this is news coming to you live from catastrophic flooding in venice much of things

started centers on the water off the city were swamped by the highest tide and pop century the prime minister says the sounds of a blow to the heart of italy also coming up. a front journal column in gaza rockets are fired into southern israel just hours after the announcement of a cease fire with the palestinians the agreement was supposed to end some of the heaviest fighting in months along the gaza border. and why children are likely to suffer most from climate change experts say the combination of rising temperatures and toxic air means the next generation especially vulnerable to long term damage to their health. i don't welcome. good to have you. the prime minister of italy says the flooding

disaster in the city of venice is a blow to the heart of the country decepticon grave was preparing to release emergency funds to deal with the aftermath of the flooding damage is expected to run into hundreds of millions of euros and the merit of venice is the very future of the city is at stake. 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 just epic content rushed to the city twist sets the situation he promised his government will act swiftly to provide funds and resources. hold a cabinet meeting today where we will declare a state of emergency as requested by the region's governor. this will allow us to

start allocating funds for rescue right and to restore services across the city. to. 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 and it's the only $6000000000.00 euros in italy unfortunately. our policy. 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 julius on daily deal 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 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 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 reporters 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 also not sure whether once it's completed it's meant to be completed in 2 years it will actually work and he will actually block the high tides. the minute 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. julius on day in venice thank you very much for that update on the floods in the city of. israel says a series of rockets have been fired from gaza despite a cease fire that was agreed with the militant palestinian group islamic jihad the last 2 days have seen the heaviest fighting in months along the gaza border israel says it's on for quiet with quiet but insists it will not stop a spot a sea of targeted killings of militants. metal soar into the night sky above gaza before being snuffed out by israel's iron dome missile defense system. but as day broke it seemed to beckon a fragile peace here. news of

a deescalation in the area. also confirmed that a cease fire deal was reached under the supervision of egypt and it went into effect on the ground at 5 am with islamic jihad conditions of. the dealing kluge the occupier israel submission to conditions to stop the assassinations protect the much of return demonstrators and to begin the procedures to break the siege of gaza or one stop where the the clashes began after is really forces killed a senior commander from the palestinian militant group islamic jihad they fought back firing hundreds of michel's towards israel destroying buildings a noonday resident 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 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. i spoke earlier to janice haas and pollution on the line from gaza and tell us about the scale of damage caused by this most recent fighting. the city for phone where we're. talking about tens off the airstrikes targeted different in different fields so hungry children 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 6 juden. 15 schools where wear them isn't affected by the strike. older the goal if you killed a mage is really high goggles for 48 hours where where it where a stock and. in after 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 from the beginning i

mean it was obvious that was not interested being involved has its own political calculation understand. the difficulties and the hardship of life in gaza hamas is ruling down that so any anything would i mean like a new war my my my role when it it's at the laity or for holding so how many decided to not to interfere in this and left. the fire for ok it's the revenge. in the hands of islamic jihad even hamad 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 will will will will remain. i mean away from escalation. pollution in gaza thank you very much for this is this

and. let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world germany has now really avoided entering a recession that's according to data released today experts had expected growth to grind to a halt in the 3rd quarter the u.s. china town of dispute led to a slump in jim these key manufacturing sector. germany's bonum and has approved a law mandating children and to be vaccinated against the measles virus the measure requires parents to prove their children have been vaccinated before they can enter a kindergarten or school nieces cases have in 2019 the law takes effect in march next year. renewed clashes have broken out in the bolivian capital la paz the undressed comes a day after the senate leader. has was sworn in as interim president the former head of state evil one alice was ousted this week and has taken refuge in mexico.

across the planet climate change is having a huge impact on the environment and also on human health a major new study says chooser are likely to suffer the worst effects the science correspondent atika 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 shadid to europe's largest university hospital here and 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. definitely there is 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 sauces 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 die in response the world they live in yes the world is not equal and there are certain areas in the world russia have not benefited from the progress and that is africa of course in south america and spots

of asia and there we are going to have to make have major attention that these are not. you know suffering too much and that he kind of continue our progress at the expense of other regions of the world like you talked about children as well as or if people being worst affected by climate change the most bundle of bonds all 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 help and we do have to have the terror of this 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 their 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 now the body will not adapt i mean we can protect ourselves if we have the means to do that and you'll grant parents their vote about $1000000000.00 people on earth know we are 7 so we would be $10000000000.00 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 have the love 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 in our 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 securing forces have to be then it is foreign policy we have to look at other regions of the world it's the economy we cannot have. always increasing economy and wealth in some regions at the expense of others and using all the natural resources so the governments have to really look at tess and wellbeing of people in all areas of governance and the other point is universal health coverage need 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 so how important is local action to protect children from the effects of climate change where local action is important and of course children these are toxic gases it's you know they hurt the whole body it's naina patrick that they go everywhere in the body and has a long term consequences for a child. but. they come from somewhere you know they may come from d.d.t.

but they came you know with it once they come all over the world so it's not just one region it's the only planet it's planet earth which we have to protect and this is state of a development voice actually you know decided by the united nations going from know how much you know how much to education and partnership for the goal is i think working together in government spending work right that's what's required at the present time so a lot of work still to be done professor detlev gunton thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us and. and in germany authorities are growing increasingly worried about the appearance of vigilante patrols search for clean patrol groups operating in some german cities they act as if they are responsible for law and order which is actually the task of the police but the groups claim state law enforcement is not meeting its obligations the interior ministry has found that these german vigilante part of being set up by far right extremists with

their own agenda a company to 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 from a show 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 if. the apparence 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 as us from shock should zone was outrageous. but it's close shop

shoots on an s.s. port make safe zones as a demand so a lot of people see us 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 they're 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 noises 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 pedestrians 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. lean 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 it is sick it should have michelle and then deny don't even feel threatened anyway in berlin with. all that i need protection. i don't think. 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. look at the ensign 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 would include

a good. we also need to raise awareness among all police departments on how to handle such groups. when the police are present and central berliner they stop to patrol someone called the emergency services because of the right wing extremists i.d.'s are checked and recorded but nothing else is done. so that's good to have a nice day seemed you have a good day. for. the safe sound patrol no sun 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. telling us uganda where the cat is magic musician and active bobby wind has emerged as a serious challenger to present your very most of any in the next elections in this way dismissive of the threat from why was a baby is now hitting back and as we hear in next report music has become

a stage to win hearts and minds. i mean are you. preparing for a performance for uganda's president yoweri museveni mike butcher month book in big is recasting. or you know. the artist also has a day job as a new late there's a committed presidential advisor and get to affairs you know. presenting the 7 in sort of a real man who can bring love and peace in a ghetto he's me on to work for the people to bring them to bring them in government his program to get to use them. until they fill out which one was a friend of bobby one real name robot child the musician who is trying to unseat president most of any india 2021 elections. like they do or enjoy more than

a decade of successfully making music together. but just doesn't trust his former band mate to lead the nation so butcher man is backing with 70. i can't be so sure about what we wind in one was a politician no. i can't support these ideas and i never thing i and the president were 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 point. but as much 70 florence's new musical roots will be 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 the evils 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 says this thing is very powerful. popstar polymeric has a radio 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 sound thing let him do it he's doing. he's. trying his best to be what he was when it comes to political parties and whether musicians things for the ruling party or the others it does not affect me because that's their choice and i can't be stopped from supporting my candidate. 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. up next new w z asia stay with us. this

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