ah, 3 years that would change the world forever. my jillions journey around the world. start september 7th on d w. ah, ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, u. s. president joe biden, warrens about an assault on democracy, head of crucial mid term elections. donald trump and the major republicans represented extremism that threatened the very foundations of our republic. biden

head san said, his predecessor and extreme republicans, and urges americans to reject political violence in a passionate speech. also coming up un, inspectors gets inside separate nuclear power station in ukraine, and they say they bad to stay indefinitely. as the vol rages on outside floss the desperate flights of pakistan these and once the monsoon season has left a 3rd of the country on the water, the w. h o says more than 6000000 people need a just to survive. ah, i'm all all psycho a very warm welcome to the program. u. s. president jo button says the us democracy faces an extension existential threat from supporters. a former presidents,

donald trump. and if i re speech biden's said the united states was in a continued fight for the soul of the nation, even went so far as to say, trump support us with war hit working to undermine the rule of law. and just of a 2 months, the midterm elections will see democrats fights to maintain control of the house of representatives. and the senate has more from the u. s. president to marcio what's happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the magar republicans represented extremism 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 refused to accept the results of a free election. and they're working right now as i speak in state after state to give power to decide elections in america,

to partisans and cronies. empowering election deniers undermined democracy itself. mag of 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? earlier d w's, michaela kootenai in washington told us that he is president, use the speech to stake his claim as the leader of the democratic world. 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 certainly what he wants to be a to the 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 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. but 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 as

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 a threat by dictatorships around the world and do biden willing to fight for democracy nationally and internationally corresponded mcculloch if not in washington. thank you very much. a team of you and inspectors has completed its 1st tour of ukraine, separate your nuclear power plant. the plant in russian occupy territory has experienced several potentially catastrophic failures in recent weeks. and the international nuclear watchdog wants to set up a permanent base there, despite the danger posed by nearby miss av strikes. 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 's. now there, he's 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. some of my experts are 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 we believe it would be like her, my interval. so this mission for us is just to 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, separate or elsewhere, people are trying to re establish normal activities. first, a mark the 1st day of school and ukraine and more than half of all schools will offer in person classes. only schools with underground air shelters, though are permitted to reopen with the rest reverting to online learning since russia invasion, thousands of educational buildings have been damaged or destroyed. but experts say education is essential for mental health. giving young people a sense of normality amid the grim realities of the conflict. let's

take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. russian president vladimir putin has paid his respects to the late soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who died on tuesday. according to, to put in spokesman, shelling scheduling issues me in the russian president will not attend garbage 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. kron buried. but the vaccines haven't been updated to cover the newer, more infectious b a for, and be a 5 versions that are now dominance around the world. shift carrying grain from ukraine has run aground in turkey's boss for a 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. and the 1st such incident since exports from ukraine. we started in july almost 6 and a half 1000000 people in pakistan are in dire need of humanitarian aid that according to the world health organization, this map shows the areas affected by the floods. now hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed, according to unicef. with hundreds of health care facility is affected after heavy monsoon rains, pounded pakistan. floods have led to more than a 1000 deaths. left survivors at risk of disease and malnutrition. we thought hun scans to 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 but an old gerberg. good people ask me

what i lost, but it's impossible to even guess all our whole house has been destroyed. we've got a go go, there's nothing left. nothing at all is left in this house. go, governor, go give me. yes on the pakistan monsoon season began in june expert 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 boucher a few days ago. when ali animal, as among we are just about to pack our bags. when the water came, what a get 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 sea. but i will humble, more than $30000000.00 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, shabani to reef has promised immediate aid. every penny we spend

in a very rough wind fresh everybody would reach the media. there would be no risk 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 person. i'm 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 the good my totally helpless mcgrew, 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 certain massage oils and we'll do some of the early bird 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. now el salvador, se festival of fire bulls has returned. after the pandemic extinguished the traditional event for the past 2 years, locals and tourists health each other with tyrell rags drenched in gasoline, participants wear gloves and mosques, and in a notice to safety. police tried to make sure that no one taking part is intoxicated. local legend has at the event commemorates the eruption of the local volcano in the mid 17th century. his reminder of the top story we are following for you at this hour. you as president joe biden has warned of an extremist assault on democracy in his prime time. address,

he urged americans to reject what he called the darkness of political violence and protect the democracy. and he voiced his toughest criticism of his priest, predecessor donald trump, asked the country heads towards the mid term elections. this deed of news up next business with katie ferguson the ground for that. and as always is the w dot com for all the latest news and information around the clock. i am like i invalid for me and the team here. thanks for watching ticket with every day for us.