ah ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, sri lanka on edge after days of turmoil. the government re imposes the curfew a day after crowd storm to government buildings. protestors angry over the economic crisis are still waiting for the president's official resignation. after he fled the country also coming up

u. s. president joe biden emphasizes america's strong ties with israel on his mitty strip. since he took office, the 1st trip he's due to hold talks with the country's leaders plus a ray of hope for global from its security. the un says that talks between russia and ukraine on the resuming brain exports are increasing toward a deal that could need that relief from millions of people around the world threatened by food shortages and germany marks of one year anniversary of one of the countries was to natural disasters a year after devastating floods tore through western parts of the country. many survivors are still waiting for their homes and businesses to be rebuilt. dw, revisit, is one of the worst effected communities. ah,

i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. she loc, as interim government has re imposed a curfew a day after angry crowds stormed government buildings. the prime minister who is now acting president, has ordered security forces to restore. com. now, people are still waiting for the official resignation of the president. go to buy about a pox a one day after he fled the country. amid the country's devastating economic crisis . protesters watched the nightly news from the presidential palace. they've occupied the residence for days on tv, the acting president, accusing the demonstrators of trying to grab power after they broke into his office . when he thought that we knew that because of today's situation, the security forces advised me to declare a state of emergency and impose a curfew. but i'm thinking of variable i, i am now implementing for the state of emergency under curfew. the optima that

again we must defeat that they slash a threat and i think i'm on it. oh, protesters ignored the curfew and the order to vacate public spaces, recur me. think is office is the 4th government building to be occupied in as many days as with the earlier conquests, as colonial era compound has become a tourist attraction for demonstrators and curious onlookers. the, i don't want a single country, really. this is don't do. very clear about it. they are not willing to pay probably in a blue moon even to leave because the person coming being a strong and we're just going time to come. i think they had warning light on. i think it's not just government buildings. demonstrators also demanded access to the nation's public broadcaster in colombo. after discussions with staff protest

leaders were allowed to make life statements. abiotic brisket off, rita, that was their struggle. historic moment for sri lanka and said state t, v should not allow itself to be manipulated by politicians, or at least one person has died in clashes with security forces. protests against the economic crisis have simmered for months. sri lankan blame president, going to buy a raj, a pack shot, and his family for bankrupting the nation of $22000000.00. he's fled the country but as yet to formerly stepped down, protest her say they won't stop until he does. and dw correspondent minyard chowdhury is in the sri lankan capital colombo, manila. what are you observing? what is the situation in the capital right now? well, after the dramatic developments that too late yesterday, the city appears that actively much commer right now. there are not as many protested out on the street. but justin is that the prime minister on the victim?

i think i had given a directive to impose of got you yet again in the columbia, in the uh, colombo administrative district, which is coming, which has come into effect on to as noon today and really bad til 5 am tomorrow morning. so as i said, they are not in a protest with on the street, but they are expected to storm the streets again to day evening. and we saw yesterday that indeed they stormed official buildings, took some of them over madeira. they are calling for the president to step down as he pledged to do so by the end of day yesterday. 10 that indeed be expected his resignation. well let expectation has been there since july 9th, saturday when the demonstrator took or were the residential secretary and the presidential palace. and it was told that the president will submit the official resignation to the speaker by wednesday. but when they came and gone,

and that hasn't happened yet, we haven't seen the official resignation yet. so people are angry, people are frustrated, they're angry at the end of the fact that a good or bad book that even left the country because they want him to be held accountable. they want prime minister on the victim a single who was declared as the interim president and the athens of waterbury lodge books. and they want him to step down. at the moment i'm finding at the, one of the entrances of the parliament of the country. people stormed law late last night, people stormed this building as well, protesting trying to leave these to wait, but they were pushed back. a lot of protectors also were injured and were taken to the hospital for the expectation is still that the ones that have the nation to come in. so that the process to choose the next president can begin. and in the meantime, how our sri lankan is coping with these shortages of food, fuel, and medicine. well, not very well as the political struggle goes on a day to day struggle has not gone down. people have moved to cooking on board

because they can't find a cooking gas. people are standing in cues in front of fuel stations for $4.00 to $5.00 days leaping in their cost. because the con, get fuel inflation had shot up to over 50 percent. or what do you have shot up, people are not able to afford basic necessity, basic essential. they are facing a hard time right now. so while the political struggle is going on, the economy pricing is getting worse and worse. many are chowdhury with the view from colombo, thank you so much. u. s. president joe biden is due to hold talks with israel's new prime minister guy or le peed in the coming hours. biden has called america's ties with israel bone deep during his 1st trip to the middle east since taking office. biden's visit will also include talks in the palestinian territories. it's not the 1st time joe biden is visiting israel, but it is the 1st since he became the president of the united states. he is meeting

with israeli leaders to strengthen ties that he face already form. because the connection between his rarely people and the american people is blown, deep is blown. deep among the leaders was israel's defense minister who briefed biden on the iron dome. the iron dome is israel state of the art defense system to intercept miss isles. biden's dress, the 2 nations close cooperation on defense projects where reform the unshakable, remember the anastasia israel security. including partnering with israel on the most cutting edge, the french systems in a world bite and then visited java sham. a memorial for wicked homes of the holocaust. he lit an eternal flame of remembrance and met survivors the visit by a prison tonight, that is always important because it helps to amplified the voices of the survivors

. it helps to amplify. the blight of the victims biden's visit comes out of time of political turmoil in his room. and we'll take him next to the west bank and then to a controversial stop in saudi arabia. ah, and let's get more on this visit. we are joined by senior fed nova she is the director of the israeli middle east relations program at mit them. she is an expert on middle eastern studies and a former member of the israeli message. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. on arrival yesterday, president biden said that the relationship with israel is deeper and stronger than it's ever been. is that true? well, you are looking at the current government and we see the incredible relation between the prime minister, levine between his whole cabinets. also the 2nd,

the prime minister of taliban and all of the ministers that greeted by them in the airport. and in this regard, this is of course very true. also that if you're looking at the bar meter or the support, the military support, the defense support that u. s. is providing to ease room. however, there are of course, many questions in regard to american commitment. these are the iran are there were some statements that were made by joe biden yesterday. also he's interviewed that is really television. and yet, there are more questions than answers because he's gone into the region in the most difficult period when there is still a chance to move forward with the iranian deal. and this is of course, except at the news room with a great deal of suspicion and even fear. and of course his last visit was 6 years ago, and then he of course,

was not president. how has the middle east changed since then? would you say? well, 1st of all, i would have to mention, of course, the regional integration of israel, of the last visit of president biden, here in the region. what happened in the transition period in between the arab spring and abraham, a court. and since then, of course, you know, they ever come of course that emerged. and right now the president himself is also a dealing go with promotion and expansion, overcome record. so you know, for me and trying to establish some connection between israel and saudi arabia. so in one aspect, at least the middle east looks as a more cohesive place today than it used to be more then years ago and visited these role many times, all and all 10 times in the all of his career. and also there to boil

the chronicle more literally have to mention that as well is in there, but i still don't, i mean, of course they present a challenge the american border secure in the region. and in this regard that there is, unfortunately not a good prognosis. there because in these really the turmoil seems to be an instability. seems to be growing and the people of them and waiting for elections that never come out. and it seems that also the traditional bureau had begun there already. ok, so much to address senior lava. we thank you so much for joining us. as you, ma'am, ma'am. mentioned you're a former member of the israeli can as it and the director of the israel middle east relations program at mid family. appreciate your time. after months of global grain shortage negotiators in turkey say that they have reached a deal to resume grain exports from ukraine after hours of negotiation. and is some

bold turkey's defense minister announced ukraine. and russia had agreed to allow grain shipments through the black sea, turkey and the united nations helped broker that tail expected to be signed next week. the deal would end a month's long impasse that has left more than 20000000 tons of much needed grain stuck in ukrainian ports. unable to leave because of fighting in the country and un secretary general. antonia good head ash says that war work was still needed to finalize the deal, but held the breakthrough as a critical step forward in the world darkened by global prizes to the at last we have a ray of hope, a day of hope to ease human suffering and the leave your tongue go on the walls of hope to support developing countries and the most vulnerable people a day of hope to bring good measure this much needed stability to the global food system. and it appears in economy and joins us now from kiev. nick,

tell us just a few days ago the ukranian leadership said that it did not trust russia with that in mind. what should we make of this breakthrough? well, exactly, that is the crucial issue that trust is not there. we've seen time time again. a deals too accurate civilians, other deals are between the sides to talking about a presence of war and of the kind of the bodies of casualties of war. all those deals have fallen through time time again. so the question about whether ukraine rush can work together now, lots of question marks. there are lots of doubts. i think this is definitely about the blame game. but both sides in this conflict know that this is an issue that has caught detached people around the world. that people are really feeling the impact of this conflict in their daily shopping in their, in their, their food bill. and so they're all trying to play a game, they're all showing willingness to engage. but whether ukraine really is willing to take those mines way to basically make city like

a desa and mc alive fundable to russian attacks from the sea to let those commercial grange ships through. i think there lots and lots of doubt still, whether that's actually going to happen. they're talking about some kind of coordination center in turkey that would manage shipping through the black sea. but the people here on the grounds, the analysts saying, even if there were that willingness to remove the minds that still could take months because of those minds were laid in a hurry in the 1st few days and weeks of this war. so even, even if, despite all the odds that kind of trust is somehow found, the realization might take a lot longer than lots people around the world hoping. remind us, let us take care when it comes to grain shipment for ukraine. phillips, this is a huge industry. lots of farmers here are basically sitting on huge harvest at the world, desperately needs, but they can't get them out. can't get paid for them and g, and moving forward. the next few harvest. without that ready cash coming and how they're going to pay their wages, how they're going to pay for fuel and fertilizer. but it was about the bigger point

of ukraine's access to the world oceans. other industries like metals, they're being able to get their exports out. the land borders are just a lot more expensive in terms of the logistics, they're further away, the less well organized. so it's a bigger picture. great, but actually i think in all this, in terms the food, this is more a problem for the outside world than for ukraine. because paradoxically, as long as those port stay closed, food is actually gonna get cheaper here. and ukraine for ukrainian customers. it's the people in place like lebanon, more tamia, are often very far away who i could be dependent on ukraine or any grain, but also for vegetable real basics that are just exploding in price right now. okay, so, so many knock on effects for the global community did have is nick connelly for us there in the ukrainian capital. kia, thank you so much. a state of wildfires is scorching parts of europe with fire fighters battling blazes in portugal, spain, france, and croatia. authorities are linking an unusual heat wave to climate change. a mass

of hot, dry air blown in by african winds, is driving temperatures in the iberian peninsula as high as 46 degrees celsius. a red alert for almost half of portugal, much of the drought it country is at maximum fire risk. dozens of blazes have already forced hundreds of residents to evacuate. somewhat john helplessly as the flames edge closer. aren't you afraid? nothing me of the bill did. i am afraid or where can i go jump into a water tank. let me stay here and watch you already. armed with god and hoses, residents try to save their homes. fire crews are hot at work, but stretched thin. some arriving too late. so given there were no firefighters here, everything around the house burned down, the neighbors and my husband managed to put out the flames. we had no one else. the

fire crews and aircraft only arrived now in south with france. vacation views were interrupted as water bomb is filled up to basle. a nearby forest fire. thousands of evacuated campus took shelter, their holidays ruined as realities set in well, we sit on tv and say it won't happen to us, but when it does, it's a bit strange. it's not reassuring all the people yelling, the smell smoke, it's scary and croatia, defamation coasts, picturesque seaside towns where smothered in smoke. flames whipped by high winds, have already destroyed homes, farms, and olive groves, many butcher. it started to fall on my head. my hair was on fire, we thought it wouldn't happen, but here it is. terrible. this is never happened. this is really scary. spain is

enduring, its 2nd suffocating heat wave in less than a month. scientists say europe should prepare for more extreme temperatures, droughts and fires as climate change becomes an escape dable reality. now today marks one year since catastrophic flooding had parts of western europe killing more than $200.00 people. and causing millions of euro's worth of damage to homes and infrastructure. germany and belgium were the worst affected countries with entire communities devastated. the floods also cause extensive damage in the netherlands, luxembourg, switzerland, and austria. meantime in germany, one of the worst hit areas was the r valley flash flooding there caused most of germany's $185.00 deaths one year later, much of the damaged infrastructure is yet to be rebuilt.

one year after scenes of abandonment, this used to be a tranquil village street with half timbered houses and gardens on the banks of the ar. the apparently harmless stream that became a raging torrent ticking cars, houses everything with it and leaving lasting marks on the people here on that side uncertain for by far you are afraid of water even of taking a shower. wonder do you hear the sound of the water coming at the shower head and it remind you of that rushing sound and the witness laska full. jojo. hanrick's childhood home survived the flood but an outside wall almost collapsed. after 8 months of work, the family was able to move back in at least 134 people died when the are flooded. hundreds are still missing, including in you the as neighbourhood reddish alton,

if i guess i'll never forget it. oh, good paul. this massive water just popped the door open and my kid yell, dietary my, my mom help mom help life. and then suddenly it was quiet. and i didn't see some people for 3 days. and then i saw them and i knew okay, that safe, nothing happened to them. and, and they said hi, dennis nicks, pa, theater. these are images from the days after the flood mud and debris piled up meters high. back then we visited mohammed abdul hamid who was trying to salvage what he could from his rented barber shop. she's been, i've been here 6 years. i've lost everything in shambles for laura, for months he gave haircuts outside. now finally, his salon is open again. thank god, but there's still

a lot missing of course, but it took a long time just to get to this point at 111 months. but hardly any work has been done on many houses. some are in danger of collapsing. sometimes it's unclear who's responsible for paying to fix them up. not many people had insurance . state aid payments have not arrived yet. or there not enough. mohammed's hair salon is an exception. think that either through death a syllable. i'm really happy that the shops up and running again that every day life is back that i get to see my customers. we don't mind acquaintances in a. yeah, my heart is dancing. mine has fallen in his. i'm tonton. once again, the r is a harmless looking stream, but for many here, the havoc caused a year ago is far from over. and d, w reporter test have alter as an alternate in the western german region. that was

devastated one year ago, a test to take us back to that time. why was the region hit so hard and so unprepared? several reasons. let's look behind me. this is the tiny stream that caused all this trouble. and now let's just have a look at what it actually did behind me here. this all used to be houses and they all had to be demolished because there was severely damaged. this house behind me is also said to be torn down. and he, you can see just to get an idea of how high the water level rose it came, all the way up to the roof to this house. so on the night of the 14th people here, yes, they were unprepared. and the reasons are 2 fold. firstly, they say the authorities haven't warned them early enough, haven't warned them clearly enough. but also people here there i used to floods

happening to water level to rising so themselves. they didn't decide to leave their homes early enough. they stayed there, trying to save valuables. moving up 1st floor, 2nd floor into the rooms and at some point the water was so high, they couldn't actually leave their homes anymore. so many of them stayed on their roofs all night. they then could only be saved by helicopters the next morning and had to spend the night to reading for their own lives and one year on how our survivors coping. we have mix directions here. i've talked to a lot of people and let's have a listen to what they told me. close to up to this is not a tool going the way i'd hoped. i thought things would me faster, but they just aren't good. i'm fully schreider. i negotiate for some people complain that not enough is being done. the authorities who are responsible for everything here, i've never had to deal with something like this before. it more than dictates on

lands region here is devastated as if it looks like a war zone does not enough is being done to help this new sam believable it. it love i, law thinks and are running as they should with all to receive 2 payments as of what exactly but told they wouldn't be unnecessary bureaucracy. but that's not the case . is the region now better prepared to so what lessons have been learned? that is a complicated question. 30000000000 euros here have been allocated to rebuild the region safer, greener, more sustainable. but really we're facing a fundamental problem. water levels rising in this region. that's nothing new here . actually a 100 years ago, we had about the same amount of rain we had one year ago when the floods happen. but what has changed is the density of the population here. people have build houses, they've sealed the ground with roles. they build that build bridges, infrastructure and all that makes the water be unable to seep into the ground. so

therefore, 100 years ago it was able to find its way into the river delta, moving left and right. now with all these man made obstacles, the river can't actually go into the width, so it has to rise. therefore, it is being heightened and m lifted up and therefore p 4 are facing these floods born more. additionally, we have climate change happening. that makes the makes heavy rain for more likely. and therefore we have to prepare for more and more floods. so really a compromise has to be found here. people have to be protected, the houses have to be protected. that also nature has to be given the space, it needs and case of more heavy rainfalls, dw reporter tessa voucher and alton i thank you. you're watching t w news. a reminder of our top story this our sri lanka has re imposed a curfew

a day after protestors storm the government buildings. demonstrators angry over the economic crisis are still waiting for news of the president's resignation. after he fled the country up next it is focused on europe. we will have more on the one year anniversary of germany's flood disaster in that program. so do stay with us if you can for that in the meantime, there's always more on the website, d, w dot com. i'm sarah kelly and berlin, thanks for watching. mm. ah. with

who for the water came at night last summer, a terrible flood devastated the oro valley little was left standing. what does the region look like today? ah,

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a gold hon go. a history of anti semitism is a history of stigmatization and exclusion of religious and political power struggles. it's a history of slender, of hatred and violence, or even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. oh, a history that you semitism this week on d. w ah, ah, ah ah, ah, this is focus on europe. i'm lar barella, thanks for your company. it was a catastrophe of epic proportions. the flooding that ripped through western germany .