are all gone. how i witnesses experienced the terrible events and this the world should not forget the long shuttle, the 1972 olympic massacre, start september 3rd on d, w. ah ah, business 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 magar republicans represented extremism, threatened the very foundations of our republic. button heads out at his

predecessor and extreme republicans and just americans to reject political violence in a passionate speech. also coming up un inspectors get inside the separate nuclear power station and ukraine. and they say they plan to stay indefinitely as the war outside rage is on. and the desperate plights of pakistan is a 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 azako a very warm welcome to the program. president joe biden has said the us democracy faces and extension, existential threat from horses of former president donald trump, and

a fiery speech biden said the united states was in a continued fight for the soul of the nation. he even went so far as to say, trump supporters were working to undermine the rule of law in just of a 2 months the midterm election, we'll see democrats find to maintain the control of the house of representatives and the senate, his mole from the u. s. president, too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump, the miger 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 did not recognize the will of the people. they 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 the side elections in america, the 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 is michaela tiff 9. washington told us that the u. s. 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 mid term elections in november into a referendum on whether you are for or against democracy, calling on republicans also to vote. democrat bud? 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. while 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 bullock let's. let's just look at what the united states have done in recent months at 6 months since, at 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 has 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 mikella could not in washington. thank you very much. a team of un inspectors has completed its 1st tour of ukraine separate and nuclear power plant. the plant in russian occupy a 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 a nearby missile 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 a is now, there is at the plan and it'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. my 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 empirical. so this mission for us is just to did militarize the tutorials,

apparently a power plant and surround and our air. if this mission helps to do that, then it will businesses in the short term d, i. e, a 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 was engines a high, a round separation elsewhere, and ukraine. people are trying to re establish normal activities. first, a mock the 1st day of school and ukraine, and more than half of all schools will offer in person classes. only schools with the underground air raid shelters, though where permitted to be opened with the rest reverting to online learning. since russia's 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 other stories making headlines. russian president vladimir putin has paid his respects to the late soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev. who died on tuesday, according to putin spokesman, scheduling issues mean the russian president will not attend. gorbachev's funeral on saturday, 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 code 19 vaccines adapted to protect against the, on the con variance. but the vaccines haven't been updated to, to cover the new and more infectious b a for, and be a 5 versions that are now dominant around the world. a ship carrying grain from ukraine has run aground in turkey's boss for a straight forcing the critical waterway to close. the vessel was transported more than 3000 tons of corn to italy when it suffered

a rather failure. as the 1st such incident since export from ukraine restarted 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. because map shows the areas affected by the floods and hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed. according to unicef with hundreds of healthcare facilities affected after heavy monsoon rains, pounded pakistan. the floods have led to more than a 1000 deaths and 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 a little 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 gurgle. there's nothing left. nothing at all is left in this house. go god regord you little? yes, on the pakistan's monsoon season began and june. experts say that there has been $4.00 to $5.00 times the normal amount of rain this year. turning rivers into raging torrance, the flood waters reached the home of re thought, han and her daughter bushera a few days ago. when ali animal that's our my we are just about to pack our bags. when the water came, what 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 $30000000.00 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, ship bonds, to reef has promised immediate aid. every benito,

we spent in a very rough wind fresh, unable to reach the needy. there to 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 that we have source froze and we're getting heat rashes on her skin cottage via them. her daughter bushrod was about to get married. we thought han had spent months making new garments in preparation for the wedding all destroyed by the flooding. she doesn't know where to turn to the but the good, more totally helpless missouri. my daughter and i are suffering badly. i can't cope with the severe consequences of the flood. i just don't know how we'll get through

this, but certainly by bachelor and we'll just some of the adding back yard, good gun legal for now. we thought han and her daughter are staying with friends, but they have no idea what their future holds. el salvador is the festival of fireballs, has returned off the pandemic, extinguished the traditional event for the past 2 years, locals and tourists. how's it each other? with tightly rolled rags, stretched in gasoline, but husbands wear gloves and masks, and in a note to safety, police tried to make sure no one taking part is intoxicated. local legend has at the event commemorates the eruption of a likable keena in the mid 17th century. has ronda off the top story we are following for you? you as president joe biden has warned of an extremist assault on democracy in a prime time address. he urged americans to reject what he called the darkness of

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