hopefully we can move too slowly. this is deja vu news of live from berlin india pays homage to a political legit thousands attending a state funeral for three time former prime minister atal bihari vulture spain he was one of the country's most popular leaders we'll talk to our delhi correspondent about his legacy also on the show how safe are good lisa bridges with anger

mounting over the deadly genoa bridge collapse italians told e.w. they're worried about the condition of other bridges across the country. and fans paid tribute to the queen of soul. aretha franklin guided her home into troy michigan yesterday at the age of seventy six we'll take a look at the life of a cultural icon. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show thousands of people are paying homage today to india's former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee who died thursday at the age of ninety three he's being given full state honors at a funeral ceremony in delhi schools and colleges. are closed in the indian capital

on the government has announced a seven day mourning period bars pay he was among india's most popular politicians and a founding leader of the governing hindu nationalist party he served three times as foreign minister. here's a look back at a man who oversaw india's growth into a regional powerhouse. he was a poet journalist and a moderate face of hindu nationalism to some former indian prime minister x. how bihari vachss pai is an icon to others a contradiction as a founding father of the ruling bharatiya janata party that paey was a key figure in india's growth as both a nuclear and economic power he was a risk taker and peace maker. in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight he carried out a series of underground nuclear tests alarming pakistan and the international

community islam a band responded in kind sparking a nuclear arms race between the two neighbors. but one year later a grand diplomatic gesture that paey rode on the first bus was service from delhi to lahore where he attended a summit with pakistan's president in an effort to mend ties that parties also credited with india's global economic boom which was fueled by his support for the i.t. sector. to some though he was the leader of a fanatic and thousand muslim movement that would go on to polarize indian society his policies shape the face of the country his passing could mark the end of an era . the will of us get more now on the story we did there he is our she's mahatma joining us from delhi he's covering the funeral for us she's one of people in the us saying today about vosh pay he was one of the country's most popular politicians. you know what you've seen today

and last night as the news came in this is overwhelming respect and support for. one of the most prominent politicians the country has seen in recent decades and what's been striking about that support is that it's come from all sides of the political spectrum. as the leader of the b.g. he was actually the first prime minister to serve a five year term that wasn't from india's congress party and today in the current political climate the congress party and the b j p are of course mourning enemies but yet at the same time you still hear so many people from the congress and other opposition parties really sort of expressing the deep sadness over this loss because he was seen as as as as a respected and accepted. even even if you want from the same sort of political classes and you know with all those respects coming from across the political

spectrum as you mentioned what would you say is the significance of his time in office for india today. well i mean i think there's many ways you can look at it i mean in sticking to the respect that we've seen being shown today i think one for one way to look at it is that many see this as as the passing of the last great statesman that india has seen as i mentioned the current political climate being so polarized you know this was a man who who is accepted and respected by by all even if they didn't agree with his views and he came from a certain sort of political sort of background a certain political ilk if you will. where where that was possible where you could disagree but but still respect them and today in the current political climate it seems to be a very different situation and it was the prime minister is from the same party as budge by but it is way more divisive and part of that is that modi himself is. it's

much more sort of out there outspoken in terms of his hindu nationalist views vijay within this as much more moderate in that sense the same time there are quite a few people who are pointing out that he was also responsible in some ways for some of the polarization that we've seen now we have one question about the funeral itself body was publicly cremated now many of our viewers might not be familiar with this aspect of of indian public funerals can you tell us more briefly about this. yeah i mean this is a pretty standard procedure in indian funerals and involves place case it's a public one it's a state funeral so there was a procession that took place over three hours where they got to the final location where they were performing the last rites which is the cremation by the by the young men are over. for us today from delhi the passing of

a great statesman for their country thanks very much oh sheesh. and we're staying in india as we begin our look at other stories making the news today officials in india say the death toll from flooding in the state of has risen to more than one hundred sixty hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless by these floods living in shelters right now. is hit by monsoons every year but this year's weather has been called the worst in a century. the former pakistani cricket star and long time politician in rom com has been elected as the country's new prime minister his populist p.t.i. party won the most seats in pakistan's general election last month will be sworn in south of the. barcelona is marking the first anniversary of terror attacks that left sixteen people dead and more than one hundred injured

spain's king the country's prime minister and catalonia as leader among those taking part in commemorations the ceremony began on the famed los from los where a year ago a job just plowed a van into school hours of pedestrians. it's to italy now where the transportation ministry has opened an investigation into the collapse of that major bridge in genoa 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 well as rescuers work to find people who may still be trapped beneath the rubble there is growing anger charlotte tells them bill spoke of the town's worried about the condition of 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 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. i am a little more worried but first i thought they would have closed this bridge temporarily after the marandi bridge collapsed and that they would have checked it properly this hasn't happened and i believe this was careless. the mayor and the bridge is just a short drive from here its collapse is made reassess just how safe this is you're insisting that. 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 chemical in durham's compared to where. 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 cannot help them when you're driving across bridges like this one and then not just across genoa throughout the whole of it 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. or. we tend to forget. that becomes. and the situation should be control of the much better we have to allocate the money from the beginning to be sure of what we are. drawing volution of us that are in other countries very very strong in italy 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 is 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. or fans around the world are paying tribute to so legend aretha franklin who died thursday at age seventy six from pancreatic cancer a distinctive voice captured the heartbreak and determination of millions of people

around the world here's a look at how fans are remembering the queen of soul. you. 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. made loads of it that is there was no little outbreak all years p.c.t. . everything her music awards her advocacy have always been at the front

of her song used to be 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. former president barack obama also paying tribute in 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 on. hard won respect. his father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. obama. read. the. speech. was on the monitor current u.s. president trump also paid his respects to the queen of soul yes she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha a special woman. a diva divine with

a voice for the ages. this is due to be news still to come on this program kris prepares for the end of its bailout program that's coming up on monday but hasn't benefited the country's people. bustling job vacancies in germany as a tackles a major labor shortage all that much more straight ahead with the the venus. takes it personally are you ready with all the wonderful people in stories that make the game so special. for all true fans. because more than football online. time for an upgrade.

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