warm enough with a special look at a special country. iran from above. start september 16th on d, w. ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, u. s. president joe biden, warrens about an assault on democracy ahead of the crucial midterm elections. donald trump, with the major republicans representative extremism that threatens the very

foundation of our republic, pardon, heads out at his predecessor and extreme republicans, and just americans to reject political violence in a passionate speech on the show. you and the inspector gets inside russian how nuclear power station in ukraine, and they say they plan to stay at europe's biggest nuclear power plants indefinitely. as the war outside rage is on the desperate plight of pakistan, east and monster monsoon season has left a 3rd of the country underwater. the w h o says more than 6000000 people need a just to survive. ah, i'm all on soccer. a one welcome to the program. you as president joe biden says, the us demo chrissy faces an existential threat from supporters of former

presidents. donald trump, in a fiery speech biden said there was a fight for the soul of america. even went so far as to say from supporters were working to undermine the rule of law. it comes ahead of important mid term elections in november that will see democrats, 5 to maintain control of the house of representatives. and the senate. here is more from the us presidents to mark your what's happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump, the miger republicans, represent an extreme ism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. miger republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law. they do not recognize the will of the people refuse except the results of a free election. and they're working right now. as i speak in state after state,

to give power to the side elections in america, the partisans and cronies, empowering the election deniers to undermine democracy itself. my forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose. no right to privacy? no right to contraception. no right to marry who you love? dw mikaela cuza and washington was following president biden speech for us. mckayla . wow, this was a joe biden like we've rarely seen him at fiery speech and thrash and the thrashing of donald trump and his supporters. absolutely, and joe biden has done 2 things. first of all, he is quite clearly answer the question. who is the leader of the free and democratic world tonight? that's certainly what he wants to be a to world, but also in what he has declared,

which is a battle for the soul of the nation. and that's interesting because donald trump. 1 was once elected and continues on what he calls a battle to take america back to save the country. now joe biden has declared another battle, which is the battle to save democracy in america, the very american values. he feels also republicans who don't do not belong to the market to make america great. again, movement completely centered on donald trump and he calls on them to join him as well. so he's essentially trying to turn the midterm elections in november into a referendum on whether you are for or against democracy, calling on republicans also to vote democrat by no, call this a speech about the soul of the nation. why does this speech come right now?

well, it's an interesting timing. i mean, there's a one can say there's a cynical view one can take, which is this is purely strategy, but it also is a political risk not to talk about bread and butter issues, about gas prices and not promising a further step to alleviate the pressure that ordinary americans are feeling right now, but then also it comes just a few days after donald trump, whom he remarkably mentioned several times, something he tried to avoid during the 1st months of his presidency. or donald trump issued his social media message. it still denying that he lost the 2020 elections, calling for those results to be overturned, the rightful winner to be declared as such, and at the very least, still, almost 2 years after the presidential election that saw joe biden, when, without a doubt, that's been dealt with in court here as well, for those elections to be repeated. so quite

a remarkable denial from donald trump there. and he also implicitly put him on a par with out of hitler. didn't mentioned hitler himself, but he said that history did tell that completely following one political leader and being prepared for political violence essentially is something that is anti democratic. so a clear statement here aiming nationally also of course at those midterm elections, but also a message that america is back not just in terms of economic and political leadership, but also in being a beacon to the world when it comes to democracy, as he put it wow, extraordinary stuff there. another speech was also being worked closely watched outside the us. what signal was he trying to send to the world? well look, let's, let's just look at what the united states have done in recent months. at 6 months since the russian invasion in ukraine. the united states clearly has become the

leader in delivering weapons in bolstering up a ukraine against that invasion. at the same time, in taiwan a democracy in the united states is living up to its commitments. china is felt the need after the visit of the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, there to reinforce it through maneuvers in the region that it is the dominant power there. so clearly the united states perceived as the threat by dictatorships around the world and do biden willing to fight for democracy nationally and internationally. corresponding mcculloch if not in washington. thank you very much . a team of you and inspectors has completed its 1st tour of ukraine, separate cheer, nuclear power plant. the plant in russian occupied territory has experienced several potentially catastrophic failures in recent weeks. and the international nuclear watchdog once to set up a permanent base there. despite the danger,

post post by a nearby method strike experts from the international atomic energy agency being shown around the separation nuclear power plant by russian energy officials. on thursday they made a 1st tour of the key areas they wanted to see with ukraine and russia. blaming each other for shelling near the facility, the agencies had said the physical integrity of the plant had been violated. and he emphasized that their mission is far from over. we are not going anywhere the i e. busy is now there is at the plan and he's not moving, it's going to stay there. we're going to have a continued presence there at, at the plant with some of my experts, and i still the head of the power company that runs the plant, said they are working to restart the reactor and expressed hope that the un mission

could help would believe it would be like her, my in parenthesis mission for us is just to did militarize the tutorials, apparently a power plant and surrounding area. if this mission helps to do that, then it will businesses in the short term d, i. e. h plans to keep a group of experts at the plans for the next several days to continue their assessment of the damage already done to the facility. a dangerous unprecedented mission in the midst of a war zone. while tensions are high around, separates or elsewhere, people are trying to re establish normal activities. first, they marked the 1st day of school and ukraine, and more than half of all schools will offer in person classes. but only schools with underground air right shelters were permitted to reopen with the rest retreat reverting to online learning since rushes invasions thousands of educational

buildings have been damaged or destroyed. but experts say education is essential for mental health. giving young people a sense of novelty amid the grim realities of the conflicts. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines. now. russian president vladimir putin has paid his respects to the late soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev. who died on tuesday, according to his spokesman scheduling issues mean the russian president will not attend gorbachev's funeral on saturday. the spokesman added that the ceremony would have elements of a state funeral, including a guard of honor. the european union's drugs regulator has approved the 1st coven. 19 vaccines adapted to protect against the army crone variance. but the vaccines haven't been updated to cover the newer, more infectious a, b, a for, and be a 5 versions that on our dominant, around the world. a ship carrying grain from ukraine has run aground in

turkey's phosphorus, straight forcing the critical waterway to close. the vessel was transporting more than 3000 tons of corn to italy when it suffered a rather failure. it's the 1st such incident since exports from ukraine restarted in july. and almost 6 and a half 1000000 people in pakistan are in dire need of humanitarian aid that's according to the world health organization. this map shows the areas affected by flooding. hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed, according to unicef with hundreds of healthcare facilities affected after heavy monsoon, ryans pounded pakistan. now the floods have led to more than a 1000 deaths and left survivors at risk of disease and malnutrition. refund con scans. the soaked ruins of her home. the mother of 9 daughters lives in northern pakistan,

swat district. for weeks it has rained here nonstop. the water flooded their home, almost completely destroying it. here ever thought a little gerberg did people ask me what i lost, but it's impossible to even guess all our whole house has been destroyed. we've got a gurgle. there's nothing left. nothing at all is left in this house go good regord give me. yes on the pakistan's monsoon season began in june extra saying that there has been $4.00 to $5.00 times the normal amount of rain this year. turning rivers into raging torrents, the flood waters reached the home of re thought, han and her daughter bushera a few days ago. when ali and will this are my we are just amount to pack our bags. when the water came letting it rose very quickly, up to our next visit, we left our bags behind and climbed up onto the roof to save our lives down to the see. but i will help. more than 30000000 people have been affected by the flooding . with damages estimated at more than $10000000000.00. food, water,

and shelter in particular are in short supply. pakistan's prime minister, ship bonds to reef has promised immediate aid. every been even restrained. in a very transmitting fresh agency that he would breach the needy there would be no race at all. as to clean up work begins, disease is spreading throughout the areas affected by the flooding. there's also a shortage of medicine, including and swat district by the peasant doctor. i don't have enough money to go to the doctor by medicine, but we have source roles and we're getting heat rashes on our skin. crowded them. her daughter bushrod was about to get married. we thought han had spent months making new garments and preparation for the wedding all destroyed by the flooding. she doesn't know where to turn to the but so good, more totally helpless mother,

my daughter and i are suffering badly. i can't cope with the severe consequences of the flood. but i just don't know how we'll get through this. certainly by bachelor and we'll do some of the adding back yard goodwin gun rebuttal. for now, we thought han and her daughter are staying with friends, but they have no idea what their future holds. l. salvatore's festival of fireballs has returned. after the pandemic extinguished the traditional event for the past 2 years, i will look at this, locals and tourists health each other with tightly rolled rags drenched in gasoline, participants wear gloves and mosques, and in a non to safety police. do try to make sure no one is taking cost is intoxicated. local legend has at the event commemorates the eruption of a local volcano in the mid 17th century. his reminder of the talk

story were following for you at this hour. you as president joe biden has warned off an extremist assault on democracy in primetime address, he urged americans to reject what he called the darkness of political violence and protect democracy. and he voiced his toughest criticism, yet of his predecessor, donald trump. as the country heads towards the mid term elections watching need of the news up next doc filled with races down under violence against aboriginal australians. that's it for me. i'm allow sika, thanks for watching. ah interest. the global economy. our portfolio. g w business beyond here the close.