this 3 years that will change the world forever. my jillions journey around the world starts september 7th on d, w. ah . ah. this is deed of the news live from berlin. pakistan, braces for more devastating floods. rivers have again burst their banks, aid agencies are racing to bring food and medicine to the millions affected by the weeks of heavy rain. and un inspectors are worried about the safety of europe's biggest nuclear power station. experts plan to stay at the plant in russian

occupied ukraine, despite more reports of fighting. plus a return to middle earth fans of the lord of the rings finally get a glimpse of the new made for tv prequal. we look at one of the most expensive series ever made ah unexpired. welcome to the program. after weeks of extraordinary monsoon, rain and devastating floods across pakistan, the humanitarian crisis there is expected to get even more drastic. southern pakistan is preparing to be inundated again as a wave of water surges down major rivers from the north. already some 33000000 people have been affected and more than 1200 have died. oh, this flood,

but the town in the southern province of sind is already preparing for more shoring up existing defences and building new ones with huge areas, still submerged authorities. a warning even more water is surging down river from the north abbey. but not ag. bonnie: a b, b, i been told that more water is expected to flow, disagree with. what did we have been working to make and reinforces dikes since early morning dawning it up? we have been told not to leave this down that i we will save down dead ag ammunition. can you make a long push as madonna? but that will be an uphill battle. authorities are trying to evacuate people before the new flood waters hid. millions of other pakistan is have already fled their homes now their left scrambling for food and shelter like here in the northern punjab region. 8 efforts all across the country have been hampered by the

sheer scale of the destruction and extent of the need. we wanna, we have in displeased by the water for the past 15 days. we have lost everything. but until today we had received nothing but with more flooding, expected in the south. and more rain forecast for september pakistan could soon be facing an even deeper humanitarian crisis. or if sharva can, is the pakistan country director for the non governmental organization, water aid. he just came back from sind province and tells us more about the situation there over images that he sent us earlier. well, the situation is there to we have a beautiful wedding that came in. some people are in the room still within the religious or there is, as you can seem to see if you have come to the embankments or to the roads. whichever hired graham that i had to go define and they are now living there

without any, you know, any leg support systems the because the left with all was nothing you can see, you know, on, in the speak to the 0 on they would come with was their clothing and some of the basic stuff they could take with them. and what do you also see now? it is actually, it is also converting into a huge miss basement emergency as well because hundreds of thousands of people are on the moon. besides, you know, millions being stranded in their own really is there are hundreds of 1000 who have come out to cities to do whatever is dry land. they can, they can fly and or an empty building. they can find their house there. so that's the situation and then there is also a 3rd emergency which is the public health emergency because it also rise in malaria and, and called right. and you know, and this entry and then what related diseases. so we're looking at multiple disasters, multiple emergencies. yes, the created by of fluids and,

and climate change. but i think it, you know, the scale of it is huge. i mean, it's beyond the capacity of, you know, even any country are dead. you know, if it had fear something like this, it would not be possible for it to book it. and you're talking about the risks of spreading water born diseases. and we're just looking at those pictures tense, lined up along a body of water from which i assume people are getting drinking water. and also using as you is that, is that part of the problem you, you know, you can get a separation. exactly. and, and, and, and it also even view, this is people who displays, but those who are living middle in the villages, they also don't have good water sources indemnity. so whatever the water source is, even the dry land is actually contaminated by the flood waters because it is contaminated groundwater also. and that's something via and focus on focusing on with these people, you know, to make sure they're clean drinking water to make sure they have a letter that especially for letting become such an important issue. let me just

ask you quickly, aid relief is arriving in the country, but flood started weeks ago. what took so long? well, i think it came in bits and pieces actually and, and also i think we didn't realize the gravity of the country didn't realize the gravity of the situation till it all came together because we had 1st flips in. well actually before this we had the heat, we're so people were dying because of heat. and then we had floating in the south and then in the west. and then we had floating in the north. so i think the cumulative effect once it starts coming in, that's when people started realizing that it's a huge disaster. who yeah, it took us awhile, but i think now they do, you know, the government and international community has started. somebody is born, it's much, much smaller than what is needed, but some it is now coming, you know, it just trickling in at the moment. okay, thank you for your time. a reef jabber can from the n g o water,

a pakistan. thank you for reading. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines, reports from afghanistan, say, one of the country's most influential clerics has been killed in a bomb blast in the western city of herat. authority say some 20 people were killed in an explosion outside of mosque. the cleric has called for beheading as punishment for even small acts of defiance against taliban rule. a military court and men mar has sent in song, sang sushi to 3 years in jail with hard labor. they closed whom to court, reportedly found the ousted leader guilty of electoral fraud in the 2020 elections when her party won a landslide victory. she's already serving a 17 year sentence with u. s. took president joe biden has hit out against his predecessor ahead of g mid term elections in his speech from philadelphia bought and warned that donald trump and his supporters represent an extremism that

threatens american democracy. he called on all americans to reject political violence. europe's largest nuclear power plant is the latest cause for concern in russia's war with ukraine. the un has sent a delegation of experts to assess whether it has been compromised. they've now reported that the physical integrity of his apparition plan has been, quote, violated the inspectors toward the facility which sustained damage from shelling 5 of its 6 reactors are now offline. several members of the team now plan to stay on the russian occupy site. despite reports of further fighting in and around operation, our correspondent young philip schultz is following this forest in keith and philip a will hold a press conference later today we understand. but what we do, we know about you and teams assessment the state of the site. so far we only know what agency had grossey sets yesterday after he visited the plant. he

said he was worried, he is worried and he will continue to be worried. he also said there was evidence that the physical integrity of the plan to was violated. of course, we don't know yet what this means, so regarding possible risks of radiation leaks and so on. assessment of a nuclear power plant as an extremely difficult task, especially in her wars owen. and i doubt that we will get a lot of details at the press conference later today. what we know is that the ukrainian side has repeatedly accused the russian side that they don't give a excess to the team to react when it comes to some very important structures at the plant. but grossey has repeatedly emphasized that they were able to see what they wanted to see at the plant. and if things go according to the i. e

. a chiefs plan a continue to get more information because they've been talking about a constant presence at the facility, staying on site, do we know more about that long term plan and, and, and it's a possibility exactly. the agency has said that the team was there to stay. we don't know exactly what this means. it was probably also a technical move to increase pressure on russia. there are reports in a rush of media that there is an agreement that at least 2 inspectors can stay at the plant on the permanent basis. but this is not confirmed yet. of course, a permanent submission which be very important, a permanent assessment would be important regarding the ongoing risks at the plant

. and ukraine also holds that the mission in the long run will contribute to a delay, demilitarized zone val. but this would probably be the hardest part of the mission to fulfill. and we haven't heard anything from the agency about a demilitarized zone yet. okay, that was t w's jen. phillip schultz reporting force from keith, thanks yet. now to ukraine's defensive against russian forces to recapture territory in her san region. in the south, there are questions as to how far it has progressed. both sides have claimed success on the battlefield, but details are scarce. ukraine military leaders say they have destroyed ammunition depots and bridges and a bid to disrupt supplies for the russian forces. but these reports have not been independently confirmed. russia denies any progress and says it has routed ukrainian forces. justin brock as a senior military researcher at the royal united services institute in london, i asked him what we know about ukraine's counter offensive near harrison.

well, we don't know an enormous amount because the ukrainian government and military have effectively asked for and then tried to enforce a media blackout in terms of any detailed reporting of any information about how that was progressing. in order to deny the russians operational information. because the russians presumably get a great deal of use out of the extremely high granularity of information that we get to that consoles about movements most of the time. so interesting that they've been very successful and shutting down. we know that ukrainian army is not necessarily ready for large scale maneuver warfare, as we will see in the west. so particularly commodity inflammation to brigade level or above. because ukraine any, had a few formations that were trained, used operating at brigade level before the invasion. those that have been training

place, people are forces in 2014 and they've been used extensively all over the frontage as a sort of fiber data. and so i've been interested quite heavily. ukraine of c, mobilize to huge number of people from february, with national novelization, but it takes time, it takes months, months to, to get new volunteers to the states where they're useful on the battlefield. and far more time to make them into large scale, usable formations. so what your brain is probably doing is more of a probing and attrition strategy here. they're putting pressure on the russians around caisson, where the russian forces are on the west bank, the river that usually isolated from their supply rates compared to anywhere else in the front. and so they can be kind of pending and forced to defend the politically important position by caisson for the russians. but the military is a difficult place to defend. it's a little bit like scared and that wasn't the bus for the green place to apply fishing and make some games before the weather shop. things down the november.

right. well, the one thing about which there's no doubt is what the ukranian president has said below the mirror landscape, called on russian soldiers in the region to flee while they still can you think this is more than rhetoric? i think the director because i'm the signaling is a key part of the strategy. we know the russian forces are suffering from very variable marolla in many cases in many units they, they have very serious morale issues. and so that, that strategy of both the rhetoric from zalinski and of course, taking out the bridges across that my pro is emphasizing to russian troops that they don't have easy route retreat. that will be guaranteed. so trying to potentially entice units to fall back on probing along the lines with the credit forces to kind of trying exploit, you know, identifying exploit areas where russian forces may crack in the back. so definitely trying to push morale and signaling close to western partners that this is

a long term flight. the credit is committed to that they do intend to take back with us. speaking of the western partners, don't none of this offensive. i think you'll agree. would counter offensive would be possible without the massive weapons deliveries. ukraine has received from partners in the west. the ukrainian prime minister will be here in germany on the weekend. and he already announced that he'll be asking for more military aid in an interview. he said, we need a shift in the philosophy behind weapons deliveries. with that, i mean, modern tanks should also be delivered up just in a coming back to you. why hasn't any western country supported ukraine with such top of the line? thanks. well, the primary reason is that it's not clear that ukraine, the brain on forces would be able to use and efficiently yet. because of course, when you supply tags the tax themselves and not necessarily the difficult there till the western tanks tend to be very heavy and can't go over many bridges without specialized equipment. but the key thing is,

tanks or any effective is used on mass with ahmed infantry. so you can, you don't just have to have the tanks in significant numbers, the logistic system to support them. they use a huge amount of fuel. they need to be transported to close to where they're going to be used for just tech support when they're there, but also they need on the personnel carriers, right? infantry can keep up with them and support them. and so what you're talking about is building ahmed mechanize for gate size forces, and that takes time. you can't just apply them any packets, what the trainings really. and he's a sustained plan to supply them over time with guaranteed amounts of equipment. so that not only can they plan on when they're going to have it, but also the russians will know that that will continue. ok. ok, that's all the time we have. thank you for all that inside justin brock of the royal united services institute. and in other use, police have arrested a man for supposedly trying to assassinate argentina's vice president footage shows

him pulling a gun and christina fernandez, but no shots were fired president alberto fernandez, who's unrelated called it the most serious event. the country has been through since returning to democracy. lufthansa has cancelled hundreds of flights as pilot stage a one day strike there in a dispute for better pay and condition from germany's largest carrier. some 800 flights were grounded in munich in frankfurt. around a 100000 passengers were effected. long lines have formed a cove at 19 test centers in ching, due the large latest chinese city to be locked down as beijing pursues is 0, coven policy. street markets are also crowded as people stock up on food city of 21000000 people went into lockdown on thursday after an outbreak of around 150 coping cases. ty, one's premier suit thing chang has announced his military shot down a civilian drone on thursday. near the chinese coast,

after it violated its air space over a taiwanese controlled island, then chang said it was an appropriate action after repeated warnings. taiwan has vowed to take tough measures after a spade of intrusions. this is the 1st time it has taken such action. oh, so how concerned is tiwana about a possible full scale invasion di da abuse richard walker put that question to tie one's foreign minister joseph wu in an exclusive interview. coming up after this bulletin or any time on deed of use youtube town. amsterdam has approved a plan to temporarily accommodate a 1000 migrants on a cruise ship moored in its port. the netherlands is trying to end an accommodation crisis that seen hundreds of asylum seekers sleeping outside a reception center and yos. have criticised the dutch government for failing to properly care for people seeking shelter or correspond. christie minora visited asylum seekers waiting for help in the village of terra pell,

close to the border with germany. this makeshift camp has sprung up outside a migrant reception center in the netherlands. these people are here to apply for asylum, but the facility which can accommodate up to 2000 people is to full to house them. so they're camping outside. this man recently arrived here. he told me he is stranded by no means do with you to our to are known of no room once asylum seekers or granted refugee status. many are unable to find a place to live and have to stay in refugee centers. but these were intended only as temporary accommodation for people awaiting decisions on their asylum application. in late august, this place made headlines when it emerged that up to 700 people were sleeping

outside. in poor conditions. it prompted humanitarian groups to step in. we are here to help and her, her, we see that a lot of people can get the and medical attention they need to. we found our duty to come here and, and to help out. people are sometimes with more than $8000.00 people under one of the tents are laying a very close to each other using same blankets, et cetera. so all these skin diseases can go over from one to jada very easily. the dutch prime minister said he was ashamed of the situation here. his government announced a raft of measures including tasking. the military with setting up a new camp to house asylum seekers. it's also rained in refugee family reunions and halted a deal with turkey to take in a 1000 migrants again, it's incredibly depressing and also shameful that in the netherlands, such

a well organized, wealthy country ravages, have to, i'll be sleeping and living here in these conditions. this chaos here is the effect, not because there are too many refugees coming. it's because there was long time of budget cuts and scaling down capacity for refugee protection. we especially have to take care of that. across the netherlands. are all different municipalities really contribute to show solidarity by taking in refugees and at the moment in the netherlands, you see that some municipalities do a lot and other municipalities are, well, they might take ukraine, your refugees, but not people, for example, from syria of ganesh, them this is one crisis in one country, but similar and even worse scenes can be seen in other e u nations. the european union can't quite get a grip on how to deal with migration. and that's leaving people who are seeking

refuge, vulnerable one of the most expensive tv shows ever made has finally made his stay do the rings of power. is the prequel to the popular lord of the rings and hobbit films? but the story has moved to the small screen and takes place at 4000 years before the events in those adaptations of j. r. r tokens, novels, a days of peace. begin. the waiting is over for the lord of the rings, fans. this series is not based on a particular j. r. r. tolkien novel. but on the righteous extensive background essays, we thought our choice would be an ending. we show it, alan might never dean. the skies crane the actor say the offer is still very present. everybody in this, in the job is so passionate about talking and we can talk about him all the time. i

know i but so many conversation the legend doubt. in fact, i'm not upset the legendary mini mom because my fellow classmates roll their eyes and i said the al, wed amount between the less reliance on c g i is that in the movies and some terrific attention to detail . we're safe. yes. so they actually had on, on the wall is massive chart about how scale works and how tools set in canada characters my half, what characters are nice. and then we had to learn about how i'm perspective. so i could be acting opposite you about where they place you and where they really give the illusion that one of the smaller, one of us is to lie beyond the darkness, tempting shadow for years old and the mountain. the filming of the 1st season, a new zealand reportedly cost over $450000000.00

in it is still not sure if you should tune in. i asked d w culture correspond scott roxborough. if amazon's most prestigious streaming project to date is worth doing. ah, well, i guess that depends on your how, how big a fan you are. um, um, both of the genre in particular of uh, of the series of the lord of the rings franchise. i to say you do see the money on the screen. i mean, this is a bigger, more impressive, more spectacular tv show that i've ever seen up. and this sort of scale and scope of it does, i think, match that of the famous peter jackson movies, which of course were global a blockbusters of so they definitely put their money where their mouth is and they put it up on the screen. and i also think having episodes of this

a series of that the sort of scope um and this, or the depth of storytelling a, in this a lot of the rings. a series also does match that of the films at least a so far on. but will, of course, the real proof will be in the pudding when this show goes out and, and whether or not earth fans worldwide embrace it. because with the budget this high with so much being spent on the series failure just isn't an option. this really has to be the one series to rule them all. their failure isn't an option. and it's particularly wow. tricky when there's competition, cuz this is gonna be going head to head with a new game of thrones sequel that dropped 2 weeks ago. i read beginning to see a new era of, of t, v in yahoo you think is going to win the battle of dragons here. who i don't know if i've got to put my bike money on one dragon or the other at the moment only to see how the bo series sort of, uh, play out if they actually are quite different. a site being setting fairly similar worlds on. but when it comes to sort of the size of the shows,

you're definitely right. this is a new, really a new era. the budgets for these are a shows are astronomical. i'm, if, you know, maybe 10 years ago, you're talking about the golden age of television and television series, trying to do sort of a dark drama away that before only sort of a grown up movies i used to do. now i think we're entering into almost a block buster phase of t v series with, with these massive ass shows that basically are trying to take on blockbuster films on. and i think this could be the kind of a television that defines the next 10 or 15 years. okay. did of use got rocks for reporting for us from venice. thank you for that. and here's a reminder, the top story we're following for you. parts of southern pakistan are bracing for even more flooding. a huge amount of water is moving down the induced river toward sind province, forcing millions of people to evacuate. northern cities also remain inundated from earlier reigns more than 1200 people have died in the floods. and so far

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