born in germany from the news of easy to our web site de deputed called smash africa. africa. this is deja news coming to you live from berlin heavy flooding brings more destruction to southern india a person say ten days of rain have killed more than three hundred people in the states of canada as it grapples with its one of the monsoon season in a century more heavy rain for has been forecast elsewhere in india. the country pays homage to a poet

a politician attend the state fair and good for free time former prime minister atal bihari botched by he was respected across the political divide at home and abroad plus how see each of these bridges with angle montane over the deadly gen-y. bridge collapse italian still do you view the wanted about the condition of other bridges across the country. in a woman's continual i'm. we start in southern india with a debt still from catastrophic flooding has more than doubled the chief minister of the state of careless speaking in the capital of could have on the bottom announced that three hundred and twenty four people have died in what he called the worst flood in one hundred. one more a quarter of

a million people have lost their homes and are living in relief camps carola is a popular tourism destination known for its beaches the state is hit by monsoons every year but this is rains have been and a few of the heavy. because following that story for us from delhi so near what's the situation like this even in the flood affected areas how does one explain the saturn and shop increase the death toll well i'm worried that the situation and carried out of its dire you know statism fire a lot and the students really seem to ration the tension for much of today and also last night night and i think that there's also obviously complicated relief efforts and that has that as well to partially lead to the very height that don't seem so large parts of the states mean under water i've seen some kind of really heartbreaking videos on social media actually people you know pushed on groups dogs

overeating to be rescued. and in many many areas you know a child to sleep has been cut off from the mainland that's that looks a bit washed away because of last lights on or damages and the public wants to she made us want to come to a standstill in getting those commercial capital now this is the gauge which gets really important city beach national airport is closed because a lot of one hospitals in the city rachel it also struggling not just to cope with a surge of patients but the artists slightly with more supplies liquid oxygen even decent starts to run generators just politics so i think it remains a very purposeful and the kernel of government responding it seems the defense forces have been called out to help. that's right because there's a massive rescue and relief operation on the way both the indian army and the engineer the habs have rushed into rushing resources diving teams and extra two

hundred boats today so there really is a big operation and that we and the cattle are chief minister. and he's also set up in our dozens of police gas costs the state where many many people are asked his government is for financial conditions and admissions of essential items or in sleep in iraq are significant and prime minister didn't plan this in the interim or the it is also six to visit canada and north to that region where the scenery is fifty five still long and nearly vantive india and across south asia what makes this one so exceptional and deadly united are you know getting no particulars we no stranger to greatness you know it's located on the southwestern edge which means it's the first it usually took a sebring to stop us on scene and can annoy you she sees every waves throughout the entire month of september this is really. not an exception but what me seeing this

time it's certainly disciplined it's unprecedented it's really simple as you said it's been called the worst floods in india's interest and you know environmentalists of india are see some of the must see that this is fine she also a mandate and that you know there are some people here looking up pointing fingers he was he got a sense of the warning of mining that are scattered out in large parts of the state is a baptist need the soil not unstable and lead to the kind. and they've also pointed towards you know washington high places on why the construction a spot of get lost. on what was formerly agricultural land that has also contributed to what seems right so now finally in delhi thank you very much for that update. and seeing in india thousands of people have paid their final respects to former prime minister atal bihari vange by who died on thursday at the age of ninety three. by was committed with full state honors in delhi schools and

colleges were closed in the indian capital and the government has announced a seven day mourning period he was from this to three times the only one full march by it was a founding of the ruling hindu nationalist party the b j p but he steered clear of divisive politics which won him the respect of people across the political spectrum . he was a poet journalist and a moderate face of hindu nationalism to some former indian prime minister at taba hari that is an icon to others a contradiction as a founding father of the ruling bharatiya janata party that 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 about responded in kind sparking a nuclear arms race between the two neighbors. but one year later a grand diplomatic gesture that's why you wrote 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 anti 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. this on a particular at some other stories making news around the world former pakistani cricket star turned politician in iran khan has been elected as the country's new prime minister his party the pakistan tehreek

e insaf won the most seats in pakistan's general election last month with the help of small parties he managed to get a majority he will be sworn in on saturday. protesters in kosovo attacked a police station to condemn what they call the government's failure to address violence against women activists from the left wing of veteran party pelted the building with bread paint the protest was triggered by the killing of a woman by her husband last week. the u.n. human rights policies of brazil's former president luis ignacio who got the silver should be allowed to run for president a piece of corruption conviction opinion polls show ahead of all candidates. election he's currently serving a twelve year sentence on a conviction his supporters say was politically motivated. italy's mourning the victims of the bridge disaster in genoa which killed at least

thirty eight people why rescue a search for any survivors families the victims have paid their respects to their loved ones ahead of the state funeral tomorrow both italy's president. and prime minister just said they will attend the ceremony the country has declared saturday a national day of mourning meanwhile italy's transport ministry has opened an investigation into the bridges collapse but that might not be enough to put the kids public anger did obvious charlotte chosen prince spoke with italians wanted 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 he's 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 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 your. 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. compare. 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 them when you're driving across

bridges like this one and then not just across general throughout the whole of it there are many people now asking if that can happen to me like the ill fated bridge 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 there is something that becomes. and this situation should be control of the much better we have to allocate the money from the beginning to be sure that we are the possibility of controlling volution of our structure 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'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. to barcelona which is marking the first anniversary of terrorist attacks that left sixteen people dead and more than one hundred injured families survivors and officials took part in a memorial service in the county capital where years ago an attack a plowed

a van into crowds on the popular street. survivors and families of the victims of last year's terror attack on the bus alone or remember those who lost their lives. it's still difficult. and for the families of the victims hotz except. it was very hard especially at first to not think if they had just spent another minute at lunch or if they 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 of la rambla. but i also know that. life is like that. and there is never going to be an answer for those questions those killed or injured came from thirty four different countries for

this french tourist was severely injured but survived the attack the memories a painful left on a fortune a right all stood up for the first time i'm in this hospital bed i realize that nothing moves in alone may i try moving my legs as my legs don't move and i try moving my arms often also moving eva and a constant and then the awareness because i will stay like that oh my life things are stopped and nothing will change i thought himself us alone as many as people are united in their grief it is illness more the asean from the following day people went out on the streets to say we were not afraid and that the terrorists were not going to infect us with the hatred that we werent going to distrust our neighbors and we werent going to criminalize a certain culture and that made us stronger. bus alone as city hall had said ahead of the memorial that it wanted to avoid political controversy but in catalonia it's

hard to avoid politics. king philippe the sixth of spain attending the memorial history to sized catalonia spit for independence in the past and has loose support in the region. there was also division on the streets as cuts alone separatists protested the king's presence. the focus today however is on creating. i have more news for you at the top of the alex fear that. the people of the world over information. they want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us.

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