the at. this is the news coming to you live from berlin catastrophic flooding in venice much of the historic center is underwater after the city was swamped by the highest tide in half a century the prime minister says the flounce are a blow to the heart of italy also coming up. a fragile calm in gaza our drug itself fine into southern israel just hours after the announcement of a cease fire with the palestinians the agreement aims to end some of the heaviest fighting in months along the gaza border. and the neo nazis conducting vigilante

patrols on the streets of berlin and critics have drawn parallels with hitler's s.s. but the right thing it seems to say they just want to protect people. i don't work and i'm under that she managed to have you with us. then this is in the grip of the worst flood scene in more than 50 years and extreme high tide to submerge the world heritage city center prime minister just said pick on to has called the flooding a blow to the heart of italy the mare is blaming climate change and says the damage were drawn into hundreds of millions of euros. the tide has risen again on st mark's a square the basilica one of venice's most iconic. mox is among the worst hit by

the flooding its crypt has been swamped by more than a meter of water. prime minister. rushed 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. to local authorities estimate that more than 85 percent of the city was inundated in the past days high winds and heavy rain drove the water level to almost 190 centimeters it hasn't been this bad since 1906 mayor who will blame the 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 jail. 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. delhi julia what's the situation in the city today many historic 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 it is definitely not as high as a record setting one. 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 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 couldn't 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 under water 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 are also not sure whether once it's completed it's meant to be completed in 2 years it will actually work and it will actually block the high tides. the man with the city has said venice is on its knees how they're coping with this very difficult situation. people here are used to hardship they are used to high tides coming in every. a

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. israel says a series of rockets have been fired from gaza and despite a cease fire that was agreed earlier with the palestinian militant group islamic jihad the last 2 days have been seen the heaviest fighting in months along the gaza border at least 34 palestinians including a family of 6 have been killed israel says it will answer quiet with quiet but insists it will not stop its policy of targeted killings of militants.

into the night sky above gaza before being snuffed out by israel's iron dome missile defense system. broke it seemed to beckon a fraud piece here. news of a deescalation in the. also confirmed the deceased fire deal was reached under the supervision of egypt and it went into effect on the ground at 5 am with islamic jihad conditions. the dealing kluge the occupier israel submission to conditions to stop this assassination protect the much 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 the fought back firing hundreds of michel's towards israel destroying buildings and new indian residents striking panic into everyday life. 2 days ago i became a faster but now the rockets called me here in the hospital we don't get used to this. it was is really fire power which proved deadliest air strikes on 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. hasn't do you think the cease fire will hold a given the different interpretations of this ceasefire 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 violation of the cease fire and every time there is any new or 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. and will. remain at least 2 days a finding of cake and doing what can you tell us amongst the scale of the damage there. well the before phones where we're killed. talking about trends off the air strikes targeted

different different fields of agriculture and houses. over 40 houses where partially and completely destroyed we are talking about over 6 at least 6 children with killed among them before we are talking about over a 100 were injured as the minister of education in gaza mentioned think students were on their. 15 schools where were damaged and affected by the strike. older the psychology killed images really high goggles for 48 hours where where where a stock and. in a few year 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 all of us that was not interested involved has its own political consolation understand. the difficulties and the hardship of life in gaza hamas is moving down the so many 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 opiates and the revenge. in the hands of islamic jihad even how mass was pushing islam jihad to accept the ceasefire they were helping the aged boys we're talking really. all be asleep how

mass 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 escalation. pollution in gaza thank you very much for this is this and. let me now bring you up to date but some other stories making news around the world germany has now really avoided entering a recession that's according to the detail which has just been released experts had expected growth to grind to a halt in the 1st quarter the u.s. china trade dispute has helped drive germany's key manufacturing sector into a shop downturn. renewed clashes have broken out in the believe in capital as the under the day after the senate leader jeannine i was sworn in as interim president the former head of state able what alice was ousted this week and fled to mexico.

australia's raging bushfires have claimed another life bringing the death toll to 4 firefighters are struggling to contain dozens of blazes burning across the east coast a separate emergency warning has gone out for a fire threatening a city in western australia new zealand nor makers of voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia the final decision will not be pushed to the public in a referendum during next year's general election the bill allows for terminally ill patients to request a medically assisted death. your makers in washington have begun public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against president daughter trump the 1st time in 20 years the televise hearings kicked off on wednesday with testimony from 2 top u.s. diplomats dealing with ukraine trump has called the process a witch hunt he says he's too busy to watch the proceedings. a historic day for

the united states hours of testimony played out on television screens across the country from the war. good 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 to e.u. ambassador gordon sunderland if he'd successfully pushed the ukrainians into a night sing the investigation. all when the call with president trump the member of my staff asked investors on 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 man 1000 evidence of oppression 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. you're watching the news coming up ahead how politics is turning musical and as a form of pop star emerges as a challenger for the highest office. but 1st here in germany authorities are growing increasingly wide about the appearance of vigilante for cho's self-proclaimed patrol groups operating in some german cities they act as

if they're responsible for law and order which is actually the task of the police but these groups claim state law enforcement is not meeting its obligations the interior ministry has found that these german vigilante approaches are being set up by far right extremists who have their own agenda we accompanied a patrol in berlin. a vigilante patrol in the heart of berlin 3 men from the n.p.t. a neo nazi party the leader of this patrol is the boss stan schmidt who has a criminal record for incitement to hatred is an avowed far right extremist the michaud that i think right wing extremism sounds very strange to me where people who love our homeland definitely who stand up for our people whether that's right wing extremist i personally don't care what people call it we do what we think we should out of conviction if that's right wing extremist i don't care. you know i don't have any for. the appearance of the vigilante patrol evokes images of nazi

propaganda the name shaft should go on and or make safe zones can be abbreviated with s s in german just like hitler's paramilitary organization would make safe zone sound strange and i think getting us from shop shirts on was outrageous. but it's close shop shots on an s.s. port make safe zones as a demand so what people see as us in it calling it protection zones would be boring the patrol zeroes in on its 1st operation of the day the men call out to 2 young women collecting signatures the right wing extremists believe their scammers and pickpockets but they can't prove it the patrol follows them for a few minutes because when i come from eastern southeastern europe there are 17 years old and they're holding these lists. does a list and. it's often the case in this area these people so-called gypsies is indian roma they do those kinds of things here if you know the death strains in

central berlin notice the patrols off camera a few welcomes the idea that someone is watching out they say there is too little police presence but most people we meet here are critical of the n.p.t. patrol. in the n.p.t. lein i categorically reject the n.p.t. and we don't need a safe zone because we have police and they do their jobs properly. i think it's totally unnecessary that some people feel the need to take action themselves so they figure if lucic issued a mission and i don't even feel threatened anyway in berlin with. all that i need protection. i don't finish. the numbers don't support the need for a vigilante patrol the crime rate has been decreasing for years statistics say local residents feel safe the government is alarmed by the spread of the patrols. vigilante patrols are

a worrying phenomenon that in germany law enforcement is soley the duty of the state it has a monopoly on the use of force whenever so-called self-proclaimed vigilante patrols supposedly try to create law and order instead of the state it lies outside of our legal order and we can't tolerate it which will include a good. home we also need to raise awareness among all police departments on how to handle such groups. the police are present and central berliner they stop the patrol someone called the emergency services because of the right wing extremist i.d.'s are checked and recorded but nothing else is done. just to have a nice day seem to you to have a good day. for. the safe sound patrol moves on no one stops it authorities don't have effective guidelines to deal with such groups they don't even know how many vigilantes are patrolling across germany. says we have been no

exact figures on the. picture so how big is the problem i put that question to a political correspondent moxy 1000000 akashic. yes else by d.w. the german domestic intelligence service has not been able to give any estimates of how big this phenomenon nuffin to learn to patrols is in germany so for. well we've gathered reports that estimates that in about 30 cities across germany this problem has occurred over these patrols have occurred but of course on the 1st sign as you see in the report it doesn't necessarily look at up as a problem at 1st these groups look very civil they could be easily mistaking for a private security company moving around in a group of 2 in very official looking vests but they are not these groups do have a political motive they're coming with a right wing attitude and of course there have been reports of these groups also intimidating people or harassing those that they deem foreign looking and what can

be done against these vigilante is not even legal because as we saw in our report the police seemed quite helpless when they faced one of these vigilante patrols is what we see in the report is that these group pairing and early groups of 2 just making citizens local people are just aware of some a situation that is perfectly within the legal framework here in germany and that is nothing where they're becoming offensive a criminal but this is only something that we've seen in berlin so in other parts of germany where for example these groups have been patrolling refugee centers or homes or they have been incidents of intimidating that is of course not ok end of thora these are now encouraging citizens when they see these patrolling groups to at least alert authorities so that the authorities can now start to quantify this phenomenon and can take note of how many groups are operating around and take notice and try to track its maximum in a cushy thank you very much for that. a wave of artists turning to politics is

inspiring young people in uganda the charismatic musician actor bobby wine has been a member of parliament for 3 years like he's emerged as a serious challenger to president you're very much of any initially dismissive of the trip from wine most of any is now sitting back and as we hear in our report music is an important part of the battle for the hearts and minds. preparing for a performance for uganda's president yoweri museveni michael game big is recasting . the artist also has a day job was in late this ignited presidential adviser get off. presenting the 7 so the real man who can bring love and peace in a ghetto. and to work for the people to bring them to bring them in

a government of program to get to use them until they fill out which a man was a friend of both the one room rule but the musician who is trying to unseat president most of any in the 2021 elections. that you're enjoyed more than a decade of successfully making music together. but just doesn't trust he's from apartment to lead to the mission so butcher man is backing with 70 . i can't be so sure about what he wanted in one was a politician no. i can't support these ideas and and everything i and the president was 70 has a record of using music to mobilize supporters even went to the recording studios himself i some say that this time getting up close to artists is

a direct attack strategy on his new pop stop political opponent. but as more 70 florence's new musical roots the winds not tired of releasing music that slams this government. through his music into people about the goings on the current state politically and otherwise but is that our government is doing but also what people can do as citizens what they can do to contribute to the betterment of things and he's been doing that through music and so the city lies is this thing is very powerful. popstar polymeric has already started to divide to define this but some are wary of choosing trucks by their political affiliations. i can't follow him in his new career of politics but i love his music. if he wants to do something

to eat he's doing he's. what he's had trying his best to be what he wants when it comes to political parties and where the musician sings for the ruling party all the others it does not affect me because that's their choice and i can't be stopped from supporting my candidate when i got it but when the music is off ugandans demand more from their leaders being one of the youngest populations in the world issues like health care education and jobs. as the presidential elections drawing near. to sports and we have tennis for use to final city secured a place in the final 4 of the a.t.p. finals in london after a straight sets victory over germany. where the 21 year old is the 1st greek ever to compete at this tournament he took the 1st set $63.00 against. the defending

champion 22 year olds of wherever still has a chance to claim the group's final qualifying place on friday city passes next match is insanity is setting finals after completing a 6362 victory. here's a recap of the stories that we're following for you. the mayor of venice says the city is on its knees off the highest tide in more than 50 years brought heavy flooding the prime minister has courted a blow to the heart of italy. and palestinian militants have fired a berdache a few rockets into israel just hours after the announcement of a cease fire the agreement aims to end saw the heaviest fighting in months along the gaza border. coming up next in sebastian interviews the czech foreign minister to must better check it in our

program conflicts so on and remember you can always get the latest news and information are around the clock on our web site as d.w. dot com i'm on with the team up from me and the news team a pleasure to have their company.

into the conflict zone with sebastian with time running out full throttle is on london to get a back seat deal with climbing to keep the blame on the briton if a negotiation is found my guest this week here in prague is the czech foreign minister tomas petrusha he has surprisingly clear differences with the government

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a lead role like you've never seen before let me be clear with. the mayor that i'm your average to the ends justify the means. clinton's witnesses starts december 13th on d w. the thing that. a lot of countries in the central europe you've seen massive demonstrations protests demonstrations up for the prime minister to decide whether he won't focus that was fired on the belief in the independence so far to the story with time running out for brussels in london to get a deal with climbing through people of a blame on britain if the negotiations fail my guest this week here in prague is the czech pharmacist but. he has surprisingly clear differences with the government he so of why doesn't he resign.