this is deja vu news live from berlin eastern australia battles its worst floods in a century a relentless downpour leaves the outskirts of sydney underwater and dams overflowing with no letup in sight authorities declare a natural emergency our correspondent has the latest also coming up. the spectacular sights continue near iceland's capital as lava flows from a volcano that hasn't a erupted in almost 800 years scientists say the eruption doesn't pose a threat to people and that the show of molten rock may soon come to an end. and

striker robert levin's doss he closes in on the record for season goals in the bundesliga he keeps scoring as his team byron keep on winning. a mix by sir welcome to the program authorities in australia have declared a natural disaster after torrential rains caused some of the worst flooding in decades people were evacuated from near sydney as more than 30 centimeters of rain fell on the area in just over a day emergency services are warning of a life threatening situation. in the manning river in new south wales. much of the state has been affected by dangerous flash flooding it's

causing widespread damage and disgracing my. american sea services have appealed to people not to drive 3 the flood waters. it's not worth the risk you creating significant risk to yourself to your families and also to the 1st who is who would need to come and. record rain support most of the state some areas have reported the worst flooding in half a century and the dating poor is are showing no signs of abating. we're just inundated at the moment. and the water still rising demographic for you know a lot of you know. here this is the worst i've seen it last year just after christmas it was pretty bad as well but not this bad. is going to be a lot of people that might you don't get their houses a lot of them they won't get to work or ride will be wrecked and as well spend it on a test and i think a lot of people going to like up call. i think now on this and that that we're

going to do with the likes of once they fall the whole. the government is offering financial assistance to people affected by the floods meteorologists are warning that this exchange where there is set to continue for several days. and for more on this let's bring in journalist william broome in sydney william you were just looking at some really dramatic pictures of the premier of new south wales wells is calling this a once in a century a vent what does he mean by that. she means i know it's a bit of a cliche but it is unprecedented i know much new south wales hasn't seen extreme weather like this for 100 near as much as western sydney 3 years we do get heavy rain i lived in london for many years and when it rains there get a whole drizzle to here in sydney when it rains it acts in the lead poles and i've often said that even central sydney the roads the streets are not built that the

rain i had to make a few detours on friday for instance because the road the drains the gazans were absolutely flooded and how would you say given your experience well prepared were authorities and indeed the population for all this. one of the state emergency services and not from urgency services say that since thursday they seek to about 7000 and militancy cools i know officer states have also offered and given emergency resources as well i would say they are as head as they could be regarding the people today there are a lot of scent patches a weekend senate ration is i went out celebrated sydney and it was a lot of people out on the web that were probably less than usual but the thing we are experiencing is we get these heavy downpours and then we just get a little bit of rain so we're still able to get around but i know parts of western sydney i'm in central sydney and how did

a lot worse and it's predicted that perhaps tomorrow and in coming days up to 4000 people could be evacuated. and just big picture wise australia hasn't been having a lot of luck weather or ice it seems last year we saw the huge bushfires now we've got this heavy rainfall are people talking of a pattern of extreme weather developing. they certainly are i mean a lot of people previously that it is not a strenuous night since fine is each day it's the weather often states such as queensland. they get bush finds new south wales has a history of science but lately we've pretty difficult i mean like 212020 we had bush finds full if i had the flooding over not on this. kind of it in the restrictions happy knees and. flooding we've also just come from and we're going to also and so it still cost me outsells to this new cool cold weather is weeks ago

we were out in the sun in shorts enjoying ourselves and now we're. always proves oh ok thank you so much but inside journalist william berman in a sydney. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world turkish police have arrested a prominent pro kurdish politician who had been staging a protest in parliament for 5 days. old who was refused to leave the building after he was stripped of his seat and his immunity as a lawmaker. poland has opposed new lockdown restrictions this weekend in response to an exponential rise in coded 19 infection rates much of public life will be shut down for at least 3 weeks the health care system is under strain as hospitals struggle with the surge of new admissions. a state of emergency has been declared in miami beach after large crowds of revelers arrived for spring break

it's the 2nd year in a row that authorities in the american resort city have clamped down because of fears that crowds could spread coronavirus. and here's a quick look at some of the other developments in the pandemic. germany's 7 day incidence rate has jumped up to more than 100 that means authorities could apply new restrictions to stop the virus from spreading pakistan's prime minister imran cat has become the latest world leader to test positive for the corona virus just 2 days after receiving china's sino farm vaccine. the c.e.o. of german vaccine manufacturer biotech is optimistic that the pandemic will be under control by the end of this summer he says the latest lockdowns should be the last. sunday is the international day for the elimination of racial discrimination one institution aiming to improve its relations with racial minorities is the catholic church in germany but sometimes even church officials say they face

discrimination. spoke to a german pastor of sri lankan ancestry he told us what the church must do to overcome racist attitudes. something i experienced again and again when i'm out and about in different church communities is that the 1st question is always where do you come from and i always say i'm from noise in germany and then there was silence they got me to line up time as a catholic pastor in the archdiocese of cologne apparently many people in germany still find it a little strange when they encounter a minister who is not white to line up time is repeatedly asked about his originals or is and salted with racist slurs roswell from catholic and pac and. it was at the catholic convention in leipsic i was representing the archdiocese and i can still remember standing at the booth when 2 women approached the booth i went

to watch them in a friendly manner and put them well come. them and then one woman said which do gooder let you into the country without any emotion whatsoever that richard would see that and something less. to learn a town is mostly concerned by 2 things and the catholic church in germany it's too white and too euro centric essential number of. them in the direction to be it starts with the fact that many teachers of german theology don't even take into account all the other theological points of view in the world it's only fashionable or to be taken seriously from a scientific angle when it comes from the german speaking world and that's where the difficulties begin when you think you're the only one who is capable of interpret ing the world if one were.

to. the 38 year old is responsible for new trainees in his diocese he advisors and supervisors theology students or those looking to serve in the church for whom he provides rooms in his apartment. to learn at time even spoke to pope francis about his vision of a more cosmopolitan church that allows more space for global perspectives and less racism. which it would just. get done he encouraged me to consolidate and develop this idea further to bring more scope into my teaching and not be bound by the small european world order precision. supply to get me to land a town hopes others like him may 1 day no longer be constantly reduced to the color of their skin. scientists say activity in a volcano which erupted near iceland's capital on friday appears to be subsiding

iceland is the most active volcanic region in europe with an eruption that every 5 years on average seismologists say the eruption was small and is not expected to cause major disruption it's the 1st time however a volcano has erupted in the area in some 800 years. spilled through the cracks of the things i learned volcano fountains of red to tend to the sky. onlookers watched the rare event from a distance an expert say will soon be over. if this will continue as we've seen no i think it's most likely that this interruption will. diminish in the slowly decrease in power and terminates in only a few days. iceland has seen a spike in seismic activity in for the past few weeks experts said it was only

a matter of time before an eruption. it happened in an area that lay dormant for the last 800 years in 2010 volcanic activity in iceland caused major travel disruption but this relatively small eruption will do little homme. this eruption will not affect the a traffic the this isn't a few sit ups in which means that it's moved to produce from the smoke that is coming out of 50 it's my note if there's no ash coming from it so there's no traffic considerations that have to wait if the. main threat is pollution from the gases those living nearby have been advised to shut their winders. for locals the volcano has 17 eisley as a spectacle. and it's time for sports and bundesliga football now robert 11 dogs ski scored

a 1st half trick as byron munich cruised to an easy win over stuttgart the polish striker now needs just 5 goals in his remaining 8 matches to equal the record set for the most goals scored in a single bundesliga season byron striker gedmin have managed 40 almost 5 decades ago no one has come near that record until now. robert evans he is closer than ever to the all time disney goal scoring record heat already 932 times this season and heads of this clash with god's bonds afternoon started with a sick back when our phones are davies was said so for this challenge to call it what endo any hope that guests may have hall bit of a shock result was dealt a blow shortly afterwards though when serge cannot pre-sets up for his 1st of the often or. after the smooth passing move in the 22nd minute can operate he himself doubled lead the 3rd goal in the space 5 minutes then followed

when thomas crossed philippa dogs who converted with a perfect be placed her. hands for the striker complete a 1st half hat trick with his 35th bundesliga go of the current campaign. games left 11 looks a safe bet to equal or even surpass good record of 40 goals in a single season. i don't want to think about it too much i need to stay patient and do my job how many goals are need to school that's a secondary concern at the moment. a quiet 2nd. accept this fight they stay in 7th place while league leaders by and maintain their 4 point christian are at the top of the table. let's have a look now at all of saturday's scores as we just saw easily beach took guard

leipsic remain 4 points back with a win over bella felt frankfurt down 5 to 2 will spur one in last place shaka lost again sunday schedule includes her to berlin hosting for and you of course watching from berlin on exposure thanks for watching. people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center more and more refugees are being tongil a problem seems to. predominate we look at this demonstrates mukluks strange manners. to. the ultra more than $300.00.