justify the means. witnesses starts december 13th on d w. the be. the bad. this is coming to you live from berlin gas a catastrophic flooding event missed much of the historic center is under water of the city was swamped by the highest tide in half a century the prime minister says the flounce on a blow to the heart of italy also coming up. and not easy come in gaza the

militant islamic jihad group announces a ceasefire after days of heavy fighting israel says it's holding fire from now and will quiet with quiet lime to gaza. and why children are likely to suffer for most from climate change experts say the combination of rising temperatures and toxic air means the next generation is especially vulnerable to long term damage to cattle. i don't work under that she must go to havea company. the worst flooding in venice is more than 50 years has brought course for more to be done to protect the historic city from the ravages of rising sea levels much of venice is of world heritage center is under water the mare is blaming climate change and says the

damage we run into hundreds of millions of euros prime minister just said because there has called the flooding a blow to the heart of italy and the worst may not be over. the tide has risen again on say matzah square the basilica one of venice's most iconic landmarks is among the worst hit by the flooding its crypt has been swamped by more than a meter of water. prime minister has epic on to rush to the city to assess the situation his government will strictly decide whether to accept the regional governors appeal and declare a state of emergency. stage i don't see any reason not to declare a state of emergency and begin allocating funds immediately for. local authorities estimate that more than 85 percent of the city was inundated in the past days high winds and heavy rains drove the water level to almost 190

centimeters it hasn't been this bad since 1906 mayor. blamed climate change for the extreme weather and said venice was on its knees there is also plenty of anger here the most and undersea barrier system aimed at protecting venice from high water has faced constant delays since construction began in 2003. been on it for 10 years but they've done nothing it's in total neglect doesn't work $6000000000.00 euros in italy unfortunately. our politicians are all thieves we should all be in. as locals take in the aftermath officials say the damage to the city could total hundreds of millions of euros. and for the very latest let's go live to venice and julius on daily julia what's

the situation in the city today many has started building seemed to have been badly affected by rising waters. yes so as you can see behind me we have currently reached a new high tide peak at is definitely not as high as a record setting one from yesterday and the night before but we are now at around 120 centimeters so i would say it is slightly below my knee i'm standing in water at the moment and one of the most hit buildings is say marks basilica behind me the water entered the building broke the windows invaded the crypt underneath up to $165.00 centimeters and it covered completely the floor of the business. that may cause damage to the marble and the mosaic on the floor of the basilica and to the columns in the crypt the damage will have to be assessed in the future when the

water starts to dry out but it looks like it's in the millions of euros country as we heard the report because huge public anger in venice over the long delayed flood protection system what can you tell us. i've been speaking to people here in venice this morning and people have been telling me they are not really hopeful about this big infrastructure infrastructure which was started to being so constructed in 2003 it was meant to be finished 5 years ago but it was controversial the work was slow and it was also marred by scandal it consists in a system of barriers and dams underwater at specific points in the lagoon. which are meant to rise up only when the level of the water reaches a certain a certain level so as more the most the water goes up the more the barriers go up but the works have been delayed people here also not sure whether once it's

completed it's meant to be completed in 2 years it will actually work any will actually block the high tides. the marriage the city has said venice is on its knees how are people there coping with this very difficult situation. people here are used to hardship they are used to high tides coming in every year so they do have the stamina to cope with things like this but this tide that happened yesterday was exceptional people are frustrated they have to deal with a lot of damage not only in stores in hotels in cafes but also in their homes so it's going to take a lot of resilience a lot of money and a lot of work to read the bills and refurbish what was damaged so venetians are frustrated but they are ready to keep going. julia sunday in venice thank you very much for that update on the floods in the city of. israel

and the militant palestinian group islamic jihad have agreed on a cease fire deal to end the heaviest fighting in months along the gaza border at least $34.00 palestinians including a family of 6 have been killed israel says it's quiet with quiet but insists it will not stop its policies of targeted killings of militants. into the night sky above gaza before being snuffed out by israel's iron dome missile defense system. as d. broke into bacon a fraud piece here. news of a deescalation in the air. we confirm the decease fire deal was reached under the supervision of egypt and it went into effect on the ground at 5 am with islamic jihad to conditions of. the dealing

kluge the occupier israel submission to conditions to stop this as a nation's protect the march of return demonstrators and to begin the procedures to break the siege of gaza. the clashes began after israeli forces killed a senior commander from the palestinian militant group islamic jihad they fought back firing hundreds of missiles towards israel destroying buildings and when doing residents striking panic into everyday life. 2 days ago i became a father but now the rockets called me in the hospital we don't get used to this. it was is really fire power which proved deadliest air strikes or militant targets

in the occupied territory of gaza killed dozens many of them civilians and children as real says the ceasefire deal will bring an end to the bloodshed though not the grief. joining me now on the line from gaza is journalist. has and do you think the cease fire will hold given the different interpretations of this cease fire deal on both sides specially israel's policy of targeted killing killings of militants. well i think this ceasefire will hold but for how long this is the question i mean from previous experiences. after each round of confrontation and military action from both sides whether from gaza or israel there is a relation of the cease fire and every time there is any new or this cease fire for this moment i think both sides are interested or restore cease fire so i think this

would hold but we don't know. will. remain at least today is the finding of taken dead to what can you tell us about the damage there. well the city for most anywhere where carol. joking about trends off the air strikes targeted different different fields of agriculture and houses. over all the houses where partially and completely destroyed we are talking about over 6 at least 6 children with pills among them before we are talking about over a 100 were injured as the minister of education in gaza mentioned 6 you don't wear on the. 15th schools where were damage and affected by the strike.

although the goal is to kill damages really high goggles does are for 48 hours where where it where a stock and. in a fear of a new war. a long war and you know after the experience of 3 wars and in the boston 10 years so that is the most effective and damage among the houses so far hamas which controls gaza has stayed out of this most recent conflict do you think this is likely to remain the case. well hamas decided to from the beginning i mean it was obvious that was interested being involved has its own political calculation of hamas and the. difficulties and the hardship of life in gaza hamas is ruling going though so anything would i mean like a new war my my my role when it it's at the laity or. so hamas decided

to not to interfere in this and left. the fire for ok it's the revenge. in the hands of islamic jihad even have as was pushing islam jihad to accept the ceasefire there were helping big gyptian variable which we're talking really. all be asleep how much is pushing islamic jihad to accept a cease fire so i think come out at this level well will will remain. i mean away from its collation house in pollution in gaza thank you very much for this is cessna and. me in yesterday's and some of the stories making news around the want students from maine then china and leaving hong kong university says volunteer to test the fact campuses many classes have already been canceled the test as have these barricades public life has been disrupted as

defense team wants one more autonomy from beijing. trade is raising to size again another live being the death toll to 4 firefighters are struggling to contain dozens of blazes dunning across the country's east coast a separate emergency warning has been issued for a fire threatening a city in western australia. new zealand lawmakers have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia the final decision will not be put to the public in a referendum during the country's general election next year the bill allows for terminally ill patients to request a medically assisted death. across the planet climate change is having a huge impact on the environment and also on human health amid a new study released by the world health organization says children are likely to suffer the worst effects do science correspondent derek williams explains.

rising temperatures will have a major impact on agriculture and global yield potential for staple crops like maize and rice is already in decline if the downward trend continues while populations rise food prices will be driven up leading to more malnutrition among the world's poorest and in children that can affect development dramatically causing lifelong health problems. and climate change is closely tied to another a key factor in child development air quality children born today will on average be breathing and more toxic air than their parents that will cause rates of respiratory diseases like asthma to rise and increase their long term risk of heart attack and stroke. the current generation will also experience more extreme weather related events than their parents the health of hundreds of millions of people worldwide has already affected by flooding heat waves droughts and wildfires if we

aren't able to keep temperatures from rising under 2 degrees celsius tomorrow's children will be exposed to the hazards of extreme weather throughout their lifetimes. and as temperatures warm the conditions improve for diseases like dengue fever cholera and diarrheal infections the range for mosquitoes that carry viral pathogens is expanding and as their young immune systems haven't developed fully children are much more likely to suffer later health issues or die if they contract those illnesses climate change is already having an effect on child health the report concludes and it will only get worse if the planet continues to warm up. joining me around the studio is detlev gunter he's a professor at shot to take europe's largest university hospital here in berlin. professor gunton now we've seen life expectancy has been increasing over the past

decades but what we heard from the report of the dire results of climate change are we going to see this trend reverse. well definitely there's a dangerous and indeed there has been great progress in the past but this came at a cost and we have been using natural resource aussie's and we have been overheating of the planet and this of course has consequences in it as we have seen children of the most vulnerable so they suffer the most and the old people and really make a difference where these children reach far as the world they are living yes the world is not equal and there are certain areas and the world russia if not benefited from the progress and that is africa of course in south america spots of asia and there we have to make have major attention that these are not. you know is suffering too much and that he kind of continue our progress at the expense of other regions of the world that you talked about children as well as or people being worst affected by climate change the most mundell ponce off society in the

past we've made so much of progress in medical terms can be kind of talk a way out of this crisis dr the way out of the crisis medicine can have and we do have to have that health is modern medicine and medicine is a social science by the way and we have to see the holistic picture of climate change and what comes from and doctors have a responsibility to look at beyond what they do in the daily practice they have to look at to the conditions we live in and that is very important but our environment has been deteriorating for decades for example i'm sure my grandparents and my parents lived a healthier life than i'm leading now and that to continue but somehow the body seems to have adapted to these changes do you see that happening or the body will not adapt i mean we can protect ourselves if we have the means to do that and your grandparents devote about 1000000000 people on earth know we are 7 soon we will be

10000000000 people on earth so the problems are increasing and it's speeding up and we have to cope. with that and this takes more measures than what has been done 100 years ago now you had the was a health summit which took this is a couple of weeks in but then climate change and its impact on health was a top of the agenda what kind of policy decisions did you come up with which should be a priority to combat this the most important is health and or policies it's not just health it's security i mean if that floats and so on then you know there is or kinds of things happening so as the joint forces have to be there it is foreign policy we have to look at other regions of the world it's the economy we cannot have. increasing economy and what's in some regions at the expense of others and using all the natural resources so the governments have to really look at telus and

wellbeing of people in all areas of governments and the other point is universal health coverage needs health coverage and taking care of people all over the board this is not the case at the present time absolutely not emma for example we were just looking out in delhi that the schools were closed because of high small how important is local action to protect children from the effects of climate change where no connection is important enough cause children these are toxic gases it's you know they hurt the whole body it's name of had tickets they go everywhere in the body and has a long term consequences for a child. but. they come from somewhere they may come from d.d. but they come you know with a wince they come all over the world so it's not just one region it's the planet it's planet earth which we have to protect and this is genuine development voice actually you know decided by the united nations going from know how much you know how much education and partnership for the goal is i think putting together in

governments but world wide that's what's required at the present time so a lot of work still to be done professor and deathless gunton thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us and. he was in the news coming up ahead chilling as this town reaching its 1st ever national park to protect its natural resources but what will be the impact on the look at populations. but for the u.s. where lawmakers in washington have begun public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump the 1st in 20 the televised hearings kicked off on tuesday returns to many from the 2 top u.s. diplomats dealing with ukraine trump has called the process a witch hunt he says he's been too busy to watch the proceedings. a historic day for the united states hours of testimony played out on television screens across the country we will come to order. morning everyone. the

inquiry centers on an alleged pressure campaign aimed at forcing ukraine to investigate the u.s. president's political rival joe biden and on wednesday one of the diplomats who testified linked donald trump more directly to those efforts the acting ambassador to kiev said a member of his staff overheard a conversation in which trump asked you ambassador gordon song lindt if you successfully pushed the ukrainians into a night sing the investigation all when the call with president trump the member of my staff asked investor song what president trump thought about ukraine as the song responded that president front cares more about the investigations of biden trump later said he did not remember the conversation. i don't recall not even a little bit. but democrats are hoping to build a case that trump did in fact abuse his power of office to pressure ukraine

behavior they say would warrant removing him from office is this what americans should now expect from their president if this is not impeachable conduct. what is the republican say it's not rather than denying the manty evidence of a pressure campaign they are now focused on arguing that it is not grounds for impeachment it seems unlikely that fresh evidence will change that strategy when the next round of hearings begin on friday. and on to china with its focus on conservation the government is working to create a national park system the to better protect its spectacular natural resources one of the 1st box sangean new one national park in the province is set to open its gates in 2020 and it's good news for the environment but this concern about what it means for the local population in

a region that was unexpired china in the 19 $150.00 s. lustrous mountains clear that is and abundant wildlife. including the rest no limit. bees are some of the treasures of what set to become one of china's 1st national parks inching high province conservationists are excited it's huge it's diverse it's got almost every ecosystem you could possibly look for. creating spaces to protect nature is not a new idea in china some 15 percent of the land has been set aside as parks but they are run by various agencies and currently don't have and forcible guidelines to protect the ecosystems the government just hoping a unified national park system will change that. if we fail to protect this homeland and we will have failed to take care of ourselves or does our

old. there are a number of people who support and will benefit from the creation of the national park inching high province but there is consensus about what it will mean for the bulk of the local population many of whom are tibetan i meant more than 100000 people live within the parks boundaries only a by and chinese officials have alluded that some of them will be relocated. i don't review we've we are going to move all the all the people within like of the future national park so the so that's what we need to respect to the traditional way of like a community in the early to thousands tens of thousands of tibetan nomads were paid to resettle in townships ending their traditional way of life to enable china to conserve and show off the region's environmental treasures. this is

news and these are our top stories the mayor of venice says the city is on its knees after the highest tide in more than 50 years left much of the city flooded damage to its rock heritage center is expected to run into hundreds of millions of euros. and the militant palestinian group islamic jihad have agreed to a cease fire to end the heaviest fighting in months along the gaza border despite the truce more rockets were fired from the gaza strip into israel. the u.s. house of representatives has begun public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump a top u.s. diplomat testified the trump asked the ukrainian president about a corruption probe into joe biden's trump's political rival.

u.s. president donald trump has hosted his turkish counterpart. on a coast close personal relationship the 2 failed to resolve differences over northeastern syria and turkey a russian made missile defense system. this is news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter that's at d w news or you can visit our website that z.w. dot com. coming up next we have business news with ben fizzing of who's with me right here to tell us what we can expect welcome ben you know economic data come out and it seems john is just managed to escape a recession by. it's we've been talking about this for months now germany falling into recession blaming of course the trade war slowing global growth slowing china but the fact is the order books full here we have full employment you and i are well off a lot of germans are having a great old time in comparison to other economies around the world but the german

economy is getting very close to recession and it is stagnating right now i'd like to know. if stagnation is just as dangerous as a recession i'll be talking to an expert about that in my show coming up in a sick right thank you very much ben president you have that been physical we'll have business news coming up for you shortly but for me under touchy mind the new stamp it's by phone and remember lots more on our website than v.w. dot com about. the for.

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