long line on your mobile and free. v.w. zingy learning course. german made easy. this is deja vu news live from berlin deadly floods hit southern india. more than one hundred sixty people have been killed as the state of carlisle struggles with its worst monsoon season in a century and more heavy rain is expected we'll get the very latest from our correspondent also coming up barcelona remembers last year's terrorist attacks that

killed sixteen and injured more than one hundred most of the victims died when the joggers go back into crowds on the city's famed los ramos billable. and fans pay tribute to the queen of soul. aretha franklin died at her home in detroit michigan yesterday at the age of seventy six we'll take a look back at the life of a cultural icon. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we begin this program in india where officials say the death toll from flooding in the state of kerala as jumped to more than one hundred sixty. located on the southern tip of india is a tourist hot spot known for its beaches the state is hit by monsoons every year

but this year's weather has been called the worst in a century hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless by these ones are living in shelters right now. on your phone the cars following this story for us from delhi song there what's the latest that you're here well it remains a dire situation brian you know it's a catalogue remains on high of the earth in the last twenty four hours the state has seen really torrential rains large parts of the state remain underwater you know on social media up seen a few really heartbreaking videos of people really neck deep in water some in their own submerged homes you know appealing to the authorities for help so there are thousands of people who remain stranded in different parts off the state and there are entire districts that have been cut off from the mainland because the roads have either been washed away or destroyed by the landslides public public transport in many places a virtually come to a standstill you know rail service is down bus of this is the down in the

commercial capital of course she'd the international airport to shut to because of the flooded runway and coaching is really the gateway to get in our hospitals in that city are also according to reports struggling to cope with a third of patients who have been brought in from clinics that have been watching logged and of course there's a massive relief and rescue operation underway the indian navy and the army have rushed in the extra troops extra resources in both to try and get help to people in flooded areas and prime minister narendra modi is also set to leave this evening to you know oversee that rescue effort a sanyo monsoons are of course an annual event in india and across south asia what makes this one so exceptional and and so deadly. you're right i mean you know canada in particular is really no stranger to heavy rains you know given that it's location on the southwestern edge of the independents usually the first state to receive rain from the southwestern months and can not really see as heavy rain throughout the months of plaited right until september but this time

the rains have been unprecedented and severe they're being called the worst in the idea century and i think what has made the situation worse is that this is really the cut time in this one season that this rate that the state of seen flooding and the flood waters of that second time had really not quite proceeded in certain parts of the state before this least if this disaster struck so that's made it really worse ok with all of this in mind. are more rains on the way what what do the days ahead hold for terrilyn. well that's certainly what the met department of the weather office is saying they're expecting heavy rains until tomorrow. the airport and that i mean should that's also officially closed until actually august twenty sixth now we're hearing so certainly the situation is expected to come to be bad until the end of the weekend i don't know what things look like next week on the phone a car for us from a fall in the story for now sanya thanks very much. and staying in india

thousands of people are paying homage to the country's former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee who died thursday at the age of ninety three phase being given full state honors at a funeral ceremony in delhi schools and colleges are closed in the indian capital the government announced a seven day mourning period he was among india's most popular politicians and a founding leader of the ruling hindu nationalist party he served three terms as prime minister. while people in barcelona are marking the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks that left sixteen people dead and more than one hundred injured families survivors and officials taking part in a memorial service in the catalonian capital where an attacker used a van to plow into crowds on. the city's most popular story spain's king the country's prime minister and the couple on leader all attending the event but

separatist organizations are staging their own ceremonies and all of the victims to avoid being next to the king. events of late summer are still intensely painful for victims loved ones. it was very hard especially at first to not think if they had just spent another minute at lunch or if we had been standing two feet over from where he was or if their plans had been different or they had all gone to the beach instead of walking on the streets. but i also know that it's. like this like that. and there is never going to be an answer for those questions eunice a young american men used a rented van to plow into crowds in one of europe's busiest tourist districts homemade terrorism of a kind all too familiar across europe came to catalonia. it left the city stunned.

don't you think. it is in recent years the next day people went out onto the streets to say we are not afraid and that the terrorists were not going to infect us with their hatred that we weren't going to distrust our neighbors and we weren't going to criminalize a certain culture and that made us stronger this woman is worse. boss alona unified in its grief and determined to remain unafraid. now for a look at some of the other stories making the news at this hour 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 victim side the report by an american grand jury was released 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 requested by president trump is being postponed until at least

twenty nine seem parade was originally planned for veterans day weekend this november the announcement came just hours after rick figures were released estimating that the event would cost about ninety million dollars. it's to italy now the country's transportation ministry has opened an investigation into the collapse of a major 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 charlotte sell some pill spoke with a tell us about their concerns about the country's other bridges. this is a scene replicated across this region homes nestled in mountains in the shadow of towering concrete structures living in one such home as retired construction worker johnny 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. i am a little more worried but first i thought they would have closed temporarily after the moran the bridge collapsed and that they would have checked it properly i mean this has happened and i believe this was careless. the mayor and the bridge is just a short drive from here its collapse has 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 them but i mean. compared to what. 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 images of the bridge crumbling and you cannot help but picture that 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 brain chair many in italy 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 lifespan. in that we tend to forget that a structure is something that becomes. and the situation should be controlled at the much better we have to allocate the money from the beginning to be sure of it we are. drawing revolution of us that are in other countries very very strong

in italy he's 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 agenda much 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 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. the fans are paying tribute to soul legend the reason franklin who died thursday at age seventy six from pancreatic cancer her distinctive voice captured the heartbreak and determination of millions of people around the world she also herself broke

through barriers including with her powerful anthems here's a look at how fans are remembering the queen of soul. you. mean. this is a theory says so many of her fans remember setting things right when she's been done wrong. 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 way all years p.c.t. . everything that her music awards her had 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 from fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath of franklin. for president barack obama also paying

tribute and her voice we could feel our history all of it and in every shape our power and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and a. hard one respects. rita's father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. obama. read. the. speech. on the last current u.s. 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. this is deja vu news still to come on this program greece prepares for the end of its balance of programs coming up next week but how much as a benefit of the country's people. plus filling job vacancies here in germany has attacked us all a verse shortage that more straight ahead. make your smart t.v. smarter. for smart choose. what you want when you want it up to date extraordinary. to decide what's on find out more. dot com smart t.v. . his creations. his brand

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