ah ah ah ah ah, this is d w. news line from berlin after a record breaking res pakistan's flood victim's face a new threat. water or diseases are spreading among those affected by historic flooding or than 3000000 children are at risk of illness and malnutrition. also coming up the u unveils plans to cap the price of russian gas to undercut moscow's

ability to wage war on ukraine. reputed hits back saying euro will freeze if it follows through. and brazil marks 200 years of independence with an election just around the corner. will look at why critics say president bull scenario is using the bicentennial to boost his own election house. i am nicole really good to see you. we started to in pakistan where millions of people who been affected by record breaking floods are now confronting the threat of water born diseases. tens of thousands and heart had provinces are falling ill after drinking contaminated flood water. dr. say they've been treating 1000 suffering from diarrhea, skin infections, and other ailments. 3 year old at champ,

has been feverish for days. ever since the floods badly damaged his family home. and they've had to sleep out in the open. he didn't get any medical treatment at the start because the family couldn't afford to go to the doctor friday and book ira that my son fell ill a few days ago because i didn't have the money to bring him here. but i found it. i got, the doctor says he's got malaria. i know that. yeah, he's getting a bit better altogether. when i go either i can i am, i record it. i read down aloud for fancy that the stagnant water means mosquitoes couldn't quickly spread malaria. but medical facilities are basic in this remote area of the southern sinned province. at each kumar runs a small practice and is always busy. most of his patients can't afford to pay some damn more of that. we can't really treat patients for free as a limb,

but we do it anyway. they still have to pay for the medicine a kick, but there's a lot of disease knocked out. most of the children often have several illnesses at once because they're drinking contaminated water, but you are told i am money vinegar. it's not just medical treatment, which is lacking. food is also in short supply. most of these market traders are farmers whose fields are flooded. they also have to deal with the extreme heat aside yankee lay on my house and the harvest have been wiped out yet. that is said, there is no shelter from the heat in the water and the fields are still waist deep . they did a vine, my business will go bust and she hadn't to hear it hasn't rained in this region for about 10 days. but the water cannot run off because the ground is saturated. scientists fear the harvests in the next 2 years will fail.

it jazz ali and his family are in a desperate situation. their house is uninhabitable. parts of the roof has collapsed and they live in fear of the next rain, full. and i've been there otto, gloom, that a government has to help us. our home has been destroyed or rocky, the children are sick and we have no work. i'm really worried about doing my unity . logan as of now don't british on it. there's no food in the family is having to survive on a few cups of tea a day that will not sustain them. for long. earlier i spoke to i as the deca, a pakistani climate activist who joined us from new york. and i asked her about her biggest concerns for the coming weeks and months and pakistan. what looks like a natural disaster right now and is slowly becoming a humanitarian crisis is about to multiply tenfold. and we as

a country are now prepared for it. and globally, we are not prepared for it. flooding in this part of the world is not new. neither are monsoons. in fact, if the climate crisis, and because the climate crisis is going to continue to get worse, he's flood, you're going to become the normal. the country right now is just in it's responding in an emergency, it does not have a plan for next month to come and the illnesses that will come out of this in addition to that hungry people get angry. i'm august son's g. d. p is 9 percent cotton and cotton and 30000000 acres of coff has just been completely destroyed. and that means, and internally there's going to be social collapse. if not, political uprisings, the global knowledge should assist us financially, but it is not just that. what is happening to in pakistan is an issue for all those . because this is,

this can be the reality for the rest of the world. if we don't take the climate crisis seriously, if we don't stop or emissions yesterday, what is the flight and what we're seeing and this extreme suffering can be your home, your family, your land in the next coming years. if we, if we don't stop our production of fossil fuels and let's get you up to speed now on some other stories making headlines around the world. acorta in hong kong has convicted 5 people of sedition for publishing children's books. the picture books explained hong kong $2900.00 democracy movement to children, but the core themes, the books to be anti government by the group, amnesty international called the decision, a brazen act of repression firefighters are searching the rubble for survivors. after russian shells hit an apartment block and the school and the eastern ukrainian city of young, at least one civilian was killed in the rocket attacks. united nations nuclear

watchdog says a backup power line at the zap or radio power plant has been damaged by shillings. but the i a that the incident did not have an immediate impact on the plants operations that had already been disconnected from the electricity grid. or has president lar recruiting, has told an economic forum and bloody vol stock that sanctions against his country are a danger for the entire world. he also condemned moves by g 7 nations to impose a cap on the price of russian oil and e member states looking to introduce a price cap on russian gas. this comes as a new countries phase, a growing energy crisis, as winter approaches. with them go to new, let me put in, struck a defined tone at the economic form in flooding foss stock. he said any efforts to isolate his country with futile stressing that moscow now was looking to the eastern and iran for new opportunities and not one to many words. putting with

straight up about what he thought of the westward sanctions against his country. i see russia is coping with the economic, financial, and technological aggression of the wesley's use. i'm talking about aggression. there's now the word for foreign currency exchanges and stock exchanges of stabilize humans. we're in the gracie, that usually he said the sanctions were causing world wide instability and compromised europeans quality of life. economic crazy western governments began imposing sanctions on russia after invaded ukraine in february. since then, the european union has moved to cut its reliance on russian gas and oil, causing energy prices to saw. the situation deteriorated further at the beginning of september, when russia's state own gas company gas. prom said it was closing a crucial gas pipeline to the you. again, the cream and says the closure is due to technical issues,

contractual obligations and international sanctions. placing the blame firmly on brussels, e. u officials refute his claims and accused russia of trying to blackmail the block. you know, to ensure they say we're using energy as a weapon. they put themselves in a situation way and don't know what to do now. do they painted themselves into a sanctions? corners only took it last week, g 7 nations a great to a russian oil price cap to write in russia's revenues and stabilize energy markets . now that he use commission president is also calling for a cap on gas. we aim at lowering the costs of gas. and therefore we will propose a price cup on rush and guess of course the objective is very clear. we all know that our sanctions, deeply grinding into the russian economy with a heavy negative impact, but putting its partially buffering through fossil fuel revenues. so here the

objective is we must cut rushes, revenues, which put in uses to finance is atrocious. lauren ukraine, while poaching has called the latest move, quote stupid. the use intention is clear, even if the details are not yet. the plan is expected to be tabled at a european energy council meeting on friday. michelle cor to him is an oil and gas expert. the independent russ energy consulting agency, and he is skeptical that a price cap on russian gas will work and suggest sanctions are a more effective way to hit russia's economy. good intel selzer without any phone did shouldn't. in any practical measures, it would be much more efficient to continue the same shouts, which are prescribed in the package. number $60.00 sanctions against russia,

which is a default embargo on imports of rush and crude oil start in december. and if all the embargo in the you all imports over us on the refined, it's rolled on brother starting in march next year. it would hurt the russian budget and the russian economy enormously without so well, some o mares are such as a canceling the capitalist market in europe, brazil's president, i are wilson ira has told his supporters to take a stand as the nation marked the $200.00 anniversary of its independence with political rallies planned across the country. critics say he has transformed one should be a day of unity until a campaign event that they fear he will use to undermine next month's election. opinion polls indicate he's lagging behind his left wing rival lula to silva. it was supposed to be a celebration of 2 centuries of independence from portugal. but president jerbill,

so narrow, made every attempt to turn it into a political event. less than a month before brazilians vote on their next president to you through all this feeling it'll pour the course of the brazilian people are taking to the streets to day to celebrate 200 years of independence and eternal freedom about what is it. well, stake is how freedom our future also at stake is both scenarios. job as head of state polls show the president trailing behind x president, louise in our seo lula da silva by double digits. also noro has called the contest a battle of good and evil. and in front of a sea of supporters, he denied the numbers from leading pollster dr. foyer, with a bit of word play. all good. no. oh, here there is no lying thought. doctor foyer. here is our data

people about boy. here is the truth. here is the will of an honest, free and hard working people thought live with bilbo. it's not the 1st time that bull sanara has called the electoral process into question. he's being investigated by the supreme court after aggressively criticizing the electronic voting machines that brazil has used for decades, audits found no issues with the system. but not everyone in the streets was celebrating protesters in rio de janeiro called boston aro genocidal and worried that he would use the military to cling to power even if he loses the election. hobbies, i know that for 28 years, the cry of the excluded demonstration has taken place to protest that independence is not complete in our country, especially this year. this demonstration is fundamental since precedent, both scenarios together with moderate congressman and the military is threatening

a qu in our country, eliminating all work his rights and increasing expectations. no matter what i've done some in life in it's 200 years of independence. brazil has seen revolutions, military rule and scandal. the election in october and the president's response to a potential defeat will be crucial and deciding its future and some tennis before we go. arina sub olenka has reached the us open semi finals for the 2nd straight year by beating carling. a plesk about 6176. the thank seated bella rosie and breeze through the 1st said. but she to grapple with her check opponent for the win . and the 2nd converting her 2nd match point with a slick forehand. blanca has matched true best ever performance at a grand slam tournament. next battle, either jessica pig la or top rank e guests. ya take for a spot in the final and

a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you today. and pakistan. millions who have been affected by record breaking floods are now facing the threat of water borne diseases. dr. say they've been treating 1000 suffering from diarrhea, skin infection, and other ailments. stay with us now for business with daniel a winter and a 1st look at the new i phone. i'm nicole really from me and the entire team in the newsroom. thank you so much for your company today with people in trucks injured when trying to free the city center more and more refugees are being turned away as the border families playing phone tags in syria to these critic donors with.