experienced the terrible events and this, the world should not forget me the long shuttle, the 972 olympic massacre start september 3rd on d w. ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin prize winning author salman rushdie stabbed in a lecture hall in new york. the writer has lived for decades and fear after you, ron supreme leader called for his death as rusty lies and hospital. investigators look for a motive for the attack. also coming up the top secret documents recovered from donald trump's florida. home. a search warrant reveals f. b,

i. agents took 11 sets of classified records and reveals the former us president being investigated for violations of the espionage act and drought dries of one of europe's most important waterways. germany's economy is in danger. as the rhine river, shipping root could soon become nearly impassable in some areas. ah, i'm ami a niece of welcome to the program. author salman rushdie has suffered serious injuries after being stabbed on stage as he was about to give a lecture in new york state. rusty had spent years in hiding and under police protection after iranian leaders called for his execution over his 1988 novel, the satanic verses 24 year old man has been taken into custody panic as

a man rushes the stage and attacks salman rushdie as he's about to speak, the author fell to the ground. police said he was stabbed in the neck. his assailant was tackled and taken into custody. people who are on the stage with him immediately rushed to the attacker and people jumped on to the stage from the audience to the point where there are probably 20 people on stage coin the attacker off and keeping him contained. and there happened to be at least 4 physicians in the audience who were able to come up on stage and, and help the author was transported to hospital via helicopter. the attack happened as he was about to deliver an address about artists living an exile under threat of persecution in western new york. he is alive, he is a then transport layer lifted to safety. but here's an individual who is so spent

decades. ah, speaking truth to power, someone who's been out there, i'm afraid, despite the threats that have followed him, his entire adult life that seems brushed, he was forced to spend more than a decade in hiding after the release of his 1988 novel, the satanic verses provoked protests by muslims in several countries and the supreme leader of iran called for his execution. the 75 year old author has long been a vocal critic of religious extremism and a champion of free speech. the motive for the attack is not yet known. mark summerour as a reporter at buffalo news, he joins us now. what do we know about rush these condition? we know what we were told about 2 hours ago and you, wiley is literary and he said that someone rushed you until later that he is likely to to, to lose sight. and when i, his liver was,

was severely damaged and that he had a reason, very critical condition. and those, this is the medical not medical team has not spoken yet to give us any, any, any sense of his condition. he was in surgery for a good number of hours. the last we knew at 5 o'clock and he'd been airlifted to a hospital, a sh, fairly short distance away. a little after probably around 11151130. so we can, we can assume he's been in surgery, he was in surgery or may continue to be for a minimum of 56 hours. and those are some serious injuries in any case. and can you tell us more about what the witnesses saw in the empathy or where the attack occurred? sure, i spoke with several witnesses. i'm including someone who sat in the front row at

the theater and they saw man down on to the stage very quickly. just a minute or 2 after the introductory remarks that we're going to introduce some rush in another speaker. we're then going to have a conversation about the need for a safe asylum for writers in this country, united states. and in a matter of moments, the rusher assailant had rush stage and attack rusty. luckily there were there were doctors in the audience and emergency medical technicians nearby as i think you have. so i'm saying start here. and number of people who are there in the audience got on stage to go after the assailants in to come to some rush. aid is also a policeman and another,

a law enforcement official that were there and very quickly apprehended this, right. i wanted to ask about that because rusty is someone that has been under police protection for the better part of 3 decades. so what do we know about the security level of this event? we don't have all the information. we know there is a state police officer and another county law loc, social who are right there nearby and we're on stage. we know there was a security check that everyone had to go through and to show their their, their backs. now apparently this person had a knife and somehow they got through that security. we don't have a lot of details. mark summer report for buffalo news. joining us, thanks so much. you're welcome. a newly unsealed search warrant has revealed that the f

b i. agents who rated former president donald trump's for to home on monday, took 11 sets of classified documents from the property, the f b i as evidence list revealed that trump had been keeping boxes of classified documents that summer. analysts say never should have left the white house, including several, marked as top secret trunk claims that he had declassified. the materials search warrant also indicated that trump is under investigation for potentially violating the espionage act. i asked our correspondent carolyn shamore in washington for more details about what the f b. i says they seized in the rate where we now know as that 33 items where it sees as possible evidence of crime. and also 11 sets of documents are, are classified documents, but not any kind of classified documents. amy and we know that we're talking about top secret documents, t as and t s i level that is the name of this documents. and this means that these

are really the nation's most highly sensitive documents. it's phil a, it is, it is a case against the president, or is it or is it a case against someone around him? that is a question that has not been answered. we just know about the number of documents and the type of documents, the f, b i has found there. and what more have we learned about the crimes or what the justice department is investigating trump for? well, the search warrant list is mainly about finding evidence for 3 potential crimes. we're talking about mishandling defense information. this could mean that he may have related the espionage act, or we're talking about the destruction of records and about the removal or methylation of documents. and it's important to point out aimen at that we're talking about secret and top secret documents that belong to the us government,

m the f. b. i took about 20 boxes of items from the mar, logo house of donald trump in florida. and including also a photo binders and information about the president of friends and a different other classified material. no, on the one hand, this looks like a major fiasco for the former president. but could this back back fire for democrats and give trump fuel for his likely run for president 2024. well, that is what we're seeing right now. a trump is continuing and even increasing his narrative of a hoax. he is presenting himself as a victim of this investigation. he says, the current administration is behind him and the democrats. and let's not forget that this is not the only one, the only investigation that trump is involved in. there also several other investigations including the riot buttons on january 6th and also different

investigations in new york. and that involve a, his, a trump organization and the value of, of miss priced m assets and misleading tax authorities. and so he's using all of this to say that the democrats on the current administration is against him writing on 2024 as a president, candidate, dw, correspondent carolina, to more in washington. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news. this. our protesters across brazil have marched in support of democracy amid fears that present shire. both noro could reject the results of october's election. thousands gathered in south palo to read manifesto and defense of brazil's democratic institutions, both and aro, has repeatedly discredited the countries electoral system and run up to the election. a gunman is killed at least 10 people and wounded 6 others in montenegro

. the central city of 17 year state television reports that the attacker fired at people on the street at random after a family dispute. gunman was shot dead by police after a 10 stand off that wounded one officer. the canyon electoral commission has admitted that vote, tallying in the presidential election is moving too slowly. kenyans have had to wait for a 4th day to find out who their next leader will be. early projections point to a tight race between long time opposition leader railer, or dinger, and deputy president william rudo. germany's defense ministry says it was suspended military presence in molly. the announcement comes after the malia government repeatedly denied german forces, overflight rights, making the rotation of troops and possible. berlin says it would be willing to participate in international peacekeeping missions there. but only if it's supported by the molly government. while europe is in the grip of

its most extreme drought and decades record breaking heat waves linked to climate change have dried up rivers across the continent and send water reserves plummeting to historic glows in germany. water levels in the rain drops so low that some cargo ships using the river are moving with a quarter of their normal load. desolate, dry and desperate for rainfall. this is the current state of the river, right in western germany. normally, the water level of the rhine here in cologne is about 3 meters. at the moment. it's just 85 centimeters. at other points along the river, the waters already below 40 centimeters. this boat restaurant is supposed to float, but the low water level means it's currently on a lean your from the tourist us. of course we're hoping that it rains in switzerland and in southern parts of germany. then we'll get the water that we need to be a boat restaurants again and flourish as usual. women. still, guests are happy to come and see the unusual view as if as i stand the water level

of the run, certainly wearing at the moment compared to its usual level. my son's death. flo so hot, it's muggy voices or i'm very worried about the drought in the low water. i can see the shipping is suffering fish a suffering, and the environment is suffering were cited. dozens of fairies transport tourists and communities across the rhine. but nicholas teal service could grind to a halt in a matter of days. he's already thinking about long term solutions. re remnants of iron will have to adapt, adapt the ships accordingly, and if necessary, we'll have to use new ships that have a lower draft. but there will be solutions, the rhine could be deepened, for example, that's already under debate because everybody's for big freight ships. however, the economic consequences could be more extreme. the ryan is used to transport masses of industrial raw materials including coal. but many bodies have been loaded at just one cause a capacity to keep them higher in the water,

which means dividing up cargo among more boats. just full years after a historic drought in the region, the low water levels are also running home, the impacts of climate change. knocking out faithful often after the drought in 2018, we asked ourselves whether this was a great outlier, whether this would only occur once every 200 years. now we have this situation again, 4 years later, in a similar form. it seems that these conditions will occur more frequently in future truth, bender, in who controls regards to argued in the other. many people, he a fear that water levels will sink even further in the coming week, which could lead to even more disruption of traffic here on the rhine. weather forecast point to some potential rain. but that won't ease the situation overnight . and a reminder of the top story we're following for you this. our author, salman rushdie has suffered serious injuries after being stabbed on stage as he was about to give

a lecture in new york state. a 24 year old suspect has been taken into custody. that's all for, for from me, for now, after a short break, my colleague, rog, watts, has our business update for you. remember, you can always find more news on our website. that's d w dot com, and you can follow us on social media to at the w news on twitter and instagram. i'm ami and isa, thanks for watching. ah imagine how many pollution lunch thrown out in the world right now? climate change, very hot story. this is my plan, the way home just one week how much was can really get.