i am. fifty give you news coming to you live from berlin commemorating the dead italy is holding a state funeral for the victims of tuesday's bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa relatives and friends have joined the country's leaders to say goodbye to their no one but some families are refusing to take part in the ceremony but have the latest from our correspondent also calling on. thousands wait for rescue as catastrophic floods back you're still there in india we're live as you're called the disaster the worst in a century it's already kane's more than three hundred likes. and in soccer davis to

take song goliath as the german call kicks off former champions kaiser that are in our lower division teams take i'm going to think have you a tougher time. i'm on i was on thank you for joining us the italian city of genoa is holding a state funeral for victims of tuesday's motorway bridge collapse at least thirty eight people are confirmed to have been killed in the tragedy and bodies are still being recovered as these prime minister just that they called today and president sergio much of elah are attending the service in the whole world victims' relatives and friends have also gathered the families of some of the victims are refusing to take part in the ceremony. let's bring in our correspondent philip wood and from rome philip what is the nations to where you are. well as we speak

air the archbishop of general is certain to living his family funeral that. spoken of the collapse of the bridge is causing a chair in the heart of church you know. and as you say you know it representatives . are presented some branches and the police and rescue services are present at the funeral service and there's been a very warm applause for them to clean the fire brigade to working to rescue people and dragging people out from under the rubble even though most recently last night if you feel that the firm responsible for the maintenance of the bridge is due to hold a news conference shortly and there is an awful lot of pressure on them not just to provide answers but also to possibly compensate families and to rebuild the bridge and pay for it in fact what kind of actions are they planning to take. well they've

indicated that they intend to provide financial support for victims families and also people who lost their homes as a result of the collapse of the bridge and they've also said that they would like to contribute to the reconstruction possibly rebuilding the bridge and restoring our general worse transport system which is. very much tangled ensnared now by the loss of this crucial highway that passed through the heart of the city they've been criticized for failing to communicate failing to express their sorrow and their solidarity with the victims and this will be an opportunity for them to try and repair that damage. now we are hearing that human remains are still being found in the rubble what more can you tell us. yes a family italian family was found late last night by rescuers

buried deep in the rubble a father mother and nine year old daughter who were leaving to go on holiday and that brings the number of the missing now down to just one one for the person strongly believed to be yeah buried under the rubble but authorities want that it could be other people for example homeless people where people. are not missing have not identified as missing so it's possible that they may be other people stood to be found under this enormous. pressure and from bringing up a safe and stay funeral service underway there. and news just in the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate kofi annan has died this is according to his foundation and seen here in

a twenty fifteen interview it was the first black africans to take up the role of the world's top diplomat servings or two terms from one thousand nine hundred seventy to two thousand and six served as the un special envoy for syria leading efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict and died after a short in the age of eighty years limits of the security officials in kerala are pleading for more help as monsoon floods in on dates much of the southern indian states and the death toll continues to climb the state's chief minister says three hundred twenty four people have died and what he called the worst floods in one hundred years india's military have been called in to help the relief efforts. rescue teams are continuously being called out here more often than they can keep up with. others drag themselves to safety and whichever way they can. base is now a full scale military operation dozens of army helicopters are involved in people

out of danger to higher ground. they're taken so emergency shelters more than three hundred thousand people have been evacuated so far many more are still waiting for news these are being undertaken and people keep coming. additionally we have more than. what the games was and i would not give any boards. it's being called the worst flooding in one hundred years ten days of relentless heavy rain have left villages totally submerged thousands of people across the state are still stranded and with more rain forecast the flood waters won't be receding anytime soon. the level of water has risen tremendously it's not slowing down and that's why people are scared when they get.

deadly mudslides have added to the desolation they've crushed homes. scattered temporary. and cutoff vital roads. on saturday morning prime minister in a rented remote he was flown over some of the worst hit areas he's promised more than seventy million dollars in eight more boats and helicopters for many down below all that can't come soon enough. is following that story for us from delhi what is the situation today in the flood affected areas has the rain is at all. well not really you know the forecast today are for heavy rains and heavy winds to continue throughout the state not really until tomorrow really that things will

expected to ease up you've seen. so many people continue to be stranded. on trees and on. the way wherever it may be and prime minister and modi is there today doing an aerial survey of the state via helicopter even that was interrupted at one point because of the inclement weather so the situation is still is still very dire for many people. so it's still really dire situation there the moment how is the corolla government responding to the crisis well given the scale of the crisis where it's basically hit over ninety percent of the state the state government has needed a lot of outside support so you've seen the armed forces coming in there's been about fifty one navy boats that have come in the army is also involved the coast guard the air force helicopters and doing rescue efforts that way releasing food packets and then you've seen prime minister modi today actually announce

a huge aid package from the central government. of around seventy million dollars. to assist with this and you've seen actually quite a lot of activity as well on social media about raising funds a lot of private companies of have gotten involved making it easy for for people to donate companies like amazon and pay t.m. which is an online wallet service here in india so a lot of activity there and the care of the government really calling on people all over the country and the world to help assist with with with this effort. many thanks for that and some of the other stories making news around the world. former cricket star imran khan has been thwarted as pakistan's new prime minister in his first speech as premier promised him for his ruthless accountability to fight corruption is parsi won the most votes in the election but failed to secure a majority. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has raise wages in the country for

the fifth time this year the move is part of a monetary overhaul that aides to curb inflation a new software and ball of fire is news from monday which will see five zero as last off the nation's currency the mexican military has uncovered a huge underground drug lab in a remote mountainous area of the country's west's troops they destroyed fifty tons of metal investment on thought mexico is a major supplier of terror went to the u.s. which has seen a surge in opioid to use. german chancellor angela merkel says she expects a tough meeting with russian president vladimir putin here in germany in later today this is the first time that person has been in germany for bilateral talks since russia annexed crimea from ukraine four years ago the list of disagreements is long with ukraine syria and russia's meddling in elections just start. she accepted the flowers but she didn't ease the sanctions over ukraine at their last meeting in russia the fact that uncle of makola vladimir putin are meeting for the

second time in only three months shows a new interest to explore common ground despite fundamental differences some of that may lie in syria despite russia's role as president assad's ally. russia wants to have first a solution with us so that germany and the european union accepts that there will be a post war syria with assad and then moscow and syria also need some money money is also an important issue in balance plan to build a joint gas pipeline with russia critics say it threatens regional stability especially in ukraine. both have an interest of the pipeline will be built and we also know that mr trump already u.s. government with the next wave of saying sions also talk of north stream to merkel will be pushing from prosser to guarantee a future role for ukraine and transferring gas to europe u.s. president donald trump's volatile foreign policy has also piled up some new

strategic interests between moscow and berlin. after a really deep fall in trust between germany and russia which to a korean conflict since two thousand and thirteen and fourteen we now return to pragmatic relations interest oriented relations machall and putin are scheduled to meet for what is billed as extensive talks at the german government's guest house near violin the two leaders meet the press only before not after their meeting just another indication that no real breakthrough is expected on any of the topics on the agenda at the same time there's a recognition on both sides that with donald trump in the white house shaking up the rules of international politics they need each other even more than they used to. suck it is now and the german cup kicks off this weekend giving lower tier teams the chance for glory

against the big name side the first round features one such match up. who were once one of the good champions but are now languishing in the third division take on top tier heavyweights hoffenheim and they're hoping for a very big. these players are kaiserslautern legends they were all part of a powerhouse club and part of germany's world cup winning team in one thousand nine hundred fifty four nowadays the squad has players with the best second division experience more than twenty players left when kaiserslautern dropped into the third tier the end of last season in the wooden league monuments fifty percent of your revenue when you go down to the third division that makes it incredibly difficult to maintain a good team. at the moment the club is fifteenth in the third division table. now they host hoffenheim in the german cup twenty years ago kaiserslautern were born in this league champions hoffenheim just

a local village club the tables have turned. the cost of expanding their stadium for the two thousand and six world cup saddle kaiserslautern with big debts and soon the club was swapping europa league football for the second division bosses came and went but mismanagement proved constant and last season the club was relegated once more. ludicrous the fact that it's now hoffenheim the recent upstart from the region bringing the bonus league it back to kaiserslautern is met with mixed feelings. ronson of course fourteen terms it's an enormous challenge to play a champions league side it's not the kind of big name club that we would expect to sell out the stadium for but still it's abundance league it champions league level team against a third division team but that's what's so interesting about football that a sensation is always possible in a game like this one as in south america has a sensation used to mean bringing home the world cup now

a victory against hoffenheim would qualify in cases louts and footballing dreams have become arcade lee more modest. you're watching daily news coming to you live from moore again at the top of the era and don't forget you can get all the naysayers and information around the clock on our web site up on the dot com join the. first home tunes of species a home worth saving. as much as on those are big changes and most start with small steps global in two years told stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use the term to.