the terrible events and this, the world should not forget the long shuttle. the $972.00 olympic massacre start september 3rd on d w. ah ah, this is dw news ally from berlin prize winning author salman rushdie stabbed intellectual hall in new york. the writer has lived in fear for decades after ron supreme leader called for his death as rusty lies severely injured in hospital investigators are looking into the life of his alleged attacker. 4 days after

voting closed, kenyans are still waiting for final results of its presidential election. if neither of the 2 contenders emerges with a majority, the voting will begin all over again. and drought dries up, one of europe's most important waterways. low water levels mean some ryan river ships are operating at just a quarter of their normal capacity. ah and welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael o. co authors, salman rushdie is alive, but breathing through a ventilator after being stabbed on stage as he was about to give a lecture in new york state rushed. he had spent years in hiding and under police protection after iranian leaders called for his execution over his 1988 novel, the satanic verse. it's a 24 year old man has been taken into custody. modus still not yet confirmed.

the audience was waiting for an interview with salman rushdie to begin. when his attacker appeared from the back of the stage bundle in a personal loan, suddenly a person a man entered, and we thought he was arranging his microphone or something like that. it happened so fast, he entered from the left hand side from the right hand side and started stabbing him several times by the the 1st one was here by the neck and blood started coming out. salman rushdie got up and ran for his life. the moment does it bother me for real fara, blue yellow witnesses say rusty had been stabbed 10 to 15 times for the time, members of the audience grappled with the attacker, bringing him down on the stage. several medical doctors attending the event gave him life saving 1st aid. rusty was then taken to hospital for urgent surgery. his agent says he's been stabbed in the liver, had nerve severed in his arm and will likely lose an i police have identified his

attacker and believe he was working alone here. but we have been working to identify the star suspect, who was involved in that, in the attack at the chautauqua institution earlier today, or the suspect has been identified as haiti. matar age 24. from fair view, new jersey rushed. he spent more than a decade in hiding after the release of his 1988 novel, the satanic verses provoked violent uproar in several muslim countries. in 1999, the supreme leader of iran issued a decree calling for his execution. for 75 year old author has long been a vocal critic of religious extremism and a champion of free speech. for more on this story, we turned earlier to our culture editor, scott roxborough, who gave us a reminder of why exactly salman rushdie is most controversial work, the satanic verses caused such an almighty stir. i think

a lot of people talk about sam versus without really knowing what it's about, because i think it's of a book more famous of than rand, especially now since it's, it's so many decades old. and the book itself is not on merely about religion or, or islam. it's a story of 2 indian ex pats living in london who miraculously survive a terrorist attack. and like a lot of rusty's work, it's a satire and it's, it's the repent, has to sort of magically realistic elements throughout the book of what's caused. because defense at the time and still does for some people, ease are dream sequences which are in the book. i'm which are sort of re collins of the traditional story of the life of the prophet mohammed and many a muslims at the time. i took great offense that saying it was an insult to their religion. and that is what spark a protest against a book at the time and lead to the idaho many arranged around the spiritual leader,

calling us for a fatwas religious leader, calling for the the, for the death of the song. how was outrage over the book manifest back when it was released 30 years ago? yes, we wouldn't live through it. it's hard to imagine the outrage that came at the time . it initially actually started not in iran, but in india, refuse home country where the book was banned or riots. books were burned. number of people were killed in riots at the time. and then the a protest spread around the muslim world war and of the country. the book was banned in many countries, and as a leading up to then, the religious edict by the supreme leader literally ran calling for russia to be killed. he's self survive several assassination attempts and people connected with the book were also attacked of japanese translator. the satanic verses was stabbed at the norwegian, publisher of the book was shot and nearly killed and rusty himself had to go into

hiding and be under police protection for nearly a decade. living under the pseudonym a joseph and con, publish later a memoir in the words and based on his experiences at that time called joseph anton. and it was an unbelievable attack of many would say on freedom of speech and of course, transformed a rush life and his persona. i'm as, as a, as a sort of livid literary celebrity because he came not only a celebrated author, but a symbol of the defense of sri speech against extremism of forms. that's our scott rock's power. many, many thank scott kenyans are facing a test of patience as vote, tallying in the presidential election dragged into a 5th day early projections point to a tight race between opposition leader regular or dingo, and deputy president william, brutal with a history of disputed elections. carriers voting commission is under pressure to

declare a winner. for more on this, i was joined by d. w. correspond in felix marina. in nairobi. i asked him to expand on the criticism of the pace of the presidential vote count. good morning, so they're independent electoral boundaries. commission shall pass on. yes. idea in a press conference actually blamed it on the potty agents are presenting the different parties a saying that they were delaying the process with the verification. so what is going on at the national telling center is verification of their woods that walk of cast ed and counted, or they're pulling centers. and now the what show submitted to the national are telling center. so the physical forms are being verified by their different party ids. and so that's now the final tally can be updated in the form or in their form by the national air pass on who will now use that air. the updated results to announced the election results. so he, he blamed it on their political parties,

political party events, that they were derailing the process and he asked them to help them foster this process. so that kenyans consult banks being anxious and nor who their next li, tao will be. felix have been or concerns about hacking attempts on the voting systems. what do you know about that? so they are the see you for their independent electoral and boundaries commission. hussein madison, who seen yesterday again in a press conference said that between thursday evening and friday, midday, there had been about 200 attempts to hock the i b c system. and for obvious reasons, in the past we've had cases where paul, so i rigged. and actually yesterday, one of their secretary general's to one of the main political parties. actually the ruling political party jubilee said that they was you don't in their, in their mount can their region and they, they see your for

a b c said that part of the things that were being done to try and re guar to just infiltrate. this is them and derail their electoral process. but he said they had put in the necessary security measures and the necessary checks and balances to ensure that nobody was able to access the system. but from there, or from their server itself to their tally and every single beat about their electronic system, that nobody would be able to access that. so yes, a be said, we have set their necessary security measures. but those attempts are there and there are $200.00 as a chest, that demi d. okay, on that, so d, w, corresponded felix marina in nairobi. many thanks a look now at some of the other stories making news at this. our former u. s. president donald trump is under investigation for potentially violating the

espionage act. according to a warrant unsealed by a judge, the warrant shows the f. b. i removed 11 sets of classified documents from trumps, florida home, in a rate on monday, some marked as top secret. the taliban violently broke up a women's rally in the afghan capital. cobble militants fired warning shots and assaulted women who marched in front of the cities, education ministry. the protesters were chanting for food work and freedom. women and girls are largely banned from public life. under taliban rule, the british defense ministry says russia's black c fleet has been significantly degraded after a string of explosions, rock the russian operated airfield in crimea. earlier this week, the ministry said russia last 8 combat jets in the blasts. moscow has so far tried to downplay the incident. europe is in the grip of its

most extreme drought in decades record breaking heat waves linked to climate change have dried up rivers across the continent and sent water reserves plummeting to historic lopes in germany. water levels in the rhine drops so low that some cargo ships using this 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 float as usual. women still guest to 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. i saw the stair 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 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 bites. 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 control figure out who are good and 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. earlier i spoke to andrea to read. he a scientist at the european drought observatory,

i asked him to compare this summer's drought in europe with those we've seen in the past. it seems to be actually the, was the on no, on drag or the we yep. not a complete united because the event is still on going up. but by looking got there was the event, the one of 2018 i was there was looking back at the list of the last, the 500 d r d. c, at event seems to read it to be much worse than the 2018 in terms of special expand in terms of persistence, as well as in terms of the read, the what is really worrying me a lot of the odd the occurrence of concurrent events all around the world because the draw to europe is only one. draw. we shouldn't forget the other one's foot east affecting east africa with incredible. you might, you might that in crisis deborah, or the persistent and moved young drought in south america affecting girl a lot of bass in. so that this is what really worrying me the most well noted

climate scientists, andrea to read in many thanks. a reminder of the top story we're falling 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 up next. her special program on the berlin wall. the lie that led to terror and death to watching the w departure to the to day this meet flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century, many captain and setting sail to discover a route.