive for the current of ours inside and potential impact village on saturday and i see member who was also inside the village was confirmed to have the virus. the pandemic delayed games are due to officially opened on friday. meanwhile, indonesia suffering. it's was karone of ours outbreaks so far with more than $50000.00 cases confirmed every day. it's now the epicenter of the pandemic in asia with hospitals and funeral work is overwhelmed now the leader of the taliban says the group wants to establish political and economic relations with the international community, including the united states. taliban representatives are currently meeting with an african government delegations, the talks in capital capital on both sides say

a political solution is the best way to end the decades old conflict on the ground the, the group continues to make gains capturing more districts while foreign troops withdraw while a key border crossing between pakistan and afghanistan has now been partially reopened to stays after the taliban took control of the african side of that. hundreds of afghans of arrived at that crossing and small groups and now being allowed into chairman in pakistan on the taliban seized southern afghanistan's economic lifeline . after weeks of intense fighting, the african government has launched an operation to retake it. meanwhile, the pakistan continues fencing its long, mountainous border with soft, got a stone and began securing it back in 2017 after a space of attacks from africa based pakistani groups. but a couple accuses pakistan of providing a safe passage for the taliban to cross over. come all hide has more now from talk them on the pakistan african border focused on the longest border reduced neighbour

of honest on stretching over 2600 kilometers. it also one of the most challenging of rain, red altitudes, ranging from 7400 meters above sea level deserts and out most of the work had been undertaken by the budget on the military itself. already 90 percent of the work had been completed by august on her spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this project, which is likely to be completed by the end of 2021. the self gotten already helped and reducing the violence in august on bomb blocks and dentist or tag and a whole page that the better border management between the 2 countries and budget tonge barrier on the on buckets on border. it's likely to help reduce that security risk to pakistan and also not to give an opportunity for the guns who have been accusing budget on of letting infiltrate to come across its dedicating this fencing

has also given a lot of strength not only to the border security on both sites and has also ensured that there is no any sort of infiltration that can take place from both sides of the fence. although budget on had said to have hundreds of board along the front deer, rid of granite on a complaint that the ones that have not done enough budget on to expect the longer dig responsibility to be able to control their side of the border. it should not be forgotten that this was one of the most borders of borders, even allowing us lawmakers to cross in, read them, which i did, who will fighting the russian. and then after the fall of the taliban, several military group projects guide the atomic movement of the biggest on the budget on a dollar bond. the avalon dollar bond and radiation group were involved in introduce stabilized by august on over $70000.00 budgets were killed as

a blow back of the war. now the buckets on it or determine the seal of the entire 2600 kilometer border, rid of one is done nor dimension which led to a lot of value but revenue. this fencing is also ensured that the trade and the trade routes are confined to the border terminals, the notified border terminals, and it has funded improve the economy of both the countries as far as boxes on. and i want to find a content focused on it already seeing the benefits of an elaborated border management system. this involves terminal imagery, camera. it involves drones and constant patrolling over a long stretch of data judy and died off guard. and also because of the fact that budget on it now keeping a close watch on dish particular border for many decades, native american children in the united states were sent to government run boarding

schools in an effort to assimilate them into the broad a european based society. that had taken the land some now call it a deliberate effort at cultural that genocide in south dakota. one indigenous community has reclaimed the remains of their children who died in those distant institutions long ago from reynolds reports. with the sound of drums and prayers, songs the remains of 9 see congress or yacht de la cota. children returned home to their native land. their story is a long and painful one, stretching back over 140 years, be a lot of sadness here today. beginning in 1879 native children from the cota and other tribes were sent to government run boarding schools. the 1st group embarked on steam ships from this point on the missouri river headed for a government school in far away carlisle, pennsylvania law,

the kids. and this is the last place, this parents here and go tens of thousands of native children entered boarding schools. the project was meant to assimilate to destroy native language, culture, and religion, and to turn the young people into model christian americans. but many did not survive the schools harsh regime of maltreatment, neglect, and disease. for decades, the code at children lay buried in carlisle cemetery. but they were never forgotten . after years of effort to properly identify the remains and then carefully examine them, children including little hawk hollow, horn bare strikes, 1st, swift bare and others left so long ago or surrounded by their people once more. to come home. does it make you feel emotional? are really happy. young le coda reflect on the hardships their relatives endured.

i would have been full of terror. i would have been full of i would expect nothing but death. to be honest, it's almost a nauseating feeling to, to realize what these kids been through. the children's remains replaced on the ground inside, especially constructed t p. they're surrounded by relatives and religious leaders. they were welcomed home in a private prayer ceremony. later the entire community gathered as the remains were laid out, wrapped in buffalo hides and surrounded by sacred sage people prayed long into the night. the homecoming is an event of enormous emotional and spiritual importance to his people says organizer russell eagle bear. there is a re awakening of our people, and that's an important, you know, we need to, we can be living in grief all the time. and on the following day,

the children were laid to rest in the local cemetery home at last, in the land where they belong. robert olds, al jazeera mission, south dakota. now south africa police minister says he is concerned about horizon racial tension. more than 200 people have been killed and rising and loosing that swept through parts of the country over the past week. some communities have set up the long sea groups to defend their homes and businesses. ben smith reports now from devon, and they just noted then lucy durbin has been quieter these last couple of days. but it's a calm sometimes and forced at gunpoint. read one jets. i'm managed to protect his business, but so many others looted and burned. it was the, the mob themselves that called all the destruction and cause harm to themselves because we, we attacked and we had people put open fire on us. and which we basically have to see have got ourselves by the hiding behind walls and building the writing response

by the jailing a form of present jacobs and expanded to include wider grievances. it unleashed racial tensions that always sim, up a neat surface here about about one of them. i thought the ministry of police, toward turbans, townships on saturday, promising to investigate crimes committed by all communities. kaylee's as a team of detectives is investigating the deaths of 20 black people after confrontations with a neighboring indian majority township. but it's clear, there is anger here that is hard to contain. no, it looks difficult, but we are working together. we are working with the community, we go out to the streets, to speak to other people. we've got a problem with social media. social media is the main cause of this because people are reacting to use why the minority rule ended nearly 30 years ago. but most south africans still live in racially separated townships or suburbs that were created by the partied government. the fears of the only supermarket in

a 4 kilometer radius wasn't ransacked because it was defended by the owners and local businesses. south africa state ensures says it's expecting claim to top $700000000.00 at night turbans different communities, still closing themselves in behind their own checkpoints, the outside elements that are coming here and get very upset when we have to awesome. what is the purpose? yes, people here are worried, there's more trouble to come. it's not, not physically down, no one to see and that's the concern they are. it is a g davis teams. and so continuing and then one keys that just hours after south africa's president sat on friday night, but calm had been restored. this market was fireball. bernard smith, i'll just sarah durban, south africa. well french film director julia duka, now's horror to son,

has won the prestigious pound or had the cannes film festival. but the thir, the need didn't quite go off without a hitch. the film, the one, the palm doors to turn raise rates. as you can see, that she re, president me, announced was meant to be the final prize at the beginning. and the festivals closing ceremony by mr. day from one to her now accepted the award off. it's formal announcement there at the end of the show. she's the 2nd female to make it to win the festival, top on a, and it's 74 year history. ah, hello that this is algebra. these are the headlines. western europe's flooding crisis is escalating and spreading further with heavy rain and parts of eastern germany and austria, at least $183.00 people all confirmed and that that was expected to increase as water levels drop.