a little start september first. this is due to the news coming from berlin kansas wait to be rescued from devastating floods and india the task is overwhelming local authorities in the state of they're appealing to the government to send more equipment over a quarter of a million people have taken refuge in emergency shelters and little rains are on the way the only. truth and hold talks for the second time in three months want

differences remain. on the weather we could be seeing signs of a fall in german russian relations. and it's a once in a long time spiritual journey over two million muslims arrived in mecca saudi arabia began the five day hotch pilgrimage well look at some of the challenges facing programs. to. thank you for joining us authorities in southern india are struggling to cope with some of the worst floods in over a century more than three hundred people are dead and more than three hundred people three hundred thousand excuse me have been displaced rescuers in the state have kyra are stepping up efforts to bring food and water to the many people still stranded by the high waters. with much of the state underwater thousands across

carol are still waiting for rescue ten days of relentless monsoon rains have brought chaos to this popular tourist destination landslides and bridge collapses have left many areas cut off boats and helicopters the only way out but rescue is not always possible the water flow is very. very difficult to walk towards there. that you can give into. the water to them so that they can be so way in the water recedes a nationwide drive is underway to send relief equipment to carry. out a neighboring state to suffering a lot i need to give you all my you know idea and my time to do help them a lot. with parents communication lines down and essential supplies running short trains carrying clean drinking water and rice have also been pressed into service.

after taking to the air to assess the damage for himself india's prime minister narendra modi has promised more than seventy million dollars in aid. for more on the story now we're going to cross over to our india correspondent tanya anya how has the situation in effect west developed. well either the marines have to leave it's likely in catalogue this morning which is of course of a different fight that often after days of heavy rains but indeed with office have gone for continued heavy rain in isolated pockets and of course the rescuers there will continue around the clock in what is still seen as one polling which can see i mean as you said in your call causes the people remain stranded across the city and the hundreds of thousands of them have converged on you know halls belonging to schools and to improved churches and mosques and we're hearing that there are a little over twenty six this week there are some police can find it difficult to access and water and many people are also using traditional media to release great

information and connects people to group who can help them get a book and reports of a major like a few wouldn't need to because many asked ations and from these remain submerged and i think the biggest challenge now called for providing clean drinking water to rescue for the men go to quick and down to the states remain in the water and the monsoon is of course a recurring events so why is this a particular one so dramatic. you're right that you know cattle particular is really no stranger to heavy rain due to its location of india's fault western edge usually gets extremely heavy rain while the entire monsoon season great until september but this time the reason to being unusually heavy would be unprecedented and then a two districts in the state alone which is you know received almost as much rain as the entire state really expects to get in this time so i think the scale of the problem is simply masses and also kind of compounded it is the fact that the central government says you know all students also open dozens of bands and risible

green cross case as the waters reach danger levels and that ends up in undertaking many many villages downstream and the correspondence on if on the covering is up to date on kara thank you. here in germany chancellor angela merkel has held talks with russian president vladimir putin the crises in both syria and ukraine and a key joint energy products were high on the agenda and heaters released no statement after the talks but ahead of me saying they both indicated a willingness to compromise on issues that have soured relations between their countries in recent years and the emphasize russia's importance as a global powerhouse putin called on europe to help rebuild the war torn feria it was the two leaders second meeting in three months. and he deputy political correspondent time and young his father report joins me in studio now well confinement so do you think that the talks were a sign that there is an improvement in relations between germany and russia well a little bit anglo american says that she wants good relations with russia are

involved in there putin is used to he other day about having a permanent dialogue. but of course contacts have dropped off a lot since two thousand and fourteen when russia annexed crimea and so i think in a world in particular in which president trump has just a change the calculus of a lot of foreign policy issues you know maybe russia and germany feel the need to talk he's greater than ever so also one of the things that was proposing was for europe to open its wallace and help rebuild syria do you think he's going to get his wish yeah i mean that to me putin was saying yesterday you know the reconstruction of syria is the next phase and of course the fighting there hasn't fully stopped yet so. he was hinting that it seemed europe's interest to pay up he was even talking about the possibility that as syrian refugees could start to return back home from europe as well as from the middle eastern countries e.g.

cause i think he's getting ahead of himself a little bit at the same time there's the prospect of a summit with russia and turkey and germany and france you know as another way of moving forward on peace. angela merkel says she's open to all those ideas of the she wants to give peace process to continue as well and she said yesterday the important thing is to avoid a humanitarian crisis in in northern syria but i think anything that could shorten the war there that would appeal to angela merkel and to other european leaders so there seems to have been progress on ukraine and the two leaders do have some common interests regarding energy what was that that they talked about yesterday we have as this know would stream to pipeline project would bring even more russian gas through the baltic sea to germany a very important project for russia putin said you know this would make russia an even more reliable energy partner for europe don't trump by the way says it would

make germany totally dependent on russia so he's critical of it but merkel says that what she wants is russia to agree that even with nord stream two russian gas will continue to flow through ukraine as a transit country because that's the strategic relationship there putin was very skeptical he said any such deal would have to make economic sense and his spokesman after these talks last night was quoted saying you know the russia was thinking of taking measures against the countries that were trying to block the nord stream project so there's a lot of differences on that key energy relationship as well plenty of discussion very little agreed ok thank you very much. one of the other stories making news around the world's the indonesian island of lombok has been struck by a magnitude six point three earthquake its epicenter was in the island's northeast the quake caused panic and local damage there's no word yet on casualties this is

the latest in a number of quakes to hit the most severe on august fifth kills nearly five hundred people. the first family reunions between south and north koreans in three years are set to go ahead and preparations koreans have been gathering in a border town tomorrow two hundred say the north koreans will have a rare chance with the family members of the unions program was put on hold due to political tension in twenty fifteen. london police say they've charged the driver of the car which hit several people at side parliament this week with attempted murder sudanese born british national there is to appear at a london court on monday three cyclists were injured in the crash on tuesday. hundreds of people in argentina have signed a petition renouncing their ties to the catholic church organizers are also calling on the church to stay out of politics and campaign comes after the country senate rejected legislation that would have legalized abortion argentina is the home country of the roman catholic major hope francis.

well in football it is the german culture furthur and continued on saturday and there have been some a shock result rating champions on track front for itself but the biggest upset with fourth year old will be using them to one stoke are also bent an early exit losing to know the huns are all stuck but by munich managed to avoid embarrassment against an obscure fourth division called doctors then azal with a late goal from. hounding by in a one zero victory. well cliff diver is the empress hundreds of spectators in crimea they took part in the cliff diving world cup the black sea resort town of same is provided a stunning backdrop competitors while the crowds lining the beach the divers launch themselves off a twenty seven meter high stock form and the winner was a familiar face reigning champion garry hunter from great britain once again won

first prize and took home six hasn't u.s. dollars. not for the faint of heart it's not just football that's getting under way at the moment it's also only a few days now until the second half of the formula one season begins after twelve twenty one races for the boston fettle trail defending champion lewis hamilton and the driver but there's plenty of time left to bridge the gap the ferrari team is closer to the title this year and they have been for a long time. this year's ferrari is nothing if not far. be not told the new chief technical officer has overseen the creation of an innovative machine the early results were positive ferrari started the season with two. we have all the reasons to be confident but i think it will cause great stuff to come so plenty to look forward to but as of yet for already have failed to fully capitalise on

their technical superiority sebastian vettel looks are usually vulnerable on four occasions mistakes have cost him the win like the german graham greene when first of all threw away the lead with a steering error and crashed out of the race eleven years without a title have obviously ramped up the pressure ferrari. this year is the first time in a long time that missy these don't have the technical advantage but the team is making up for it with effort and ingenuity and of course they can rely on full time world champion lewis hamilton he's delivered a driving master class so far this season the spirit within the team is stronger than it's ever been and these experiences that we've been having and how we've been handling them have really united us more than any other year hamilton is currently top of the driver standings ahead of second placed sebastian vettel with nine braces left to run this season with jule between these two is already heating up.

the annual pilgrimage is getting underway and saudi arabia over two million faithful from across the world are expected cheering the five day event the one of the five pillars of islam and it's required of all able bodied muslims once and their lifetime. it is by no means an easy journey walking up to fifteen kilometers a day in more than forty degree heat but for the more than two million muslims taking part this year it will be the trip of a lifetime. this is the first time that i've performed and it's been one of my greatest wishes for a long time i prayed to allah to help me to perform the whole ritual i hope this year will be a good one for the islamic nations. he said so. the hajj poses a great logistical challenge for saudi arabia and twenty fifteen more than two

thousand four hundred people were killed in a stampede and subsequent crush authorities say they are prepared we have done everything possible to prevent any kind of stampede. the new oil john mara. is just. one evidence of how much saudi arabia is willing to do to protect the security and safety of polygamy and make up people flock to circle the cube shaped islam's holiest site it's what muslims all over the world turn towards cheering their five daily prayers and a place that all hope to see in the flesh at least once in their lives. and just remind her of the top story that we're following for you living in india and showing no sign of easing rescuers in the southern states have karen are stepping up efforts to bring food and water to hundreds of heads in the things both trying

despite high water more than three hundred and fifty people have already died and authorities fear that the death toll could rise. that's it for me for now you are watching you need coming to you live from berlin and more again at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all our latest news and information around. talk on our website that's on the top. is creationist's the interests of the mistake of the logo that icon should. look to really know about the man behind the dark shades. just moments in the life of this great mission designer. kanaka. starts september. double.