her. close the book . this is t w news live from berlin and the u.s. vice president says the migrant detention system on the texas mexico border is overloaded his comments came after he visited 2 detention camps on the border around the country hundreds of vigils have been held calling for those camps to be closed. our u.s. correspondent helen humphrey is in new orleans where storm barry has made landfall . the storm has pulled powerful green down to rain to new orleans and all for it is

a warning that the state of louisiana still faces a significant threat in the coming days. and at least $26.00 people are dead after al-shabaab extremists stormed a hotel in somalia the security forces say they've killed all the militants after 814 hour siege in the port city of kismayo. both. the both. waiter thank you for joining us. the u.s. vice president mike pence has said the situation at the mexican border is in crisis his words came after a visit to 2 overcrowded migrant detention centers in texas president said on friday that he had dispatched plans to the border to dispel the multitudes of reports of dire conditions at the centers meanwhile vigils were held around the

country to call for an end to the trump administration's migrant policy. a vigil in front of the white house calling for the closure of detention centers it was one of around 700 nationwide the activists here say that the way migrants are treated is incompatible with american values. because of the kids held in cages because of the horrible treatments going on the borders of the united states and we really need to demonstrate to show people they were a better country than that we can really open our borders and welcome people and i think we've deviated from our founding values and we need to return and i'm pleased to see this group united here and in many other places across the country almost 400 men were at an overcrowded and foul smiling detention center that u.s. vice president mike pence visited in texas. but president donald trump insisted the migrants are being treated well. they're the ones that said there were drugs they

are ready to have a lot of people but there are good yes i did with ice and i did with border patrol a lot they love those people governor draws the border they love them after touring detention facilities some members of congress have criticized the separation of families the lack of drinking water and say migrants are forced to sleep on concrete floors was worst about this mr chairman was the fact that there were american flags hanging all over these facilities that children being separated from their parents in front of an american flag. that women were being called these names under an american flag but president trump has pledged to continue his policies aimed at discouraging immigration he said nationwide agreed to deport illegal immigrants would begin on sunday. elsewhere in the u.s. tropical storm barry has hit the gulf coast near new orleans it's

a relatively weak storm but weather forecasters say very slow speed means it can dump huge amounts of rain over the region water levels are already threatening the city's levees as authorities warn of a deadly flooding across the gulf coast tens of thousands of people have already lost power in the state of louisiana. and joining us now from new orleans is dubious correspondent helena humphrey helena barry it was a hurricane it's now weakened to a tropical storm but how big of a threat is that still pose to the region where it's made landfall. make no mistake my it is still very much a threat meteorologist say it is normal for a storm to be downgraded once it hit lands and once it hits the land because then it is not over the water where it sucks its energy ops of the seas rather than normal but at the same time of course the warrior with barry has always been the war to in a flood plain prone area where we are now for example in new orleans we're worried

about that long slow epic drench all of water in the coming days and i will say that one levee one river has already overflowed and levee not here by the mississippi river the river but about an hour and a hoff away from here and there we saw a flash flooding triggered i've already sold and ground in another part of the state we saw 12 people have to be rescued by helicopter today and even if this storm has been downgraded we normally see the 1st hurricane of the year on the 10th all organists already this is one month and it's not just the levees right there are fears that the mississippi river might overflow its banks is that still a concern that has been a concern what i can say right now is that the river is very swollen as you can see it has reached about 5 meters today and the levees are at 6 meters they were significantly rebuilt in the wake of hurricane katrina the governor says right now

that they feel confident that they will be able to hold the top. back so right now it seems that everything is in place all the floodgates are closed and that risk has subsided here in new orleans and of course new orleans is the city where over a decade ago hurricane katrina absolutely the vis aerated the place brought enormous amounts of flooding our people there confident now that the city can withstand a similar event. i think opinion is divided my and there does remain a great deal of public mistrust i spoke to some people this morning who said that they know of people in the neighborhoods who had just simply taken the choice to leave if they could and of course that memory of that trauma which saw 1800 people killed is still high on people's mind when they're faced with a storm like this and some people just take matters into their own hands they are the sandbags up their house or they just choose to leave although there was no show

in forced evacuation due to the fact that this was a hurricane category one and not normally only happens with hurricane category 3. and helena humphrey for us in new orleans thank you so much and please stay safe. more than 25 people have died and dozens more have been injured in a suicide attack on a hotel in somalia suspected islamised a gunman stormed the building in the city of kismayo and held people hostage overnight here's more. of. the aftermath of the deadly car bombing and night long siege it's plain to see the facade of the hotel left charred and in tatters a suicide bomber rammed a theory loaded with explosives into the entrance gates gunman and then stormed the hotel in the southern port city of kosmo the al qaeda linked islamist group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack it's the deadliest terror related

incident in the area since the extremist organization was forced out of the city in 2012 those killed include a local politician the kenyans americans and to person a prominent canadian somali journalist and her house they have also been named as the monks the. people around the world to pay tribute to 46 year old had done in my life welcome to not publish back hey guys i managed to hide my facebook life as shown in that book with our nanny the mother of 2 grew up in canada and was well known for her work within the somali community that she was described as a beacon of hope and someone who maintained her somali integrity the african union has condemned the attack saying the incident aimed to derail progress in somalia as the country rebuilds and consolidates the gains made on peace and security. and for

the very latest we're joined now by journalist abilities below he's on the line from somalia's capital mogadishu thank you so much for joining us what was our trying to achieve with this attack and why now. well according to media reports of the 2 received the militant group main message was. still existing and that despite the reports by u.s. africa command on the somali government and its security partners that the top be overpowered the group's message was that yes we are still around and we can strike at. any time so this little attack was kind of a surprise attack because nobody expected the militant group al-shabaab which is kind of attacking the port city of we have seen such kind of delicious hikes and hotel siege by the capital city mogadishu where many people but this is the 1st time that a similar type of peace nature has taken place in case my own the exact target for the militant group this time was

a hotel that is mostly frequented by the day and legislative plan as it's so their main objective was to kill as many people as possible so that elections that are due slated for next month can be compromised and the government might be able to rethink and try to look one of the venue to all these elections or immediately postpone these elections so the status quo is the one that is affecting us or what they wanted to cause. so that the government. for a regional administration rather than the government in mogadishu can restart it i don't really think about that election can take place there of course al shabaab coming out to say we're still here implies that they've gone away is there a sense now that they are gaining strength in the region again. well in recent months the particular case my own its surroundings that there's been an increase in strikes me by the u.s. africa command at least likely been very effective in the sense that they've managed to contain al-shabaab militant groups for

a couple of months now in the early general. strike. 50 kilometers northwest of my kill almost of 76 militants so that was a big shock to the militant group and this is one of the reasons experts here nobody to a thing that prompted the group to try to wage and not smile because they've not been able to do any kind of attack there for the last 6 years so these crews of the regional administration has been able to contain the church that is caused by the group but these attacks raises serious concerns in the sense that even the attackers were wearing police uniforms or regional college to put to task to explain how the militants acquired these uniforms before launching such a brazen attack in the center of the city until it is bill are speaking to us from mogadishu thank you so much. and now on to some of the other stories making news around the world syrian rescuers and activists say at least 12 civilians have been

killed in government and russian air strikes the attacks took place in the region syria's last rebel stronghold most of the victims were in an informal camp for internally displaced people near the town of qana. a russian proton am it rockets has successfully launched a cutting edge space telescope into orbit the specter argy telescope is a close collaboration between russian and german scientists the spacecraft is expected to detect galaxy clusters observe millions of black holes and tens of thousands of star forming galaxies. one small step for man one giant leap for mankind the words of astronaut neil armstrong when he became the 1st human to walk on the moon it's been almost 50 years since the historic apollo 11 mission ahead of the anniversary auction houses in new york are preparing for sales of artifacts from that voyage including the original if somewhat grimy

film images of that iconic moment this could be the highlight of the upcoming apollo 11 auctions the lunar module timeline a flight manual of step by step instructions for bringing the mission slender to the moon surface. it contains dozens of notes and written by the mission's astronauts. it's annotated by them in real time on page 10 aldrin has written the landing of eagle and this is the 1st writing done by a human being on another celestial body. could manual that help to make these moments possible could fetch up to an estimated $9000000.00 making it one of the most expensive books ever sold. another auction highlights what's touted as the best quality video recording of the 1st steps taken on the move the former announcer in turn bought the footage from the space agency in 1976 only in

recent years did not realize it had sold off the original real. bids are expected to climb up to $2000000.00 for tapes offering unparalleled glimpses of a turning point in the history of humankind. in sport simona halep has defeated serena williams to win her 1st wimbledon singles title williams was the overwhelming favorite for the match but failed to find her best as the remaining and made a blistering start the world number 7 kept the momentum in the 2nd set sealing her 2nd grand slam victory in commanding style the score 6262 meanwhile at the tour de france thomas to hand has won the 8th stage after dominating the 200 kilometer stretch from a song to sound at c.n.n. the hero of the day though it was a local favorite. he reclaimed the overall the it and with it the yellow jersey after finishing the stage in 3rd place that means

a frenchman will be wearing the yellow jersey on sunday as the country celebrates celebrates bastille day. you're watching news from berlin coming up next as world stories the week in reports don't forget you can always get all the latest news on our website d.w. dot com i'm my ash waiter thanks for joining us. now for. what secrets lie behind these memos to. find out the mercy of experience and explore a fascinating world cultural heritage sunny's. d.w. world heritage 360.