ah, ah, the, the news, this is, you know, we news live from berlin, a were nouns from crime reporter comes to his gunshot wounds dutch during this paper or the free dies of his wounds a week after being shot point blank in the head. we'll hear about it legacy after a lifelong career, exposing criminal also coming up. fatal floods doesn't die in the worst flooding. the hid germany in decades, severe storm, huge areas,

underwater communities cut off homes, collapse and south africa begins clearing up after a week of routing businesses for fare via looters. the government says thousands more soldiers onto the street. ah, on my lock, thank you so much for your company. reopened the broadcast with breaking news just coming in dutch crime report, or peter or the city has died after being shot last week or the claim to join with gun down in the street after appearing on live television in central amsterdam. while mister the fries was the confidant of a key witness in a landmark drug trial, at the time of his death, 2 suspects were detained shortly after the assassination on july 6th, the priest was known for his reporting on the criminal underworld in the

netherlands. okay, let's get you the latest. now would you have a question about the vehicle is covering these are breaking developments for you. a barbara, you've got more details that what can you tell us now the family of peter the freezer, said that he had lost the battle against his injuries. they were really grave. we immediately knew that after the attack against him, and so his chances of survival might have been quite slim in so many office that they wanted to grieve in peace and solitude at the moment and not to be in none. it was a political statements from all sides and they reminded the family reminded everyone in the netherlands and beyond of the motto of peter to freeze that you couldn't be free on bended knee. and that means that he was always ready to stand up against what he saw is injustice. there. he took up many cold cases, for instance,

in the netherlands, where people and after murderous with voters, for instance, had not been to brought to justice. and that was, of course, the point here, he had not wanted police protection. that states had offered him that because they knew that he was in danger because of this gang land trial that you already mentioned. but he denied it. and he said, i don't want to live as a free man. i don't want policeman in my back all the time. and so he is come now to this attack against his life. barbara, as you know, of course, the entire nation was in shock when he was gone down in a central amsterdam what have been the reactions to his death. now, of course, the dutch prime minister mark richie said that he was deeply saddened and shocked. and he reminded the country of the courage of peter to freeze, who had all the sort of gone out and really looked for what he saw with the

problems with the dutch criminal and the dutch justice dutch criminality and the justice system in the country. and of course, also in europe reactions because peter de freece is the 4th investigative reporter to be killed within the last few years. it all started was malta and then went on and to still voc yet and then greek investigative reporter was don't just last year . and so peter freezes, the 4th victim, offer violence against reporters in the european union. also said that countries have to do more to protect their journalists because this is a main til of democracy. and of course, of the openness and fill europe and justice systems that have to be held to account a barbara briefly. where are we in terms of the investigation we understand to people are in custody. currently,

2 people are in custody. 21 year old and dutch person, and this man has connections to this and gangland group, the trial that is now under way and a and he's supposed shooter and a 35 year old polish man who is supposed to have driven the getaway car. but we know nothing so far about the motives either the both of them have not talked or the police is not informing the public. so we'll have to wait for further clarification on that. bob of a reporting on breaking developments are renowned, sure, crammed journalists pay to the fries has died. thank you so much. thank you. we're going to add that to our, the top stories severe storms across you may have unleashed the worst flooding in 15 years. at least $42.00 people have died including 2 firefighters, were drowned, dozens more. people are missing and hundreds of thousands of homes are now without power. and many have collapsed. several real services have also been suspended.

germany's western states are bearing the brunt of the disaster. sweeping away anything in their path. these flood waters have claimed homes and lives across west in germany. emergency crews trying to locate dozens of missing residents. some were trapped on rooftops as the water inundated their homes. but rescue efforts are hindered by roads that have been ripped apart, raging flood waters and debris. the german army has been deployed clearing pods through the mud. you can see here there is mud everywhere in the houses, the bridge there collapsed. there's water over it. further down, even houses have floated away from guaranteed to take to recover from other people. it's just horrible. now.

the regions of northrop with failure, rhineland palatinate, and saw land have been was effected. the flood gates on a damn near the city of upa tile had to be opened as it threatened to burst. the unusually intense rainfall was caused by warm and cooler and mixing. the leader of one of the worst hit regions warned climate change could make more frequent disasters like this we will be confronted with such events again and again. and this means that we need most speed in climate protection measures. european nationwide and worldwide. as the weather clears in most of the hot hit areas, some residents have joined the clean, up effort, salvaging whatever they can from the devastated harms. and either we report or kate murder is involved ports time near bon, one of the hardest hit areas, kate,

phyllis, and please. what's the scene like where you are? well, here and fall full time, it's a scene of absolute chaos and a lot of sadness. the entire morning that has the rescue rescue wackos running up and down the road, trying to rescue in clear the road and houses from the mud. at the same time, we have that it should be just about an hour ago. been told that we need to evacuate the area because there are rumors and i do need to say that it's just room is at the moment that perhaps one of the, the dams could be about to pass at some point. so the rescue to the rescue team has told people to evacuate the area and people have decided to come a bit farther up the road. but that absolutely exhausted and tired of this is just another thing to be concerned about on top of this horrible night that they have had. so there's a lot of sadness, there's a lot of exhaustion and there's just

a lot of uncertainty here as well. a lot of uncertainty as you were pointing, very dramatic scenes as well. the pictures that we were just showing as you're reporting our pictures, some aerial pictures that so we managed to film the visit, us not receiving warnings, were they not ready? why was no action taken i have actually spoken to some of the residents here and they did tell me that yes, they was warned. but they said that it's just impossible to imagine the kind of destruction that they have seen here over the past month. and today they said yes, they thought they might actually be able to stay at home and salvage their homes and have a longer from the flood waters for then they realized over the night that that was just absolutely impossible. and they said that they was formerly warned and then what was going through the village. so this would, there would be some kind of flooding, but they said that no one has ever experienced anything like this before. and they

said, they just don't even have the was able to describe the destruction they unprecedented as you're reporting. what can you tell us? i mean, is a search and rescue operation underway right now. so there is a big police presence here. there's also her help from these rescue teams as well. and earlier this morning that was a police helicopter if i had to. so there is definitely a very big presence here. but they will also unable to take a plane exactly how, what was going on, because they said themselves, they don't really know the scaling, the scope of the operation. and it's such a shock for such a usually very small and quiet. and it's part of germany to experience. but to tragedy. do you have, are you a reporter, kate martyr. reporting. thank you very much for the update. next to the us,

where jim and chance the ugly american was expected to comment momentarily on the flood. she is in the us capital of washington for talks with president joe biden, while she was welcome, 5 vice president, comma la harris. the chancellor is due to meet president biden. a little later, the 2 leaders are expected to discuss the pandemic climate change and global security. this will be her farewell visit to the us as chancellor and with me here in the studio, you have the reporter, william glue croft where you're so good to see you. great to catch up with you. the chancellor's term is coming to an end. what's the point of going to dc? it's something of a tale of 2 trips actually. all in one right. there is this farewell aspect to it to sort of see off this chance. so that has been through so much and seen through so much and led through so much over her, almost 16 years as chancellor of germany. but it's also both sides are billing and as looking to the future. obviously a future without uncle american. as chancellor of germany with elections coming up

in september here in the country. and you know, it's kind of a coleman or maybe not a combination for the next step in what we've been seeing the last several months and bite into the office of trying to reset those relations. since the trump years with many, many issues confronting both sides, both this relationship and both sides of the atlantic and kind of a set, a tone for whatever comes next after the election. okay, well let's talk about some outstanding issues. any outstanding issues that we expect will be result during her trip. i mean, there's so many issues and i don't even know how to prioritize them because they're so important. some are more acute than others, whether any of them will be resolved in this meeting or in the coming days or weeks is a big question. we might find out more later today when we, when michael and bite and actually meet together and have a press conference later tonight. of course, the most acute issue being nord stream to when i'm in the blanket by the secretary of state was here in berlin last month. he and hypo masters counterpart here in

germany, hinted at maybe finding a solution to this gas pipeline that germany is going ahead with in partnership with russia, which the u. s. many european allies are steadfast against me for maybe we're going to hear something about that. and of course, issues of climate change, the us come out with their big push for reducing carbon, their carbon footprint over the next several years. the joe biden is, wants to get something through the u. s. congress as well. but of course, it all comes down to who exactly if leaving germany come september or when that government for that market. we've got exactly for you when it comes to foreign peasy. when it comes to foreign policy, much depends on who is and who becomes the next chancellor. exactly. i mean, we have, i mean, last year who is the conservative chancellor candidate, you know, said to really standing for a lot of what medical, medical without mechanism as it's said in the foreign policy circles. and you have annaleeah bareback with the greens who is going to, you know, the court, their party platform pushing more of a human rights, obviously much more of

a climate change agenda. it's very interesting that joe biden, when it comes to climate change and it comes to human rights and russia, is more line that looks like with the green than with the conservative platform, which would be angular mark of natural air. so it will be very interesting. these couple months how this shakes out and what that means for the transplant relationship, or one thing for sure they'll have to make do with whoever becomes that mixture as well. all right, thank you so much william. we'll catch up in the next bullet. all right, so i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making headlines around the world. turkey is commemorating the 5th anniversary of a failed military coup. some 250 people died and thousands were injured when an army faction tried to oust the president. as we think political cracked down and mass arrests followed, the european union's top court has ruled that employers can enforce a ban on religious symbols in the workplace. but the step must be justified and

applied to all religions. equally. the case centers around 2 muslim women in germany who were suspended for wearing headscarf. you want to be w still to come. we meet the police.