a lot less flying the plane or the. criminal reigns over flowing again for the very often covers the wrong. troops for the boy health of the government says is the worst flooding that will go on or worse off for the very latest. post of mine or small arms under the last recession be. that these people are still

missing and there's a mounting anger as people try to understand what exactly caused this disaster. plus a malaysian court rules the trial of two women accused of assassinating the half brother of north korea's leader can proceed to the women who were hoping to be free today but a judge says they were part of a well planned conspiracy. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us we begin this program in india where the death toll from flooding in the state of corolla has now risen to seventy seven officials fear the number will increase further with more torrential rainfall expected carolla located on the southern tip of india is a target magnet known for its pristine beaches coffee and spices the state is hit

by monsoons every year but this year's weather has been called the worst in a century. prime minister narendra modi has ordered the defense ministry to step up its relief and rescue operations. they've never seen flooding like this in carolina ten days of heavy rain combined with overflowing dams as a this state in water. in some cases homes have barely visible above the water line pretty steadily as all this looks most fates hannity's have been caused by dead mudslides. for those who survived the realisation they've lost everything. there has got into both floors of our high we went to her neighbor's place and stayed in the second floor of their house all those things have been destroyed by the water they are

destroyed but. more heavy rain is forecast in the coming days the priority is to get those in low lying areas to safety before it becomes too difficult to reach them. but they were looking at this whole road was submerged under water and more than eighty families are stuck the people here came together early in the morning and helping to move these people to camps. that are. being moved to shelters like this one tens of thousands of people have already been evacuated by the army. and there is another problem on the horizon people here could soon face a lack of drinking water after damage to treatment plants a cruel irony when the water from above is in anything but short supply. ok for the very latest on this story let's go straight to did have your correspondents on your

phone like are joining us from delhi a serious situation in cairo law battered by monsoon rains again this happens every year sagna but the scale of the rains are far more severe the style. that's right brian i mean you're right the kettle does really no stranger to heavy rain you know because of that strong graphical location on the south western edge of the indian pendants that's usually the first spot in the mainland to receive rain from the southwest monsoon so you're right the cattle are really is battered by the monsoon every year or it receives heavy rains really throughout the entire months of peter right up till september but but it's true that this time those rains have been really heavy very unprecedented experts say that the worst in a century and what does make the situation worse i think is that this is the perfect time in this month of the season that the state has seen flooding and the flood waters of that thinking time hadn't quite was seated in certain parts of the

state before this latest disaster struck so on you're looking at the video we can see the some of the extent of the damage as you mentioned do the numerous floggings this year this season considering that how are people in carolina coping with the situation right now and are they getting enough help from the government. well it is a dire situation and i'm sure people are coping as as well as they can given the circumstances but but there is the death toll has been high the authorities feel that could climb you know many of the victims of prong of the been crushed by debris caused by landslides but are they getting enough help well there is a massive relief operation underway the indian army and the indian navy have really rushed in resources to the state many people overnight were airlifted from certain areas by helicopters the indian navy has also rushed in multiple teams you know rescue and diving teams and boats to get people out of the flooded areas and the

government to catalyze also set up relief camps across the state we're hearing reports of more than sixty five thousand people have been housed in those camps so there is there is an operation on the way to to get help to people ok so it sounds like the authorities are doing a whole lot right now but we understand more rain is on the way are they prepared for the very worst. when as you said you know prime minister narendra modi has really ordered the defense ministry to really step up those relief operations the whole minutes queen there he is also closely involved in that effort so i think the situation is being monitored closely but there are challenges i think the chief minister. you know he's already said that his authorities have been forced to release more from poti five dangerously swollen dams in the state and that is really sent a big surge into the state's main river it's called floods cause floods downstream so i think there are many challenges that remain you know water treatment plants that are submerged motor's damage so getting clean drinking water to people will

also remain a priority for the government those will be main priorities moving forward things are clean water so you're followed are following carol as worst flooding in a century thanks very much thank you. wants to italy now where rescue teams in the italian city of genoa are still working to pull any survivors and bodies from the rubble of a collapsed bridge local authorities say between ten and twenty people could still be buried beneath that debris at least thirty nine people were killed when a stretch of the randy bridge caved in during busy midday traffic tuesday italian government initially attributed part of the blame to the e.u. choosing out of limiting funding for infrastructure but the focus of criticism now is shifting to autostrada that's the motorways operator locals say there is a long history of concerns about those bridges upkeep but all distraught insists its maintenance checks were up to date. while the blame game has already started

the investigation into the cause of that tragedy is bound to take a very long time. italian authorities are trying to understand what exactly happened to them randy bridge how structural problems one spotted before it was too late and what to do now. mostly when the maintenance costs reach over the past the cost of restructuring then there are no intervals between maintenance works since this bridge was under constant maintenance the time had come to consider a replacement. only two other bridges in the world were built like this one in libya and one in venezuela bolivia and bridge was closed last year due to safety concerns according to local media. still tragedy in general has governments around the world investigating their own aging infrastructure in

germany like elsewhere in europe many large bridges were built over fifty years ago built for let's traffic and like the loads they need to be frequently monitored. when a bridge begins to lose its load bearing capacity we can usually tell this by for example cracks in the bridge or if sacking gets worse or if it starts to slow on it's. safety testing takes consistency expertise and constant repair and ad hoc tests need to happen after extreme weather events to so what went wrong in italy repairs were being carried out on the bridge at the time of its collapse but too late it has some of the most expensive toll roads in the world but four of the country's bridges have collapsed in the last two years alone politicians are now calling for better monitoring. we've got to be clear that italy's structure plan was developed in the one nine hundred fifty s. sixty's and seventy's as time passes every bit of infrastructure shows where in

turn we need a monitoring system one that's constant more efficient and continuous. but for those that lost loved ones or who were injured these demands come far too late . was the investigation into this tragedy gathers pace the bridges operators out and are under mounting scrutiny business as more on that later this afternoon hours . now for some of the other stories making the news today sheer residents of the afghan capital kabul have been holding funeral services for the victims of a suicide bombing that killed thirty four people islamic state is now claiming responsibility for that attack on an educational center just hours after the bombing gunman besieged compound belonging to the afghan intelligence services also in kabul. thousands of people have been taking to the streets of nicaragua's

capital managua to demand the release of protesters arrested since anti-government rallies began in april a number of high profile activists have been taken into custody the arrest was sparked by government plans to state pensions. u.s. president doll trump has revoked the security clearance for former cia director john brennan whether or not the unprecedented move means brennan's are now spoken from critic no longer has access to sensitive information. white house spokeswoman sara sanders made the announcement citing brennan's quote erratic conduct and behavior. information it's to malaysia now and they were hoping to walk free today but two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of north korea's leader will now face murder charges a malaysian judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for their trial to continue and has told them to enter their defense the vietnamese and indonesian

national face the death penalty if convicted of killing kim jong nam last year they allegedly smeared his face with a band nerve agent as he waited to board a flight at kuala lumpur international airport the women say they thought they were taking part in a prank for a t.v. show let's get more on the story now from from kuala lumpur and correspondent sandra raso standing by for us a surprise in court this morning sander can you tell us what happened. well the local observers and definitely the defense had expected the woman the women to be free to be acquitted today because they just felt that the prosecution hadn't shown enough evidence that they killed him but the judge saw it differently and he followed the arguments are off the prosecution saying bus of the moment off the press if miss in their eggs and that the two women also rushed.

to wash their hands so they must have known so the judge that they handled a very dangerous product and you have to say this product you have to wash your hands like in ninety seconds otherwise it will penetrate your skin and you might eventually die the arguments of the judge right this was a band nerve agent that was used the defense team is saying these two women didn't even know what was happening where they saw. yeah the defense said you have to look at the bigger picture and that this is a political act those two women they had no clue what was happening they were approached by those what they claim to be t.v. producers from china and japan to do to participate in this reality t.v. show that's what they said it turned out during the trial that those a man who approached them are the north korean nationals four suspects who are at

large who obviously plan the whole case and they change their clothes every airport and they fled. malaysia right after the of the act and therefore helped by the way by the north korean embassy all that. leads them to save all those woman they just stayed in malaysia they continue with their normal lives so this is not tall usually suspects or potential killers would behave. saudis are talking about an extensive conspiracy here why do they believe that kim jong nam was targeted. well you ask officials and equally south korean officials claim that was a political act committed by north korea it is known that kim jong nam was the hot . off kim jong il and by his father and later on kim jong un criticized his younger brother and said he lacked leadership qualities so that was

enough for motives to for him just to kill kim jong nam and also you have to say you have those four north korean suspects who fled the country and the north korean side has shown no sort of cooperation or billing this to corporate in this highly suspicious case and the quick question is if you will ever find out the truth ok it looks like this case is turning into an international thriller sandra rocks so for us in kuala lumpur thanks very much. president abraham abubakar has been officially re-elected for another five year term kid it was declared the winner of the country's elections securing sixty seven percent of the vote the opposition led by somalia since say i've already said they will reject the results of the presidential runoff campaign was marred by accusations of fraud by violence

and by low turnout. now faces the amends task of lifting the west african country out of a spiral of islam and ethnic violence here's more on the many challenges that await them. chaos on the streets of mali's capital bamako. mutinous soldiers locked up several ministers and took control of government buildings. the twenty twelve coup d'etat a dangerous turning point for the young democracy but for sixty six year old ibrahim. the coup represented an opportunity in twenty thirteen after a year and a half of upheaval new elections were held. or id k. for short had the support of both religious leaders and the army in part for haps because he had never publicly criticized the coup leaders. on september fourth twenty thirteen following a runoff election against former finance minister so my you say. became president

but can you tell has been involved in mali in politics for much longer than that as campaign manager i became helped. become molly's first president in the country's first ever democratic elections in one thousand nine hundred one k. taught studied african political science for years in dakar at the suburban in paris and at france's largest research center afterwards was able to take advantage of his good connections to france and the euro whether as prime minister from one thousand nine hundred for many years later as president in the fight against. in two thousand and thirteen he received help from france's then president and and from french special forces. germany's armed forces helped kate stabilize mali a provisional and now frangela peace agreement with the two arc in two thousand and fifteen are among greatest successes to date.

still there are countless challenges such as corruption low education levels but also human traffickers mali is a transit country for africans who want to go to europe and germany is calling on abraham boubacar kington to provide increased security and to better protect mollies borders many problems that has also promised voters he would solve. now for a story where nature and high tech come together to help us avert a task or fees new program which the weather goats can warn us when a volcano is about to erupt or one of earthquakes on the way german and russian researchers at the icarus project have just made a huge leap forward into space. to. get two cosmonauts all like are to me and sergey per copy if near the eight hours to install an antenna on the outside of the international space station now that stated the new animal tracking system

called decorous can get up and running this black berry does one of the creatures that will be monitored expected with a tiny sensor that will send data such as its location and temperature to a global database. data will be sent to the space station sixteen times a day and scientists will then evaluate it. induces in the ones in. the most of the most intelligent senses combining the senses into a global system gives us important information about life in six since it will be able to understand animals. and really observe life on earth. is provided scientists with a system of living sensors. can anticipate. their reactions are passed on through their tag. initially around a thousand tags will be added to the system scientists hope to one day be able to use it to scan all corners of the air through hundreds of thousands of tracking

animals. and javier spend the scanning the financial aftermath of that bridge collapse thank you lee thank you very much brian we are taking a look at that blame game that is unfolding meanwhile in italy the government is considering different options to find infrastructure group which operates the motorway on which that bridge in general collapsed investors however have already punished the company brings shares down over twenty percent after they suspended trading. is the parent company. which some are blaming for the disaster italian government has threatened the company with heavy fines and is demanding its contribute to the bridges reconstruction. says it conducted regular safety checks besta gaiters have not yet established the cause of the collapse. our financial correspondent has been tracking that trade actually it's good to see you again. we could be seeing fines of up to one hundred fifty million

euros that's what the contract says whether it comes to that one we'll have to see whether it is in fact more if the italian government decides to really crack down we don't know that but one hundred fifty million euros is a number that the deputy transport minister. mr vecsey told reuters and they're also looking at two other options to take consequences a revocation of the concession to operate that part of the road where the affected bridge collapsed or a total wreck and revocation of the concession which of course would it had substantial threat to the company atlanta which is owned by fashion firm benetton incidentally some consequences that are still to be seen now taking a look at frankfurt where you are at the stock exchange we're also seeing one big loser in the session that's buyer will lead and we've seen that stock under

pressure before. that's right basically since the beginning of the week it has crashed you can't use any other word for it since the beginning of the week losing about twenty percent and with the stock market value of that buyer had at least at the beginning of the week that means it lost about fifteen billion euros in stock market value this week so that's a stiff penalty for for shareholders the instigation for the stock starting to slide like that to plunge was a ruling in the united states awarding a cancer victim a groundskeeper who had to use a weed killer by monsanto two hundred ninety million euro two hundred ninety million dollars and investors of mediately feared that might not be the end of it and now there are further lawsuits that are underway in the united states by farmers so investors continue to fear more fallout from the months on the

acquisition by buyers. it's going to be there for a buyer thank you very much. for the analysis. oh the way we paced changing quickly that's for sure while some countries like germany are more conservative when it comes to cash less payment methods in denmark cash could soon disappear right now only one in five danish reach of transactions is done in cash card payments are far more come and now the head of one of the country's largest banks has joined the growing chorus calling for the country to abandon cash altogether. cash cost money for retailers twice as much as electronic payments and it raises the risks of crime. just this year the danish government loosened its requirement that stores accept cash now they can refuse it after eight pm if you are bank branches meanwhile accept bills and coins the director of denmark's third largest bank has now called for a cashless society by two thousand and twenty five twelve we believe there will be

societal reductions in expenditures in the areas of lower crime rate lower money laundering rate lower drug crime rate lower enrichment rate. he wants a commission to examine the proposal but studies show the young elderly and handicapped still rely on cash turns to. in other words there's no need to throw out those extra kroner yet. now report from the u.k. where farmers are saying that breaks it could threaten the country's food supply now for years subsidies have helped farmers plant their crops and foreign workers have helped harvest them now the threat of losing this looms large the report takes us to the south east county of kent this part of our series wrote to rex our reporters to seek my tests and bigot mosques are traveling around europe and the u.k. trying to understand the full impact of the upcoming divorce between britain and

the e.u. . lettuce as far as the eye can see one million heads of lettuce are harvested hearing and in the southeast of england everything. taken by hand by these european workers. i don't think. people realized how much we depend on foreign labor coming in. stephen betts is a fourth generation lettuce clover he employs about one hundred thirty three is no work and its forms. most of them come from romania as e.u. citizens they can work here with out and be sucked but with threats that looming that freedom of movement is now one death threat and with that stevens entire business if there's no labor coming in. this virtually there's going to be no. we've got to have the labor coming in there's no question about.

importing a lot of food from the rest of the world. so we've got that choice. and britain's agricultural sector is already feeling the consequences of bracks and this year there were twenty percent fewer sees no workers to help out on farms. about one hour to the east lies kevin edwards for his family has been growing cereal crops for over eighty years they rely on big machines and that also means big investments. but because of rex it kevin is unwilling to spend money on an uncertain future his business will lose essentially you subsidies and potentially any prospects for the future. we could easily see. a very substantial percentage of problems disappear family found go on and that won't be something you can do saudi five or ten years time politically we got that wrong because it would

be and once traumas leave the land and go off on something else to do i generally don't come back on the right. so coming back that might also apply to stephen betsy's more workers next year in march britain will exit the european union and stephen still doesn't know if after that you will find enough people to harvest the salad and his team still. watching t w news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour until the. and i'm very can stay up to date on our website that's w dot com to see the. good mood.

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