i see all of a sudden the water bridge, the damn all the houses here are the same height there. when the water came up from the scala lightning speed, we all jumped in our cars and drove up the mountain out of the park in the fall and we had to safety. many towns during have electricity or clean water. internet has been cut off and phone reception is down. volunteers to come from nearby areas bringing whatever equipment they had to help, clear roads and houses been here and come when i arrived here, it was a catastrophe. and the entire road behind me was hovered in branches and wrecked cars old mashed into one of these height. you couldn't access the buildings left and right. and we didn't know what we would find in the rubble. we will want that we might come across bodies and that we should let the fire brigade and the police from the police m. o. many towns are still cut off from help.

some major roads of flooded or broken apart fields, already, se overflowing dams could still bust, threatening more homes and forcing residents to stay clear of the area. while the weather has cleared in some areas, more rain is expected. let's go home to cross over to judah. daily. she's in via paul some one of the towns badly hit as we can see that behind you by that those floods tell us what's the latest way you on and we've seen a lot of movement. a lot of people coming into town, both residents that have to leave their homes because there's no electricity, no water, a lot of the ground floor apartments are completely flooded and they've all come here and congregated to try to start cleaning up the town. there's tractors and excavators, and people digging and sweeping with even with their hands sometimes to try to get

rid of all the debris and but here the water has gone down. but we've seen that north from here, closer to cologne in a town called f stopped. there have been collapses of houses and there's it's been linked to a sink hole. probably forming houses have collapse. people have been stuck in the rubble and some have died in the situation. there is still ongoing and very dramatic. stuck in the rubble. you just said that reports of more than a 1000 people still unaccounted for in the region. is that it hasn't been any progress on locating these people. now we've heard this news yesterday from the authorities here in the region where i am currently and we have not have any update as of yet. authorities. we're hoping that the accounted for were unreachable because the internet and phone connection is so bad. here at the moment,

and they're hoping that they will be able to get in touch with these people eventually. but authorities do fear that there will be more dead in the coming hours and days to the you on the you on the ground. you have spoken to people badly affected by these floods and we can, we can see how the homes are damaged. they're behind you. what's the spirit that is it more now that people are rolling up as lead signed to clean up for people still shall soften, devastated. it's a mix of both. i've spoken to people who told me they still have a hard time believing that this is really happened and to realize that this is the reality now on the ground. but on the other hand, we see, and we spoke to a lot of people who say it's now time to get down to business and try to do what they can to clean up their town. and they are very determined to do that. so we, we do have different approaches here and it's understandable in the situation that was so shocking reporter, julia sound daily,

that reporting from bud paul san. thank you, julia are the thoughts in germany? i've also overshadowed johnson angle america farewell visit to the united states. she will leave office in september talks with president biden celebrated the transatlantic alliance, but there was disagreement as well. the security threats from china and russia, for example, unlike his predecessor president joe biden treated mattel as a friend rather than full. it's been a long time since the german chancellor received a welcome. this warm in washington merkel back into the white house for she's available of us. many times. she had a great friend consider a personal friend, as well as my great friends united states. and after the 10 diplomatic relationship with the former president trump,

for president joe biden and chancellor angler, michael stressed, the friendship between that 2 countries we will stand up for democratic principles and universal rights when we see china or any other country working to undermine free and open societies, we stand together and will continue to stand together to defend our eastern flight allies at nato, against russian aggression. but germany and the u. s. do not agree on how to deal with either russia or china. the plan gigantic north stream to pipeline will bring russian natural gas into europe. washington says the project makes the continent more dependent on russia and threatened the security of it's small and neighbors, like ukraine. merkel has long championed the project but played down the differences. now, looks like we talked about russia and ukraine and in this context also about node

stream to we've come to different assessments as to what this project entails. but let me say clearly, our idea is and remains that ukraine remains a transit country for natural gas. ukraine, like any other country, has a right to territorial sovereignty. the chancellor farewell tour of washington began with a breakfast with vice president carmella harris. i am later the johns hopkins university bestowed an honorary degree on the form a physicist. the other medical time of german chancellor may be drawing to a close, but she has left a lasting impression on the us precedent. and if they meet on a personal note, i must tell you,

i'll miss seeing you in our summits. i would truly will with the bite and presidency us german relations, all comma, the big differences remain. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. taliban fighters were treated in the practice done. the hospital, after flashing with africa and security forces at the board of africa and special forces were attempting to retake. take this strategic spin bulloch crossing fees earlier this week. a reuters photographer was also killed in the attack. allows rescue operations on the way in indonesia, after a storm called several fishing vessels to capsize. at least 9 people have died, 81, whereas q as many more are still missing. several people have been injured off. tornadoes struck in the canadian province of ontario, a drip to parts of the city of buried authorities reported property damage and power outages. but the say no one was killed in the storm. in south africa,

the country president sarah from the post says the unrest that has month, the country for the past week, was incited by known individuals. ra, a poster, made the remarks on a visit to durban. that's the part of the country that has been worst hit by the violence. the military, meanwhile, has called in thousands of soldiers to assist the police, is one of the largest deployments. since the end of apartheid. some areas the violence has subsided through the hundreds book, a line b clean up to begin by the south eastern province of wasn't in the tall jacobs in the home problems. we main volatile correspondence, christine manuel is in the district of so way. so in johannesburg, christine, how widespread is beyond rest still in south africa today. well, good where i am in how thing that is of course, and your head is things are a lot coma here. of course, there is still a lot of tension,

so you won't be seeing any more of the looting that we've been seeing in previous days. but certainly you have soldiers and police deployed at a number of locations. places they suspect could come under attack. you also have a few minutes before i came on a that was a helicopter hovering above us. and of course, as you've mentioned, that deployment of the military. so in a lot of places you can see soldiers just going around patrolling their heavily. it's just a sense of how volatile the situation remain across the country. well, in the 2 effects of process, christine 2 days ago, we spoke as well, and you sort of hinted at that the, these unrest, they riots. what actually instigated by someone today president ramos run poses that yes, actually they were instigated by whom and to what end? well, this is the thing we heard from the minister of fate security. she confirmed reports

that they were investigating former intelligence officials that are linked to the former president of jacob's and what was clear when he was incarcerated was that there was going to be some instability. you had a hash tag shut down case that in that it wasn't probably shut down so that for them, it appears that there was an agenda to destabilize the country. and if you look at what has happened in the last few days, a key trade corridor a main highway has essentially been blocked all. so that is of course, what is going to affect a lot of trade between these 2 key provinces. and then if you look at the attack, so you would have seen community members, you'd have seen poor people, elderly people, young people looting. but before that they came before that would have been people who would have gone in and cause devastation and destruction essentially opening up for the masses to come in and take advantage of what is a de escalate security situation. so it is suspected that this has been an orchestrated campaign by 4 people in the room. a camp you certainly saw his

daughter, for example, who has health is being investigated. re tweeting videos of piano key and the looting seeming to, to call people to come out and mobilize people to continue in that. so this was triggered by the rest of the form president. and it is suspected that of course, people in his camp are responsible for for this course in manuel for us in south africa. thank you. proceed. and 11 prime and the prime minister designate has a now see a stepping down off the failing to form a coalition coalition government. the decision has been clever than deeper into crisis. the country remains without the government for nearly a year. the last one was forced to resign after the huge explosion out of bay reports off. political squabbling has repeatedly obstructed efforts to form a government and sent the currency to unprecedented laws. imported medicine and fuel are increasingly on the 4th. i'm not joined by the w. corresponding

bass, larry the in bay road and now the try to form a government have failed. why is this so hard? according to the designated or former prime minister. now, in an interview last night with a look in the tv channel, he said that the reason behind this say, gets you to 1st of all, that the nice guy presidents refused to take the job in, at the, at the line of 44 minutes. which consider how do you, by, how do you that it is the, do you the best government or the best cabinets to do that you want to take the liberty of its crisis. second, that morning, the main obstacle, the president and his son in law, brenda, he did much. mister refused to do that. how did he will do of the christian minister said that his will not use his side. how did he accurate in the interview last night? his law that he didn't enough question before the new government. so this is what

based on how do you do? on the other hand, we have from other obstacles, which is all of us that the current division, the crises. and it's so hard for anyone to take to hand that it's so it seems like mission. so give them the deep financial and economic crisis. you mentioned the cons to their country urgently needs have government capable of acting. let's have a look at the challenges that lebanon is facing right now. i'm gary is rising up in beirut. one. by this time the relatives of those killed in last year's port explosion. taking the protest to the court, demanding that immunity granted to senior politicians is lifted show their loved ones can finally get justice. i want the ability to be elected and to get this untruth. that's all we want. we're not asking for the

impossible. she thought deadly day last summer. lebanon's problems have only got worse. long lines of cars at gas stations tell the story of a country running out of money. unable to pay for fuel and forced to rush in it. and the people to are running low on hope. they killed us flies in august for the bombs and they rode the 2nd, the economic crisis. we want to like become something and society, but like the whole damn thing is like pushing us down is all the poor people. how will they get money? how will they so many ladies, a baby's walking down the street very sad pharmacists, a warning of medicine shortages as the state can't afford to subsidize them. going on, right on strike every week. just says the light about the crisis because we don't

have enough quantity to, to serve as an indication to the people that is sorted in medication power cuts or a regular feature of life. but no black coats like this or growing ever more frequent casting. the city and the country into darkness. well, cross one about that really is still with us in bay roots about the what are the most urgent reforms and new government has to tackle. according to the french initiative that all political parties agreed on. first of all, the electricity sector at the said, going back to earth, know it, cuz he got about 18 hours per day. a 2nd, it's to implement capital control, no, just reform to flight corruption. no, no, none of this happened at this moment. all none of as a single one has a few of you to the political turmoil and bustle the

after the prime minister. step down. what's going to happen next? politically, according to the constitution that the president must ask for the parliamentary parliamentary, that's when it me, nate and you prime minister. but as what, this is not an easy task. first of all, as i mentioned before and suicide mission, according to dablin, i need you to do an ability to do according to the french initiative. and that's what that's been demand by the submission from you to study honda. this moment we can say that the need economy in this state will be moving forward with our a k o. w correspondent, bassett. i mean the embarrass. thank you very much, bye. out to the latest on the corona virus pandemic around the world. indonesia

has reported a reckless daily rise of more than 1900. this, the southeast asian nation is struggling to cope with a devastating why that wave of the virus, driven by the delta v area hospitals and cemetery, so overwhelmed despite restrictions to reduce transmission over $900.00 cluster and tokyo as well as new concerns about the increasing number of infections, dozens of the brazilian olympic team members have tested positive along the staff at their hotel city as record it is highest number of new cases in 6 months. yes, raylien state of new south wales has reported 97 new corona rise. this comes as the country battles a growing number of covert 19 cluster trailer on the whole has been relatively successful and containing over 19 however, the recent outbreak has seen the countries to largest demand melvin. go back into

locked up to the netherlands. now if people are paying their respects to murder crime, journalists, peter de fries following his death and hospital on thursday morning gathers lay flowers where the prominent crime journalist was critically wounded. and he was gone down. last week, his family says he died surrounded by loved ones in dodge prime minister. my quotes is that the death is almost impossible to comprehend. to freeze had been involved in a court case against a wanted drug. beryl to suspect has been arrested but of course one jack parrot is in amsterdam from where he joins us now. jack, people in the netherlands had some time to reflect on the news of fitted for his death. what are they saying there today? hi, that good? well indeed here at the spot where the shooting took place just about 10 days ago. now, a number of people have continued ever since that news came out. the people had died

yesterday afternoon. people have been coming down here to more than a day to lay flowers and to show that respects i've spoken to a couple of people that had one guy said he just could not sleep. and he was compelled to come by and, and sort of be part of the morning process. another go that i spoke to come from utrecht, another city in the netherlands and said that it was impossible to understand that someone that was so good and did such good work would be killed on the streets of the flowers in the morning is continuing. but obviously, the country is still very much in shock, as you said, the prime minister saying that it was almost in call him commands the border. this is what you mentioned, the prime minister. the sentiment of course, is grief there at the moment, but all the authorities coming under pressure to intensify. death fight against organized crime. this is exactly what's happening because obviously this tons now

from an attempted murder case into an actual murder case because he's to come to these injuries. as his family said, the federation of journalist says that they are very sure that the murder took place on the kinds of with the motive of some of the investigative what the piece of disease is doing with a key witness in a case against a man named ron target, who is a big matthew boss in the netherlands. they say that the investigative work people had insights himself said that he felt that he was a hit target from that matthew organization. and the 2 men that have been arrested . the investigations right now obviously goes into a murder investigation rather than just an attempt to murder investigation and search for the investigation that you mentioned. is there any talk of any progress? not quite yet. the 2 men come u e,

who is the 35 year old polish national and delano g, who is a 21 year old dutch national. and this is what we call the nap paid in court. last friday we understand that they will remain in police custody for at least 2 more weeks. as i said, the investigation that stop into a murder investigation. also there are other investigations been launched by the dutch justice ministry. they are looking into why somebody like pizza debrief was investigating such dangerous and such important and significant cases wasn't didn't have enough security to allow this attack on them to happen. as we say, they really here on the street is about looking into mourning the death of this man who was so beloved here in the netherlands as beloved his respective. he was seen as somebody who really full for the little guys tried to dig out corruption and really expose the worst parts of society get to

w as jack pack that in to them. thank you jack. ill and pick start next week and talk you. i'm making only that 2nd appearance in the games is south saddam. in 2090 the south sudanese running team went to japan to acclimatize train and pursue their lim, picked dream for 2020. that was 2 years ago and they're still there. chris harrington tells you why the the cells sudanese team got a head start when they came to japan. and even though koby 19 put the game on hold for one year, the team never left. what's the reason why we have to see the mission we can for you've never done over the past year, the team have immerse themselves in japanese culture. they've taken language lessons and are part of the local community,

thanks to donations in tax revenue. the teams host city, my boss, he raised $300000.00 us dollars to support the athletes. some of it even came through this vending machine. but being far away from home, this challenge. if you're doing something, then you have to be always ready to be no matter what the circumstances are. so tempting to do this for my country mean that i am, i am in my time with the family or watch it when she tokyo 2020 will be the 2nd appearance at the olympics for south sudan, the nation. only 10 years old. good luck from us. watching the news, here's a reminder how the top story we're following for you. the death toll from severe flooding in western germany as a reason to at least 103, no beds in a landslide in the town of f stuff. rescuers are searching for hundreds of people

still unaccounted for. the army has been deployed. some of the worst hit the that's it from me of the news seem for now up next vehicle, africa, environment magazine, looking as compensation office for guerrillas in the democratic republic of congo, office in berlin, from the theme a the me the news the who's the

the the, the, the, the eco africa who willis from the national park in congo, the gee and his family would love nothing more than to live in peace. but poachers and farmers hunting them and threatening the species ah, what's to be done to protect africa on w?

i good say the healing power may start. what can i do and how does it work? we will chat and natural healing method. talk to are in and reset. recommend healthy delicacy from the have god and chosen that he's in 60 minutes on the w o. the news was right in front of them that they're all for this one moment. suddenly, we agreed to postpone beer in the game central care with 202021. thrown off course during the qualifying ground. not least for sports heroes.

actually it was a slap in the face, but now we just have to fight their mobilizing superpowers. i'm fired up and ready. count down during walk down the walk. you go to tokyo, starts at july, 19th on d, w. me the hello and welcome to echo africa. a weekly environmental magazine produced illegal paula on berlin. i am christa lens and legal. i'm being joined by my colleague, sandra. hello, please on the hello everyone out there. very glad to help you with us again. i am sandra 2 of you coming to you from compiler. here in uganda. today we'll be looking

innovative bumble houses in the area and plenty of other interesting stories. the one here, how months this is hope in the fall, months input output take the life will also see the house of african land on it can get a tough break, vibrate this in the environment and find out why you've done and foremost we thought we show in the democratic republic of congo, i country often modern conflict as a result for a long time, little attention has been to the environment. but that is starting to change. we went to a jose vega, national park, where people i know devoting time and effort to protecting the nature. bear not only is the good for the tropical forest, but the local people and the waitlist to which include guerrillas, the

this family of gorillas lives in a tropical forest. they don't get nervous when people are nearby. so not interested, but you know, we are now in co who's the be a good national park. and right now we're in the presence of miss you bone, monsieur. bon, any members of this family next weekend to be who's a, be a good national park is a national conservation area, democratic republic of congo. the growl as all eastern lowland guerrillas having a major choice attraction for decades. the main source of income for the park are the admission fees for in visitors pay $400.00 us dollars each because of the pandemic. there's no visitors right now, but the ranges still go out on patrol. they want to keep track of several gorilla

truce. and usually know where to find them. even though the pump is huge, it covers 6000 square kilometers. so vs device for each family of gorillas on point one to the far as to check on them. we also collect data. and if we find chimpanzee tracks, we record that to see if we find evidence of illegal activities such as tramps and we dismantle them and no record. and i said that you're probably going to the data is being used for scientific research. the number of low land guerrillas here has declined by hoff over the past 3 decades. so just a few 1000 researches estimates the ranges with common colleges, agustin possible, see he has promised expertise, a non profit, dedicated diploma research and conservation. he says poachers and their traps on

a continuing threat. this guerrilla is lucky to be alive. here we see the silver back mcgrew about when he was 4 years old. he was caught in a snare, and unfortunately he lost his right hand. but despite that hearing is and he's with his family, my good. the ranges not only patrol the park to collect data, but they're also on the look out for poachers. that's why they aren't going to say that we have security issues in some parts of the part there are poachers out there every day. and the rangers tried to track them down. people from the surrounding communities also sometimes damage the park. they cut down trees or bamboo. what you'll find in the park is the unesco world heritage site. but this part of the eastern d. c is densely populated,

and there's no buffer zone between the park avenue by villages. people live or the be the facility, some work and plantations or in the park, but most are small hold farmers. premise expertise is not only seeks to ensure conservation of the guerrillas, but also to improve the livelihood of local communities. it is also launched a project to replant areas of forest that have been cleared illegally, almost impossible. se says, working closely with local people, it's very important. he hopes they will come to cancel the environment as much as they respect will group will go to the plan system. so for some time now look at who has been seen much more often at the edge of the park. consider what pleases us as scientists, conservationist is that the communities respect mean got ok. usually, like nobody has been throwing stones at him or threatening him,

even though we often see him passing from their field at around 100 villages opposite basing and the reforestation projects. a project that will help preserve the floors for the good of the guerrillas. and the local population let us know upon from preserving wave life on the forest to creating good, sustainable housing. africa was big cities are crowded, some overcrowded in a weekly series, doing your beat. we meet on a jury and entropy. new inc. i do know who built houses for material phones in abundance. the nigerian population is rapidly growing. and with the need for affordable housing. deborah, him, lisa came up with the idea. he construct houses and made

entirely a bamboo which grows naturally in the area. like this last longer than a house built with ordinary wood bamboo is better when it comes to withstand clubs and erosion. and you and your family can live in a house like this for a very long time without having to worry that is my last and then when them and then boom, which is actually a woody grass, is strong, light and environmentally friendly. that grows incredibly quickly without having to be planted after harvest is much cheaper than most other construction materials. but it should be treated or leached to eliminate the ability to insect attacks and whether where not all bamboo varieties have the same quality. but it's a suitable variety is used for him still says a sizable house can be built in less than 20 days. and how about you?

if you are also doing your best, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us a tweak hash tag doing your bit. we share your story, who's a know to one of the one key environmental trouble makers, slattich every year or on the point 25000000 pounds the read ends up in ocean. that's a truckload every single minutes you for plastic consumption continues to live up to the present rate will be discarding. so truckloads, minutes within the next 10 years and 4 percent by 2050. why is this happening? one reason is that only a small proportion of plastic with this recycled another is that around half of all, plus the goes the product that i use just once. and then through the weight. now

some young german activist cleaning up local rivers and working with scientists to calculate how much a plastic and stop in to see an idyllic location on the who river in west in germany. but take a closer look. and it's not as beautiful kevin noah and the exhaust nights have come to do some fishing, but not the usual kind. it's trash. they're fishing for plays, litter everywhere. they look. and there's plenty of plastic last because quite a few glass bottles to the students attend to local high school and taking part in an initiative called plastic pirates. it's a research project where young students get to do the work of real scientists. they take water samples and measure count and recall the pieces of trash. they recovered from the rivers and rather than scientists in queue use the data to generate

a garbage map of german rivers and calculate how much trash ends up in the sea. the teachers are happy to do they pause to inspire the budding scientists. yeah. it's something i care about myself. it always bothers me when i see people leaving rubbish behind, especially when they have small children with them and are supposed to be setting an example. the work of the plastic pirates shows that on average, one piece of trash can be found for every 2 square meters of river bank in germany . france also has a project aimed at tracking down the trench. it's called plastic origins and goes a step further using artificial intelligence. and we want to move as much as grown kids and citizens, as we can to go on the reverse. so you can create, they've got actually getting, what can you read a bank?

and you think those data using the video to take the advantage of the real bank, we will be able to analyze video detect liter items and use the data to map prevail, plastic pollution. the aim of plastic origins is to get strict legislation introduced on plastic waste and regulatory limits for the amount of plastic in european rivers. vacovich map is intended to identify especially polluted areas. we, we know that most of the pollution we find in the ocean is transported by a rigorous right now we don't know which read us the most probably did the pretty one. but the app contract micro plastics in germany and own full kilos of micro plastics per person per year end up in the environment. the main sources particles from vehicle ties,

industrial waste and household garbage. it's difficult for waste water treatment plans to filter out the tiny particles, but munich stones have called echo fauria is showing how it can be done using a simple but effective method. this is how it works. the waste water is pumped into the filter. a powerful vertex is generated in the pipe, putting the water containing most of the micro plastics to the top. the company says 95 percent of micro plastics for municipalities and industry could be filtered out in this way. the young plastic pirates agree that more needs to be done to combat plastic solution. after just 2 hours in this idyllic location, they found more trash than they can even carry. now we had to south africa to find out how the tax break helps to promote conservation. the country is famous for its wide life and vast areas of almost on pause to land. and then g o there come up

with a way to encourage people to set up your reserves on the property. 88 percent of land in south africa is not suitable for agriculture. it's too rugged to dry and chew uneven. but everywhere you look, you see life in abundance. the country boasts rich biodiversity. but how best to preserve it in south africa, environmental protection is chronically under financed. me. that's where kansas stevens comes in. she's attack specialists that the n g o wilderness foundation, africa. she wants to encourage landowners to turn their holdings into nature reserves. the government offers a tax incentive to do so. i don't think i'm going size.

what you're doing here is looking off to some african natural wealth in the public . good. and so there is this unique tax incentive to benefit that by diversity. this man is already converted his land into a protected area. he can right off the cost of the purchase over 25 year period photographer, cause funder lender purchase the land 5 years ago. and has taken countless pictures of the area since then. it rarely rains here, but when it does, the landscape is transformed into a pageant of color. another special feature about this area of land is that it could act as a corridor for wild animals since it's located between 2 different protected areas . we standing year round about in the on the northern border of it get to the, to the waste and east south stretching down to cut them that quote, national park. and then to the north east hookup provincial nature. and you know,

you can see the proposed colorado linking the to protected davis. the crew region of south africa is home to more than 5000 species of plants. and some 40 percent of them can only be found here. once upon a time, this area was farmland due to global warming and the rifle diminished quite a bit and it just became impossible for these people to, to make a living with kettle and agriculture and eventually there to sell. and that's why we bought into folks for conservation with climate change, threatening biodiversity, candice. stevens has not found it difficult to persuade other landowners to follow suit doesn't have signed up to the scheme. her 1st experience of import.