one man, and that is really the last one was saw in the lights are all gone out. i witnesses experienced the terrible events and this the world should not forget shuttles in 1972 and big massacre stores september 3rd on d w. ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. pakistan's government describes a devastating flooding as the climate catastrophe. relentless monsoon reigns kill more than a 1000 people. critics say poor planning and corruption are also to blame. at coming up later,

pope frances visits and italian town that still rebuilding 13 years on from a devastating earthquake. a speculation grows for the pontiff could soon step down . our religious affairs correspondent explains the options. ah, monica jones. good. have you with us? pakistan's climate minister is calling flash floods that have killed over a 1000 people, a climate catastrophe. the newest fatalities are primarily being reported in the northwest and down in southern send province. southern baluchistan province is also heavily impacted by weeks of unrelenting monsoon rains. more than 30000000 people nationwide are affected, while vital infrastructure has been crippled by the flooding. the prime minister is appealing to other countries for help. forced from their homes, with only the few belongings they could save from the flood waters. there just some

of the 33000000 pakistani authorities say, have already been affected by this years flooding. bellagio, stan pakistan's, largest and porous province, is one of the worst affected some here feel abandoned it. hello larry. i called the guy that were carrying our own belongings so our house is submerged. i think that it. how else are we supposed to save them? or you can see how we're carrying them on such a terrible situation. if there is nobody from a government, nobody to how it will be to even ask about it. we put in a well, i've been a it here to the north west in punjab. these foot victims at least are getting some official help already. but the scale of the task is massive. rivers swollen by unrelenting rains, have washed away bridges,

and roads across the country, hindering aid efforts. the cash track government has launched an international appeal for funds to help deal with the devastation. but the cost of the damage is already estimated to run into the billions and pakistan's climate change minister sherry raman joins me now from islam. i bought a festival. welcome to the program and a thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. i understand that you've just come back from touring, the most effective parts of your country. what are the impressions you got there? well, as you can see, the image is a hard breaking. it's not the sad part is it that it is not stopping. the rain is relentless. the water is coming down in buckets from a merciless sky. and we have now in our 8th week, in the south of the country where it is beginning, many districts are beginning to look like they're part of the ocean. our helicopter

sorties are not finding dry land to drop new rations essential services. people are marooned on bits of high ground. we've had to deploy the navy for the 1st time to operate in in the sun because much of it looks resembles a small ocean. so yes, it's quite devastating. it is a climate catastrophe. i'm very clear because the whole of this year we have seen one after another cascade of it, one after another event, extreme weather events and a guest dime catastrophes. and that started literally in early march, late february, when we went straight from winter to spring pakistan became one of the hardest places on the planet crossing 53 degrees in the south. right. and that it triggered a great deal of public stress. it triggered the forest a whole season,

a far corner, which we had to bear to in areas where we already are. look, what is it? it's been a very stressful time, of course, because you haven't yeah, of course. i mean, you said it yourself that i mean pakistan is, is in the region that is actually used to my mom soon. rain a regularly comes in the particular season, but this year you say it's very, very different. and you say it's down to climate change and we've seen in our terrible scenes in other parts of the world as well. but critics still say that the devastation of that we're witnessing has less to do with manmade climate change on what to do with poor planning. and corruption, what do you say to that when the poor planning really, or the corruption that they are alleging has been in built into that said planning

would really have been infrastructure and urban planning that has been in place for years on end. if you remember in 20 den pakistan was hit by super floods, a lot of the planning after that, at least and being infrastructure like bridges was focused on building them higher . recall we all for the building back better. and now we have the united nations on the ground with us. i don't think they see it as anything but a climate catastrophe. and why we are trying very hard to save lives and manage a subtle subsistence in areas where there's been didn't resource and the died of water just keeps coming. now it's coming from the north and the garbled river raging in, in what is known as a traditional river in blood. we are in the middle of a perfect storm. i don't know anyone that could have planned for 8 weeks of

unrelenting monsoons in cities and in dire swedes. 77 districts, 72 districts now calamity it decking 700 and more water than ever. i don't think that's about planning, but having said that, of course we need to plan better. i've been at the an advocate of climate resilient planning for a while. there was an in dire sit there. you could perhaps help us with a concrete example because her what's happened happened and the people now need help immediately. and you pointed out how difficult it is to get help to them. but what needs to be done concretely in your assessment as climate change minister to prevent another disaster like this one? well, no, i'm not sure that the water can be prevented or the glacial melt can be prevented because that's global warming. and yes, i would like not to be hector by western communities that have gotten rich on the

back of burning fossil fuels beer less than a one percent bit during the word. so yes, i think it's time that, oh, the concrete example would be that pakistan needs a huge amount of just, just for this relief measures we had, we need $1000000000.00 right now. we're transporting gash funds to our world ruble . but um, you know, planning for core climate resilient infrastructure all over a very, very stressed country. economically stress country is not possible without external hair. and isn't it dime that can freeze that had created this global crisis? have me pledges they came to los pledges of the conference of bodies and actually translate their ambitions and promises in action are right. but there are no words very, very clear words there from my sherry, remind pakistan's federal minister for climate change sher talking to us from

islamabad. thank you so much. very much. the united nation says millions of tons of grain still need to be cleared from ukrainian, silas to make room for the new harvest shipments resumed through the black sea. earlier this month, under a deal set up by turkey and the u. n. to lift a russian blockade, the flow of grain has helped east flood prices but export so far a down by half compared to the same period last year. dw mathias bellinger in t f told us about new measures by the ukraine and government to ease grain shipping . there's the hope that the new measures they introduced will have an impact. basically they introduced new rules for men about band, from leaving the country since the beginning of the war, due to potential tribute mobilization. so men between 18 and 60 cannot leave ukraine, and the government has approved new rules for the men who need to travel on for

business purposes. and these include sailors. so the hope is that if ships have difficulty finding a crew to sailing, that ukrainian sailors would be more ready to say, lynn, but the problem is we also need the ships. and there's also the problem of insurance, which is of course, very costly because they're sailing into a war zone. and despite all the guarantees, so it's a measure that could potentially ease, but it's probably not the solution to the problem. the company's solution tom now to take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. 6 people were killed when a truck crashed into a neighborhood party and the other dutch city of rotterdam 7 others were injured. the spanish driver was arrested. investigators are looking into why the vehicle run off a dike. at least 30 people are dead off. the rival groups exchanged gunfire, and the libyan capital tripoli. tensions between 2 organizations buying from

control of libya. i've been rising for months. the refuse they could escalate into an all out nationwide conflict. hope francis is visiting a town in central italy still rebuilding in the wake of a devastating earthquake. more than a decade ago. 300 people were killed and many of luck we lost a finest buildings, destroyed. the pope celebrated mass, but there's growing speculation that he may soon step down a 1st hand tour of reconstruction work in l'aquila. the city's cathedral was among the buildings badly damaged in a devastating earthquake in 2009. but the pope's visit was closely watched because of one of l'aquila as other claims to fame. the city is home to a pilgrimage church that is the final resting place of pope celeste in the 5th, a 13th century church leader who became the 1st pontiff to resign at an open air mass outside the church. francis praised his med evil predecessors.

modesty knew me in the eyes of man, the humble are seen as weak and losers, but in reality, they are the real winners because they are the only ones who trust completely and the law in complete them in their seniority. the reference is likely to add to speculation about francis future plans after previous hence that he would resign if his health no longer allowed him to carry out his duties. before leaving l'aquila, the pope opened the basilica of coloma chose holy door as part of the annual pilgrimage tradition. of a more i'm joined now here in the studio by dw religious affairs correspondent matching gac enter. that actually raises quite a lot of questions. so could you perhaps tell us, i mean, during mass, the pope said that relinquishing power was a sign of humility. this is surely somehow adding to speculation about

his future. indeed. so there's been quite a bit of speculation quite a bit of rumor, particularly in specialize. our special express load was really of him, essentially stepping back, stepping out of the policy that the visit to l'aquila is itself quite significant because actually in the l'aquila rests, or that one of the only folks that actually has resigned his position and drink the homily he actually did say that relinquishing bower is indeed a form of humility and is an expression of godliness. this will not help settle rumors as a matter of fact will boldly accelerate the rumor machine her. and this comes directly in the heels of his conscious story, which is happening actually pretty much right now. it will continue to moreland the after, in which 20 new cardinals. many of them quite aligned with the boat, political and ideological. if not, theological intuitions had been actually brought into the of the church and become

potential electors in the choosing of the next pope. so what does this tell us about the future of the church? it's actually a very good question. it's really quite difficult to sort of pinpoint what is that happens sort of from here on, particularly because there's been a very strong confrontation between very conservative sectors of the church, particularly led by the anglo saxon world, the u. s. and australia play sort of a really significant role. and essentially the policy which has taken a much more integrative, if not sort of commitment committed to diversity. many of the people that were now made cardinals, or people that come from fairly unusual places, for instance, go or where there's been for 450 years, sort of membership of the church, but actually no cardinal. and as a matter of fact, people that generally belong to the basis of the church and do not really came coming to the church as part of sort of its hierarchy. so it's very likely that the next conclave will see many of these voices were presented in ways that they had

not been before much and got d w. religious affairs correspond then thank you so much. you're welcome. and finally, india has completed its biggest ever demolition operation. blasts brought down twin 100 meter high apartment towers near the capital delhi in seconds. the supreme court order to the demolition because the high rise is breached safety regulations, the area was evacuated before the explosions. that's all from us for now. up next, our tech show shift to looking at how artificial intelligence can help to prevent destructive forest fires and route from the the team. thanks for watching these places in europe or smashing the records, stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you, whoops, record breaking.