ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, hurricane e and slabs into florida and swamps that you west state, catastrophic flooding in a date, cities, the power goes out for millions of residence and authority say the worst isn't over as the storm slows bond brings more right, also coming up, we do not accept the sham referenda and any kind of annexation in ukraine. the european union plans for the sanctions of the moscow says occupied regions of

ukraine voted to join russia. and a 4th leak is detected in the ruptured north stream gas pipelines, the e. u. when russia both say it sabotage and what answers scientists say, it could be the biggest meet thing, leak on record. ah, i bid for sewland. thanks for joining us. one of the strongest storms to hit the united states. hurricane ian has brought catastrophic flooding to florida. it's now a category one storm bundle authorities won't. it'll stay and hate even more rain on already inundated areas. the hurricane has knocked out electricity for almost 2000000 residents. a full picture of the devastation is still emerging, slamming into florida. hurricane e and hit the states west coast with winds of over 240 kilometers per hour. so this

is a devastating storm for parts of florida, not just on the of the south west coast, but also inland, associated with some of these impacts. there's going to be a storm we talk about for many years to come. it's one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the us. the authorities have warned the pounding, rain and wind will continue as the hurricane crosses florida to the atlantic ocean . the states governor says that it could take years to recover from the devastation left behind. this is a, a major, major event. it's going to be going to be a tragic event in many ways. and we understand this is not just a 48 hour ordeal. this is going to be something that is going to be there for days and weeks and months, and unfortunately, in some circumstances, even years. the flood waters as well as winds, are causing the most damage. the hurricane has knocked out electricity to more than

1000000 homes and businesses in the city of tampa. the power of the storm sucked the water right out of the bay. even though the hurricane weakened as it moved inland authorities are warning of devastating rain, wind, and even tornadoes, steel to come as it tears across the state. well, matthew kabuki is a meteorologist with the my radar ap speaking to me from port charlotte, florida. he gave me this assessment of the extreme conditions. personally, i've never witnessed a storm at least firsthand isn't, can store saying right now conditions are beginning to die down here where we are, which is good to finally have a break in the wind, the rain and everything else. the 1st half of the storm was bad, especially for areas of the port charlotte, we'll talk a naples, we're talking fort myers, which other highest storm surge ever recorded at more than 22 and a half meters was complete. inundated the coastline where i was,

we found significant winds in the order, i'd say, a 140 plus kilometers per hour implants, it's lorraine salt, then we got the i ordinarily, the 2nd half of the storm is weaker. in this case, it was far stronger from a wind standpoint, we saw wind gusting close to, gosh, 172190 kilometers for our. we saw absolutely plentiful rainfall to the point where even beyond storm surge, every place that we were trying to drive through or wound was inaccessible due to extreme flooding, with rainfall rates of 5 plus to 6 perhaps centimeters per hour. it's extremely difficult situation. and now this is the 1st of my life. i've looked out the window and can't find a single lights anywhere. the only lights we've seen all night long. we're actually hunker down in a garage right now. are from transformers blowing, power flashes. why was the 2nd part of the storm so much stronger?

you know, that's something that i think we're going to be discussing for quite some time because honestly it, it didn't really follow the textbook structure of a typical storm. we had expected this storm several days ago to be in a weakening trend towards landfall instead. this defined all lines rapidly intensifying this morning to a borderline category 5. and so many things really surprises about this. so what's the damage like the damage from what i can see is that of a miles wide f 2 f 3 tornado. you have a lot of people whose homes are under water or roofs that are missing. you'll have my, my goodness, i mean the building where underneath right now had its roof peel back. lots of areas are still under water, further inland from fresh water flooding. it's just one thing after another. and i think until daylight comes in about 3 or 4 hours, we won't really understand the scope of the devastation. i think g meteorologist with the my radar app in port charlotte, florida. thank you. thank you. let's pick up on some of those points with iran,

john from d w environment as it, as we heard that not a text book, storm the way seeing that what, what's different exactly. what are we seeing here? so i mean, this was one of the strongest storms in us, recorded history, but it's definitely not going to be one of the strongest storms in the u. s. future . i mean, these sorts of events are becoming stronger because of climate change than not becoming more frequent. i mean hurricanes generally, but these kind of category 3 to 4 to 5 storms definitely are. and so this is the kind of projection the climate scientists are saying. we've got all sorts of new factors that we've brought in by burning fossil fuels and heating up planet. like sea level that rhythm higher, the more warmer can hold, more water vapor in it. so when it does rain, it rains much harder. and on top of that, you have all sorts of other factors that are maybe a bit more difficult to plot out. but one thing that we're seeing often is storms as nothing to just slow down. and this looks like what's happening here,

that slowing down, which means more time with the rain, can just be inundate, flooding on to an area that's already in. and how then can places life florida, which already have problems with flooding. keep up with this sort of extreme weather in these sorts of events. so the unfortunate truth is that there are limits to how much community the people in regions can adapt to the sorts of events that are getting stronger. there is a huge amount they can do before they get to the point where places are actually livable. and so to actually reduce the damage and the death toll and the amount of infrastructure that gets destroyed. there's also the things that can do. so having good evacuation plans warning people and make sure that people respond in an effective way. clear communication from politicians, all of that will reduce the tolls and make people able to actually cope with the events much more. but you still have the problems of homes that will be washed away . people have to pay more for the insurance premiums to be able. i mean,

some people when the bell to ensure that anymore. so what's this all mean? what the governments have to do? because from what you're saying, it may not be more frequent events, but, but even so most of the events is that what you're saying? exactly. and so i mean those 2 very clear things government can do. i mean 1st, well leaders who promised her whole global warming at 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial temperatures. they can on about pledge they can put in the policy in place to get the at the minute we're almost looking to double that temperature target. and that mean stronger storms from the hurricanes. on the other hand, right now, they need to accept the we've already heat the planet about 1 point one degrees celsius. and that means that the world is hot. well, the different to how it used to be a 100 years ago. and i mean, they need to put in place the adaptation measures to actually allow people like we just evacuated, face danger to the support they need when they do leave their homes and have plans in place so that people don't end up suffering. and it isn't that simple to just

decide ok, we're going to hold the temperature at this certain level is not simple, but the reassuring news is that the technology is almost completely there and it's cheap. the only thing that comes could be doing that would hold warming far lower than what they expected to do. if it does end up going over the limits of they've agreed on. there are ways to suck carbon dioxide back out of the atmosphere, but the less tested left proven. so what scientists keep stressing is cut emissions now and faster, and you save a whole lot of suffering for the rest of the century. neurons. and thank you very much for coming in from d w environment. the european union is planning to bring more sanctions against russia over its so called referendums in occupied parts of ukraine. more russian goods could be banned and technology exports stopped if you states agree on the steps. moscow claims up to 99 percent of residents and parts of ukraine. vote a guest who annexation now many residents of packing their bags and leaving before

russia can claim possession of the region. these people are fleeing russia. occupied easton, ukraine, about a 1000 people arrive at this check point in supper. reject every day. the number of those leaving has only increased since the so called referendums, calling for a formal annexation by russia began last week. they describe a procedure that is anything but democratic. we run into soldiers. they asked if we had voted. we said, yes, they said, let's do it again. some say they were forced to vote at gunpoint and soldiers checked their ballots. speaking about the referendums, ukrainians, president holiday mir soleski thanked western leaders for condemning the fabricated vote. which seemed jugglers a thank you all for your clear and unequivocal support. thank you all for understanding our position was ukraine cannot and will not put up with any attempts

by russia to seize any part of our land in the u. s. so landscape predictions were echoed by the white house. these referenda are illegitimate, and frankly out rages. we expect russia to use these sham referenda as a false pretext, to try to annex ukrainian territory and flagrant violation of international law and the united nations charter. in fact, russia's actions are transparently fraudulent and have no legal significance whatsoever. we will never recognise these illegal and illegitimate attempts at annexation. the sham referendums prompted the you to call for new sanctions package against russia. it would be the 8th package so far and include tighter trade restrictions among them, a price cup for russian oil. thank you madam president. the sham

referenda, organized in the territories that russia occupied, are an illegal attempt to grap land and to change international borders by force. the mobilization and putting a threat to use nuclear weapons, a further steps on the escalation path. russian installed leaders into occupied regents after nets clue hans saperry jam. her son half already formally asked to russian president to incorporate their territories into russia. a corresponded martinez. sperling had joined us from the ukrainian capital keith for brocade systems due to ukraine's fighting capacity. the high must have been very effective in this war and the ukrainian side ukraine has been able to hit a deep behind the russian lines and to his supply lines there, which has considerably made it more difficult for russia to bring ammunition,

for example, to the front lines, et cetera, big ammunition dumps have been hit by these high mos bridges, et cetera. however, of course, a dude in the course of a war, every new weapon system is most effective when it's new and elated, the other side adapt to it, so the spectacular explosions of ammunition deposed that we've seen in the beginning. it's not, it's not very probable that we will see them again. russia has adapted and they have distributed their supplies in a way that they're less easy to it. however, it's a powerful and very precise weapon, and it has a turned the tide in ukraine's favor when it was 1st used and the likelihood of ukraine positioning those miss asked to put it within range of crimea. so there's different types of missiles that can be used with these um, with these sets are the ones that ukraine has been delivered officially so far that

they reach about 80 kilometer is that there is no way that you crank and reach crimea with these. however, we've seen strikes on crimea, we've seen franks on their soccer field and the day has been a lot of speculation, whether those attack gums, these missiles with can reach 300 kilometers wide, whether they have already arrived in ukraine, although both sides, you and ukraine are denying that they are in possession of them, but it remains a mystery how ukraine was able to strike this air field. and speculation is about that. so there might be already some supplies of these attackers. these attackers, of course, would also put the bridge that connect, try me to russia are within range, although it would probably be difficult to hit it, but were within range of the training artillery and of course hitting that, which is a major goal of the ukrainians. it's something they want to do in order to supply a ration a to, to, to disrupt rush and supply lines in

a more effective way of mathias ukrainian forces. have been pushing twin circle, another city in the east. what are you hearing? so yeah, we're talking about lemme lemon. as one of the a cities the russia was able to capture it when they, when they started, or when they pushed of their offensive in the john bass through. and john, now ukrainian troops have been advancing mostly from the east, from the heart of region, but also from the south. and it looks a little bit like they would be able to close the ring and besieged the city. this would be the 1st siege to a, to a major settlement controlled by the russians and 2nd siege in this war after mary or paul. and it would of course be an important, again for the ukrainians. if they can take the city, it would be the 1st major city major settlement to be taken back by the ukrainians

in the danbury region. that region, that russia has declared the main objective of its offensive. that is failure in ukraine forest having events there. thank you very much. the swedish coast guard has found a 4th leak in the north stream. gas pipelines that ruptured after undersea explosions were detected. scientists say the baltic sea lines could be pumping out the biggest methane release on record. questions of blame remain as both e e. u and russia demand answers. moscow is called the united nations security council meeting to address the issue. european leaders are worried about the pipeline leaks in the baltic. that you faced. the damage was likely caused by deliberate act raising security concerns, but the european commission has not said who might have been behind the suspect at separate ouch. today, ms oller, who is everything is being done to try to identify the origin of these events and

of the explosions on the nodes during pipeline. so we will have to get to the bottom of this before being able to say anything on the origins of these explosions is okay. and who is responsible for though sure. her location, this is extra joy, irresponsibility. as europe largest natural gas supplier, norway theater, it with beef up the security of its antarctic infrastructure eastern. the events in the baltic sea have resulted in the government deciding to further strengthen our preparedness around on and off shore infrastructures to prevent another incident, reinforced water, nor by the military will be more present and visible near our oil and gas installations. installment really does have warrant of retaliation for any attack on europe, synergy networks. the reveal there is no doubt that this is very serious. it is not a coincidence. this was planned. that is what i am or other things of discussed with the installed and burg nato secretary general. because this is serious. russia

says it's launching an international that had with them investigation into the leaks denying allegations it was involved. well, you know, it's quite predictable and also predictably stupid to make such claims. i repeat once again, predictably stupid and absurd, where the gas escaping from the pipelines is also an environmental consent. it contains high levels of me, teen, and authority, fear it could be the equivalent of one 3rd of denmark, stock it, animal, greenhouse gas emissions, the right livelihood award stamps the alternative. nobel prizes on a activists and organizations making the world a better place this year. 175 people from 77 countries were considered. here are the winners. ukrainian, alexandra murphy, chalk, and the center for civil liberties are being honored for documenting war crimes and human rights violations. according to the jury,

their work is instrumental for building sustainable democratic institutions in ukraine, from somalia, mother, and daughter ju oh, fine tune at none. and it was a man of being honored for promoting peace and demilitarization and human rights in somalia, in the face of terrorism. and gender based violence. then there's the africa institute for energy governance in uganda for its opposition to projects that seek to exploit. uganda is oil reserves. and the 2nd the solar network in venezuela that provides affordable goods and services to more than 100000 and families. it's being on it for establishing an equitable alternative to profit driven economies. the laureates will receive the awards during a ceremony on the 30th of november in stock. let's take a look now at some other stories making use from around the world. us vice president. pamela harris has held bilateral talks with south korea's president,

john, so you're in soul of you and, and harris condemned north korea's provocative nuclear rhetoric and reaffirmed their commitment to the, the new clarity zation of the korean peninsula are summarizing sol a day after killing gang conducted more ballistic missile test police in haiti, reportedly 5 shots and he against the demonstrators in the capital, puerto pulse on race route 2 weeks ago over inflation and gang violence. the winds is the countries in a humanitarian crisis with the situation reaching you levels of desperation. at least 13 people have been killed in thousands injured after a run launched a series of drugs strikes into the kurdish region of northern iraq. iranian authorities accused armed kurdish groups of stoking arrest in iran. the u. s. has condemned the strikes as an attack on iraq sovereignty runs president ibrahim right see has condemned the chaos spots by the death of

a woman in police custody. in a televised interview, he said, those taking part in anti regime protests will be dealt with the science of late morality police arrested martha. the need for violating the run strict dress code. she died in detention and also based human rights group says at least 76 people have been killed in the crackdown on recent protests in iran. the anti raging demonstrations have become the largest in the country since 2009. they were sparked by the death of 22 year old marsan mi ni, while she was being held in police custody. the w spigot must met with the iranian political activist and the nobel peace prize winner. she ran it body. she shared her thoughts on why the protests could lead to change that to do with the struggle of the people in iran is also she or anybody struggle. we are meeting the nobel peace prize winner in london where she lives in exile. david, she senses there is a change in the air here at amazon, there is

a possibility of overthrow and the regime. the protests have taken place and over 100 different places. yeah. and the demonstrators, other verse of young old and from different walks of life, her protests, she tells us, are different. this time people are unified in their revolt against human rights violation. many are also very poor after decades of sanctions. must sally, unlike previous protests? yeah. people aren't passive, mom, when they're beaten by the security forces that they're respond by beating the security forces as well. i guess, could take one. could i presented the lawyer and activists as the international community must do more to help the iranians. now what as they just talk, but we don't want words we want action was on as long as there is a repression that they should recall them. bessengers from morality, kids and please add the perpetrators one vote and killing this people please add

them to your list of sanctions. 0020 certainly said. she says the western even used the talks on restoring the nuclear deal to put pressure on the regime. oh, no, roosevelt that's necessary to talk about human rights violations and you claim issues together. don't just talk about the nuclear issues, but include the human rights violations. it's a, those will have the whole, rebecca, her friends keep her updated about events in her home country. they send her videos after yet another night of protests. 1 man, as the current, the one hand, i find it very upset and heart wrenching as has on the other hand, i'm very proud to see how courageous my people on me during this protest was hum, is southern ramblewood, a singer. after many years in exile sheer antibodies,

finally daring to hope that things would change in her beloved iran. german scientists have unveiled the world's 1st building made from a new material that could transform the construction industry is made from carbon concrete, which is lighter and stronger than its cousin and far less polluting. it could produce c o, 2 emissions by up to 70 percent and save scarce resources. like said, it doesn't look that special. but this concrete house in the german city of dresden is in fact, groundbreaking. it's the 1st building made entirely from carbon concrete, the walls a thinner than most houses, with a grid of carbon inside, and a thin layer of concrete surrounding it. scientists at dresden technical university have spent decades developing the new building material. carbone baton dr. food has carbon concrete and shows less material over 50 percent less dusty. both structures

made of it last much, much longer than those using reinforced concrete. and ultimately, it brings value with it lasting much longer than anything we currently yours was the moment tune chemically produced carbon fibers, a turned into building components at a concrete plant in auschwitz near dresden. it's a resource saving process because sand for this production is becoming scarcer and cement production currently emits high levels of c o. 2 carbon has another advantage as well as is sanisha. it's very light. my can be carried by hand and can also because easily which you can't do with steel reinforced concrete knish can. in dresden, the cube made of carbon concrete reveals the new materials potential. it could become a standard in the construction industry, and the scientists here already have their sites on new and bigger projects. the american rabbit coolio has died at the age of 59. his manager says the style was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of

a friend's house in los angeles. a toyota conquered the chance in 1995 with his icon, keith gangs, his paradise soundtrack to the film dangerous mind, starring michelle pfeiffer. some one coolio global fame and a grammy. this is paradise if 1000000000 clicks on you choose. ah, and reminder of the top story way following for you is out of you from space shows the enormity of park in the in florida are authorities born. the worst is known over as one of the worst storms in new ways. history slows and moves in land, bringing extreme winds and planning. and the swedish comb. scott says a full fleet has been detected in the notary gas pipelines. scientists say the rupture causing an historic meet thing release. russia has called

a un security council meeting of the damage to its full 60 pipeline. after the break, focus on europe takes a look at people trying to escape plan a putin's war, i think, as well. and thanks for watching else, next out with with ah, with

who off the coast grease russian oil is being sold illegally. an investigative team. humans, the criminal activity on the you can see as greek ships, owners hunt oil from russian tankers. they violate the you, oil embargo on the massive scale on your next d, w into the conflict. so with sebastian sham

referendums in the occupied regions of your crime. and more russian troops are drafted into battle. my guess is we have his own unique protest, very spun very off. a foreign service veteran resigned in shame the war in ukraine . what are the chances of putin surviving the conflict? he started complet zone. in 60 minutes on d. w. o, a architect, go all way or not at all. women in architecture. why are they so invisible to the larger public? we decided to ask them. this is what is the poetry, the secret of the house,

and i'm housed about their struggles and dreams for the responsibility is huge. they have so much to william, shattering the glass ceiling women in architecture. this will have to be really, really good. start september 30th on d. w with hello and welcome to focus on europe. it is good to have you with us. we're more than half a year now into russia's war on ukraine and for president vladimir putin.