the, the news, the news why from berlin? catastrophic flooding kills more than a 160 people in germany and belgium as the flood waters subside. the enormous clean up gets underway. but the search for survivors is not over. around a 1000, residents are still missing in towns, devastated by the flooding. also coming up on the show, a key border crossing between afghanistan and pockets. john partially reopens days after the taliban use control. if all those weeks of intensifying fighting across

afghanistan plot crazy jumping the gun a can and very president, spike lee gets ahead of himself announcing the winner of the festival. top honor will reveal which film received the ponder. ah, i'm quite richardson, a very warm welcome to the show. the worst flooding in decades has killed at least a 150 people in europe. most of the deaths are in western germany, and chancellor, uncle american will visit the worst effected areas on sunday. the disaster area stretches between the districts of hines back after start and all violent near the border with the netherlands and belgium. a massive clean up operation is underway as rescue cruise search for survivors. more than a 1000 people are still missing. and d, w reporter k,

brady has this report from some of the flooding villages around bon destruction. and every on every corner the only found on the street mud being scraped away and tractors, rumbling through the ones picturesque town of violence. 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 to snag and couldn't react quickly enough to move our belongings. 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 on emma's cooking,

but at least where a life of the name is never so many dead. this is all, it's unbelievable. you can't imagine what's happening here. he's pushed the apart. the volunteers, family and friends have travelled far and wide violent to help. those affected the here clearing homes while supplying people with the basics for a long switched question for tied 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 this apply to them over the balcony. fire the garbage room. the already for many locals. right now. one financial help from the state quickly and with as little red tape as possible. further north and f that a donation banker, the school has been overwhelmed with clothes and food. donations have stopped now because they just kept coming. it just became too much. those definitely plenty of

willingness to help. some locals evacuated from, asked that this week are also being sheltered at the school. many feel left in the dark, doesn't you monday. and i'm just like you can, there should be an official from the city that you can talk to, even if they don't have much new to say. but at least then you'd have the feeling that they care the food for the men to come to come on. 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. the 1st one for many of those affected that question could take weeks months if not years to be answered. kate brady reporting there with an overview of the situation in villages near cologne and bon and also in that region is d. w reporter, kate marcher. she's been in the town of vincent, where a dozen residents at a home for the disabled parish in the floods. this town where i'm standing has been

left shocked by a tragedy within a tragedy that cleaning up the streets in that house is after it was hit hard by the floods that came just a few days ago. they've been emptying the contents of the houses onto the street and one woman she told me that this is, i've lost absolutely everything and then goes modules. so this one pass and, but for many of the residents here as well, they haven't been left entirely alone. that's been a huge support from the community and also father a field around 50 young men travel from about 200 kilometers today. they grouped together and came down here just to help out the residency since they, because they wanted to do something. and the residents here was sore grateful for that. they said they just couldn't believe the kindness of strangers. so that has been one uplifting point in this tragedy. but while the houses are getting cleaned, it might potentially take them a lot longer to get over the tragedy of this,

that this home behind me, where sadly 12 residents 12 disable residents perished when the flood waters came in. and the one able to be saved in time, and the emotional scars from that will definitely be with these people for a lot longer than the physical damage that they've experienced. they're expected to continue that clean up. but these questions still remain on the lips. how could such as such an incident like this in this very small and usually very beautiful deal? it pos for germany have taken place. need to be report our case worker in the town of been sick in western germany, reporting on that tragedy. when the state of emergency has been declared in upper bavaria due to flooding, and the situation is becoming increasingly serious in austria, in the town of high line close to the german border, a flash flood swept through the streets late saturday, the people living there had already been called upon to be careful and to avoid

going into their sellers in the basement to afghanistan now, where representatives of the african government and tally bon insurgents have been meeting in a quarter 4 talks. if i lose intensifying, fighting across afghanistan and deteriorating security situation. a key border crossing with pakistan has now reopened this after african government troops failed in their attempt to retake the area from the taliban. the hundreds of people headed into afghanistan through the spin bolduc shannon border point on saturday. summer afghans living in pakistan who want to rejoin their families for the muslim festival of ead. alada. next week. pakistan close to crossing on wednesday after the taliban captured the african side. now they are letting limited numbers of travelers through again. people are coming the other way to the afghans and

pakistani, returning home. taliban were standing at the board of searching people, allowing them to leave. so with checking voted documents. on friday there was heavy fighting. as afghan government troops tried to retake the border town from the taliban, they didn't succeed. said go the better, but there were bodies of afghan government forces and civilians lying burnt on the sides of the road. checkpoints were burned down. the taliban were moving around in afghan forces vehicles, but what they're going to do to the tunnel band border crossings provide a rich source of revenue. the group of also taken other checkpoints with neighboring countries in the north and west in landlocked war, 2 and ask canister, and the crossings are a lifeline essentially brought in from pakistan and in the other direction. afghan goods are transported to the world. here it's been bolduc sharman, the taliban flag flying on the left hand side of the border for pakistan. this no

longer seems to be any great obstacle and was turn our attention now to some of the other stories making headlines at this hour. journalists in delhi have healthy candlelight vigil to honor a colleague. readers, photo journalist denise to d. t was killed while covering, fighting between african security forces and the taliban. and you're a border crossing with pakistan. hate. he has begun. if corona, virus vaccine rollout, after receiving half a 1000000 doses from the united nations until this week of the country of 11000000 had not received a single vaccine dose. it's noon to month since the government declared a health emergency and imposed a curfew. 2000 have marched in, wants to protest against the corona virus. the vast impact announced by president and man when mccall, the certificate will be needed to access indoor dining venues, retail centers and public transportation. it will all be mandatory for health

workers and germany is in a race against the delta variant of the corona virus. that is the warning from health minister young fun for at the same time, doctors groups are warning that many people here are not willing to get vaccinated authorities or hoping that targeted campaigns and improved access to shots will help convince them. usually the people looking for a free spot at this parking lot come to shop for furniture, but today they've come to be vaccinated. for now, it's your turn for a shot. berlin is not the only place where the german authorities are looking for ways to get more people vaccinated. the aim is to make it convenient without red tape or an appointment. during the week, i'm always on the go. i leave home at 4 in the morning and get home late in the evening, so i don't have time to see my doctor. next morning i was laying tiles and on the

spur of the moment decided to do it today. that mama with long lines of good news for the government after the vaccination campaign stalled recently the leader of rhineland plots and it appealed to people to come forward. twin thesis, a do it for yourself for the children and the young people waiting for the go ahead . who missed out on so much and for longer our field said fish more and do it for those who can't get the shot to his infant lesson kernan. there weren't enough doses for all the berliners who joined the line. medical staff say fresh stocks are on the way sports news now and the red bull driver match shop and has secured whole position for the british grand prix by winning the 1st f one. sprint. silver so welcomed 90000 spectators for the new a qualifying format. driver's race over a 100 kilometers to determine the grid line up their shop and it started the sprint

and 2nd behind louis hamilton. but passed the britain straight off the line as his 5th pole of the year. and germany's olympics football team have walked off the pitch in protest against racist abuse during a friendly against honduras, targeted against defender jordan and tara and irene guy. late in the game. a racism in football has received increasing attention after 3 black england players suffered abuse when they missed penalties in the euro. 2020 final to the can fill the film festival. now it's glitz. the closing ceremony is often filled with suspense, with attendees eager to find out which film has got the top award, the palm door. and normally the winner is revealed at the end of the night, but that didn't go quite to plan. it began with a slip up. i can jury president spitefully nearly announce the winner early but was stopped in the nick of time. do tell me. i see

he's, he's tom door went to the room to tom. but julia corner, it's me the 2nd time in the history of the festival that a woman received the award i provoked, it is radical, and shocking to me. the main character, alexia has a titanium plate implanted in her head after a serious car accident. as a child, in spite of this she loves cause quite literally and brutally kills anyone who gets too close to her. she meets a fireman. he loves her like a father. at the same time, her body goes through a drastic change film critics or hailing it as a film that breaks boundaries. but the shocks a more than just shape through the

mas. i'd like to think the jury for acknowledging with this prize that the world needs more diversity and thank you for letting the monitors in. it must use you to listen to him. this 74th season of the festival took place under unusual conditions. last year it was cancelled entirely to the pandemic this year. locals, tourists, and loves of cinema, were able to enjoy its return obligatory mouse and pcr test. it was actually pretty normal. oh, newly, on your able to forget about codes and for a little while here, daniel, last year was difficult for everyone. you can breathe a sigh of relief. festival go is agree. it was with few exceptions, a can without many highlights or big stuff. but cinema is back on the red carpet and back in people's life. that is your news update at this our coming up next is

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