every day. by name of the uninsured and i work at g.w. . this is deja vu news live from the deadly floods had southern india more than one hundred sixty people have been killed as a state of carola struggles with its worst monsoon season and nearly a century more heavy rainfall is expected look at the latest from our correspondent also coming up how safe are italy's bridges with anger mounting over the deadly general bridge collapse italians tell debbie they worried about the condition of

other structures across the country. and sam's pay tribute to the queen of soul. aretha franklin died at her home in detroit yesterday at the age of seventy six we'll take a look at her legacy as a cultural icon. i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us officials in india say the death toll from floods in the state of kater law has jumped to more than one hundred sixty kid it was located on the southern tip of india and it's known as a tourist hot spots towards beaches of the state is hit by monsoons every year but this year's weather has been called the worst in the century hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless by the floods and are living in shelters due to be sonia's on the cars following the story for us from delhi she joins us on the

line hi sonia tell us the latest that you're been hearing. heights of the well it's a really dire situation in the last twenty four hours faces with the same torrential rains large box seats are underwater we're seeing some heartbreaking footage on social media but also on television you know prototypical elect even go to some of my own some large holy cross the authorities go help the current thousands of people remain stranded across the street over joining us on the streets completely cut off from the mainland with the roots washed away or damaged in landslides public transportation has collapsed many areas get learn especially in get less commercial captive gokey there the international airport has also been shot because of the blood runway and many hospitals even in the city it can too t. operations because this struggling to cope with the scourge of patients from some hospitals which have been water logged and as he says is a massive relief operation under way the canadian army had to have russian experts

who we call susan both to help people in canada as i said sonia's a dire situation but monsoons are an annual event in india across south asia what has made this one so exceptional and so deadly. you're right so many carolina especially is really no stranger to heavy rain you know it's located on the south with the ages they need the little that's usually the first of the thoughts the mainland to receive rain from southwest monsoon and can really receive high levels of rain cloud the entire month of even on december but despite this waiting had been on point with a little busy i think all the words are merely adventure really and i think what made the situation especially worse but this is actually the good times of on good season the big fake the flooded and the flood waters of the second time when he mocks quite good thing to the bump on the stage when the plagues get on the clock so we're seeing this kind of example of flooding now in care levels because of that

already have you sonia found a car on the line for us sonia thank you very much. people in barcelona are marking the first anniversary of the terror attack that killed sixteen people and left more than one hundred injured flags are flying at half mast in the catalogue capital families of the victims some of them survivors themselves lay flowers and wreaths that are memorial honoring those who lost lives and a sign of national unity spain's king in its prime minister and the catalan leader all attended the memorial together. now to some other stories making news around the world venezuelan doctors and nurses have been demonstrating against low pay and deteriorating conditions at hospitals the country's economic crisis has led to shortages of medicine and health care apartment the protesters intended to march to the presidential palace in caracas but they were stopped all right please . the vatican has expressed shame and sorrow over a recent report on church abuse cases in the u.s.

and says pope francis is on the victims the report by a us grand jury was released on tuesday it accuses three hundred priests in pennsylvania of sexually abusing children over a period of decades. u.s. defense officials say a military parade ordered by president donald trump is being postponed until at least two thousand one thousand the parade was originally planned for veterans day weekend this november the announcement came just hours after figures were released estimating that the event will cost more than ninety million dollars and archaeologists in northern program have unearthed an ancient new year old from the last cut all civilization the oldest in the america the mural is believed to be about three thousand eight hundred years old and it is thought to symbolize a period of drought and famine brought on by climate change. italy's transportation ministry has opened an investigation into the collapse of a highway bridge in general that killed at least thirty eight people the ministry is also calling on the private toll road operator to quickly build

a new bridge at its own expense as rescuers work to find people who may still be trapped beneath the rubble there's growing anger over the accident. spoke with italian is worried about the condition of the country's other bridges. this is a scene replicated across this region. nestled in mountains in the shadow of towering concrete structures living in one such home as retired construction worker gianni has been here for thirty years for him the branch had long just been part of the scenery but now he's looking at it very differently. than. i am a little more worried but first i thought they would have closed temporarily after the miranda bridge collapsed and that they would have checked it properly i mean this has happened and i believe this was careless. humor and the bridge is just a short drive from here its collapse is made giani reassess just how safe this is

your insistence. because i've been thinking for years that something could suddenly happen to this bridge because i believe that the pillars probably only have about sixty percent of the. compared to where it. so. it's not just residents living underneath structures like this who are now concerned it's also the drivers who paul say that bridges like this every day everybody. cannot help but picture them when you're driving across bridges like this one and then not just across genoa throughout the whole of italy there are many people now asking if that can happen to me like the ill fated bridge many units were built in the fifty's and sixty's they would have designed to withstand the amount of traffic passing over them today and as one expert tells me

many were only ever expected to have a fifty year life span. or. structure in that we tend to forget the threat. becomes. and the situation should be control of the much better we have to allocate the money from the beginning to be sure that we are. controlling volution of us that are in other countries very very strong you need. is growing but probably is not enough strong the company operating the marandi bridge insists its maintenance checks were up to date back on the outskirts of genoa giani says regular maintenance work is also being done here but for him that's now another reason to worry. that there's so much maintenance means it's not really necessary after so many years fifty sixty seventy years maybe we have to consider building

a new bridge. experts say the safety of infrastructure across the country must be reviewed in many cases they maintenance work will only delay the inevitable the emergence of more bridges not fit for purpose. now just as they did at the winter olympics north and south korea are combining sports teams at the asian games to help bridge the political divide a combined women's basketball team is shaping up as one of the favorites for a medal. a single flag for a divided nation this young korean fan is watching history in the making. neither north nor south only korea that's who's playing and that's who these supporters are here to back. nine south koreans and three north koreans make up this basketball squad the asian games which start on saturday will see united

korean teams in three further events as well. although we've had our differences in our past i think it's about time that we present the differences and try to brasil pieced together so i think it's a very meaningful thing that both sides are able to get together and they were able to represent the korean peninsula as one instead of two separate things so i think this is something to rejoice so to certainly is the team's success here in jakarta they thrashed their hosts. but for those involved the united front is less about the score than it is about the message. it was an honor to become the first unified korea team coach in history and i'm glad we won the first match so i think our players all think the same thing. very few north koreans have the chance to support the united team here in indonesia inside and

outside the country their travel rights are tightly restricted by kim jong un's regime the south koreans who are here have a privilege and a dream world if you want but they are on the basketball court at least one korea is already a reality. fans have been paying tribute to to soul legend aretha franklin who died on thursday at the age of seventy six from pancreatic cancer her distinctive voice captured the heartbreak and determination of millions around the world she also broke the barriers with power anthems demanding racial and gender equality here's a look at how fans are remembering the queen of soul. you. mean. this is the aretha so many of her fans remember setting things right when she's been done wrong.

and from the sidewalk outside her father's church in detroit. to the apollo theater in new york to the hollywood walk of fame in los angeles an outpouring of love for a music icon. she was our queen and made the cut of that is there was no break oh yes p.c.t. . her music words her head because you have always been at the front of her songs gave you that power like that confidence to step out in the world. she was the first ever woman inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame credit

where credit was due flowed in on social media from politicians and her musical peers. british singer elton john tweeting this she sang and played magnificently and we all wept we were witnessing the greatest soul artist of all time. this young fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath the franklin. former president barack obama also paying tribute and her voice you could feel our history all of it and in every shade out how our and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and our. hard won respect. his father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. read.

on her and us president also paid his respects to the queen of soul she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha she's special woman. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. now for our top story here on d w officials in india say the death toll from massive flooding in the state of carolina has jumped to more than one hundred sixty hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless by the floods the worst state has seen in the really a century. don't forget you can always get to the news on the go download or up

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