survive without the will start august 4th on d. w. in the news . this is basically news line from bill catastrophic flooding kills more than 150 people in germany and belgium footboard to subside. the not to clear up against the search for survive is not around a 1000. residents are still missing a town. devastated by the flooding. belgium declares a day of mourning for its victims and tens of thousands of been ordered to leave

their homes in the netherlands. also coming up live and private cuban faction class in chillies, hundreds gathered to show solidarity to unprecedented protests against the communist regime. back on the me i'm anthony howard. welcome. the worst flooding in decades has killed at least 150 people in europe. most of the deaths are in west in germany, chance of the angle america will visit the worst affected areas on sunday. the disaster area stretches between the districts of hinds berg. f stud and avila near the border with the netherlands and belgium. a massive clean up operation is on the way as risky crews search for survivors. more than a 1000 are still missing. dw reported k. brady has been to some of the flood

villages around bon destruction and deborah, on every corner the only found on the street mud being scraped away and tractors, rumbling through the ones picturesque town of violet. here in violet, the water has subsided, and it's only now that the real true extent of the damage caused by the floods is really coming to light. a lot of people are returning to their homes for the 1st time since the flood seems devastating for those. returning the owners of this home moved in only 6 months ago. the flood water reached halfway up the walls of the 1st floor recon just now got it. couldn't react quickly enough to move along, and we had to sit upstairs for 24 hours because the fire service came and asked, have you been hurt? if not, then you'll have to manage on your own in cooking, but at least where a life i've been unable. if there were so many this is all. it's

unbelievable. you can't imagine what happened here. he's pushed the apart. the other volunteers, family and friends have travelled far and wide to violet to help those effected the here clearing homes while supplying people with the basics. for long, free stick put in for tide. trouble this morning. i was handing out breakfast down by the river. there was a family that couldn't come out of the house, so i got the supplies to them over the balcony. fire the garbage room. the audi for many locals. right now, one financial help from the state quickly and were this little red tape as possible? further north and f that a donation bank at a school has been overwhelmed with clothes and food. donations of stopped now because they just kept coming. it just became too much. those definitely plenty of willingness to help. some locals evacuated from apps that this week are also being

sheltered at the school. many feel left in the dark, doesn't you mind them? and i think that should be an official from the city that you can talk to here. even if they don't have much new to say, but at least then you'd have the feeling that they care for, for the men to come to come and we don't know whether we'll get in our house again at all. can you even live? there is no more than a rigid all gone forever. one for many of those affected that question could take weeks months if not years to be answered. brady, there with a view of the situation in the villages near cologne and bon also in that region. as the w reporter came matter in the town of cincy to the south of cologne, kate, tell us what happened exactly where you are now? so just behind me is a residential home for disabled people. and this is sadly where 12 of the residents

here. 1232 residents, tragically drowned as they were unable to reach the higher ground home in time. so if you look behind me here, you can see where the water level reach just above the 4th floor, just about the fast windows and tragically because the water came in so fast, they were unable to be saved. and through 12 of them lost their lives. here and i took a walk around the building as lightly and what i saw that was really, really sad. i saw people was belonging, they looked in the windows and saw that bed and a cop on the table. and a picture on the floor. and you really get a feel for how these each individual one is, is a tragedy in itself. devastating what's happened there. and as the hours passed, we now turn to ask how this could have happened. so that's a really good question and it's one here. everyone in this village has been asking people just don't understand why some of the most memorable people here in the city

in the town were not rescued in time. and some people in that, some residents, i asked the neighbor across the road from the herman she told me that they didn't receive any warning along the street and other people say yes, they were one. but at the same time, the water just came in a unprecedented be that people just want able to be saved, but definitely the question remains on everyone's lips. how did this tragedy happen? how exactly other residents coping? it all sounds so completely traumatic. yes. so there definitely is a sense or kind of collective trauma here, but was there definitely kind of gallows humor which is getting people through, through people to trying to make the best of a bad situation. but they did say some of the residents told me that they had the screams, that people were trying to state some of the residents across the road. and they, you know, something like that. it's just gonna stay with these people for, for

a long time. since it is just one of the villages and towns in this region devastated by the flood, give us a sense if you kind of what these places were like before, the deluge for this area of germany is actually really beautiful area of domini usually. and that's what makes this tragedy even harder to understand is actually dominate wine country. there a vines growing on the hillside and the river, which actually overflowed is usually incredibly small and very river. and this is where people come on holidays. so it just, this really brings harm the kind of destruction and the chaos that people just want expecting in this corner. western germany from the town of syncing near cologne, d. w reporter, cape mother. thank you so much. meanwhile at least 24 people have died in belgium, where the government has declared tuesday

a day of national mourning. the cities of the age, belgium, and fin low in the netherlands have been devastated. in fin low, 10000 people were told to leave their homes. 200 patients were moved from the hospital there. in the age, the swollen mercer river burst its banks community side. the flooding is the worst they have ever experienced. the floods have receded from the streets of pepin, stir, leaving the mud behind. presidents toiling to reclaim their homes, praying that the rain holds off the days of heavy down paws turn this gentle stream into a raging torrent houses along the river bank. overwhelmed by the force of the water cause swept off the roads, residence in shock. how many selfish, i mean,

we've never seen anything like this before. i would never have imagined it has been a bit of water before, but nothing like this. we could never have imagined the water up to the ceiling is the catastrophe. european commission, president of on the line came to take stock of the damage a little pull up here and she's promising long term house. of course, the european union has been helping with helicopters with both. but just to reassure them that we will of course, be here also for reconstruction. outside assistance is welcome. but the community is pulling together to get through the worst. it's a new mail and so i'm really surprised, but very happy to see the solidarity that has developed. honestly, it's amazing. the water is on its way out,

but it will be a long time before things get back to normal. ok, let's now take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. generalist in delhi, have held a candlelight vigil to a colleague, voices generalist. and he said he was killed while covering fighting between afghan security forces and the taliban in a border crossing with pakistan. he also captured powerful images of india's battle with cause it 19 serenely the bash assad has been sworn in as president for another 7 years. for the term and office expenses, families rule 2, almost 6 decades. germany and the u. s. had condemned the presidential election held in may neither free nor fit. in president j. e. a boss, an arrow has appeared on television from his hospital bed himself. how long of an hour is being treated for stomach problem? the condition is related to

a knife attack in 2018. to say he is making good progress. latin american governments are divided over unprecedented protests seen in cuba. thousands joined the biggest demonstrations they, in decades. tensions have boiled over in she laid rival cuban factions classed outside the embassy in the capital. santiago, class is on the streets of santiago, cases, both for and against the cuban government traded blows with each other and with the police. emotions are running high after the largest anti government protests on the island. in decades. many cubans living in chile felt the need to show solidarity with protesters and their families back home. it was impossible to live in cuba. you can't do it anymore. my family is hungry, the new medicine, new phase. i have to send the money very, very hard. not only i government protest is charge keeping

president miguel diaz kind of running a dictatorship. they say people living on island suffering under extreme economic and social hardships. meanwhile, across the street, government supporters called for an end to the decades long us blockade of cuba. de stress, the cube is problems should be for cuba alone to resolve. no one could someone support the government, we don't want an intervention. we want cuba problems to be solved in cuba. i mean, they do have the ivana is facing major purchased at home and abroad. that also means on the streets of santiago. 7 the delta variant has pushed up corona virus infections in bangladesh. but the government has lifted a national lockdown because the festival starts next week, and many residents just couldn't wait. this is getting out of town on an

industrial scale with locked down, lifted, the stack of residents rushing back to their home towns in time for each one of them. i'm taking the 1st chance to head home after lockdown if it's imposed again to see you know, the east and i'll stay at home if everything's normal, i'll return to deca. despite soaring corona virus cases, while star sees have eased restrictions, economic reasons. e represents a big source of income for many industries. industries that have been suffering during the pandemic. life has been very hard for us is not down for us to stay out of where we're waiting for people to cross the river with us. i don't know if we'll make any money, so we have to keep the boat going on. the lines of the base is a country that's no stranger to overcrowded fairies between a pandemic with social distance thing appearing to go out the window. some health

expert warning the over crowding will come with additional risks. local police, the vigilance law. you can see the amount of passengers on the 30th locked down list and we've taken strict measures to make sure that very many passengers, again, when the health regulation goes up and down the water on the community to these people though getting home is what matters that prepared to do whatever it takes pandemic or not. let's take a look. now, some of the other developments in the pandemic in britain's health minister has tested positive for the virus. job id says he has received 2 vaccine doses and is experiencing mild symptoms. barcelona and other cities in spain, colonial region re imposing and not time care for you to find a surgeon cases and organizes of the tokyo olympics have reported the 1st confirm case of covey. 19 in the athletes. village. red bull drive an extra step in

a secured proposition for the british for on pre by winning the 1st. if one sprint event syllabus the welcome 90000 people for the new qualifying format drive is race over 100 kilometers to determine the lineup. stephan started the spring and 2nd behind louis hamilton. but past the britain straight up the line, it's, he's 5th of position of be watching daily news from berlin when he's coming up in 45 minutes. ah, can you hear me? no, yes, we can hear you in germantown, we bring you back or, and you've never had the right. so what is what it was, who is medical really, what was all the people who love the way.