you know, good relations, good relations among people was very important for for benedict. i do believe that it still is for him very important this a reason why his proximity to broke friends is, is very significant. thank you so much for that. that is dw religious affairs correspondent. i seen guy kelly wanted. thank you so much. well, that is your news upstate at this hour. if you want more news and analysis, you can always find it at d. w dot com. thank you so much watching. mm. with the question of questions about life, the universe and everything. do you know the answer? well then give it here. 40 to the answer to almost

everything our documentary series with lever raising and ground breaking news tonight. can we go into the afterlife? are we getting dumber and dumber? how can we feed everyone? questions for the present future? emp heads filled with ideas. so get ready for the brain update. 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d, w. with this or did oven years, asia, today we're looking at the deadly impact of climate change across asia. this year. beginning in pakistan, what happens? traffic flooding left a 3rd of the country underwater and millions of people homeless. the un gold it climate carnage. wide focused on expedients record flooding china us off of record

heat and drought enough to nearly collapse the power grid and demanding climate justice for their unborn babies. extraordinary lawsuit in south korea, where expectant mothers suit to state cooking and ah, ah, i'm british energy. welcome to the special edition of d, w. news asia that you could join us. this summer i saw boxed on hit by devastating floods that covered more than a 3rd of the country and displaced millions. the historic scale of the disaster has been widely blamed on global warming, a combination of severe drought, unusually heavy monsoon rains, and the increasing run off from melting glaciers. upwards of 30000000 people were affected by the catastrophe, and he saw their lives literally washed away. our next story he sees how desperate

families in pakistan are trying to find the courage to carry on. rashana lee and his son, the mom have lost everything. they put their savings into building a house which they finished only 2 months ago in the southern province of sind. the floods have wiped at their home, and all their hopes was the lady one medical they gave me. i work my whole life to build this house and i've never owned a home before. oh yeah. we were so happy when we finally managed to save enough to build it immediately. okay. i don't know whether that will ever happen again. i love you how to megan ali and his son are both carpenters. a mom bought some materials and started building a workshop. but his hopes were quickly dashed. it re non stop for 17 days, and the walls were overcome by flood waters. the matter this did that in america.

luckily we have relatives near by them and we are living with my cousin. anyway, i miami. well, there are 4 or 5 other families here that bunch them down there. just simple labor as emma good. but they help us because their family up and i am a d m a that have been had on the way into the village with the families now staying, the scale of the destruction is clear with the water here is also waste. deep 8 people normally live in the temporary accommodation. now more than 30, a crammed in my love you, my kids are sick, the can't get any medicine. we can't even leave the house. i the family needs medicine,

food and clean drinking water. but there's little prospect of any improvement char, her son is the agricultural minister in a region which is 90 percent flooded about many residents of farmers who depend on their harvest. that the food means that is likely to fail this year. yeah, but it that also didn't didn't fit funny all the while. some houses is a me to deep water. yay! are gone. but the weight harvest will be devastated this year and next year i got a year bonnie: the water in the fields has to drain away. stop your body. got of it's lucky they'll be no harvest for 2 years. like on a valley. war is solved. look at alice albany, looks at me, but by that it with many, here she'll the floods will main shoot shortages although it's one of the countries with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions. pakistan is a victim of climate change. but able to get anxious or sad wishes at last, the village elders say it hasn't rained this hard in

a 100 years. i think i can give it. of course, it's linked to global warming, lavonne and climate change place pearson, and as opposed to create the government says more than 30000000 people are reflected by the flooding. the authorities a promising financial help for those in need. but they've not received anything so far. rashana lee doesn't know how he and his family will cope your moods, him up brochures? yes, me mila. both. please don't ask me whether i'll ever be able to build another house . yeah, i'm sure i feel helpless and completely overwhelmed out to me. i'd like to, i've never cried before in my life, oh, i'm just trying to stay strong and be grateful for what god has given me. your mid mid jaw, unless you may have may will say, because you'll rashana alleys. big hope now is that for his son, at least the dream of owning his own home will one day come true.

the damage billing from those floods is thought to top $40000000000.00 by just on the foreign minister below. what those are that he spoke to d. w about the floods and that aftermath he called for international solidarity for the victims of climate change. this is not a question of charity. it's a question of justice that a country that produces a 0.8 percent to the global carbon footprint, is the 8th most climate stress country on the planet, and is disproportionately affected by climate change. the 33000000 people are paying with their lives and their livelihoods, with the industrialization of richer countries, and therefore this is a global problem of groups of global actions. we hope that it also has global solutions. ah, extreme weather also had southwest in china. this summer, a record heat wave and severe drought kept water level dangerously low. at the same

time, the demand for air conditioning created an acute energy crisis. it was a sobering reminder of climate change can directly impact people's lives. corresponding patrick fuck file this report from the city of john, king dark clouds hang over, chung chinks, horizon a last there's rainfall to weeks. this region had suffered under intense drought. it killed crops and caused bush wires. it also drastically lowered water levels along the yank sea criteria. it's been a long time since it rained more than 40 days. the young c as the world 3rd largest river and a water source for about 600000000 people. it's currents also fuel much of china's extensive hydropower infrastructure. parts of the river dried up during the drought, sparking severe energy shortages and chunking and other places. restaurant own

a young who operates inside a downtown mall and john king is just one of the many local business owners affected. and in the chile, normally we have everything on these days. the government is promoting energy saving measures like using the furnace set of air conditioners. there isn't enough electricity. authorities that ordered malls to only stay open for 5 hours a day at the height of the heat. wave. young says operating hours are still restricted and that many businesses are also making their own contributions. like keeping lights switched off to cut energy consumption. or you can see there are lots of errors going into trying to save energy to address this power branch here on underground trends. their content which is being called the lights are being then. so every other light here is switched off right now. but these really are just stop gap measure to help alleviate the short term. in the long term,

environmentalists like li jowers, greenpeace, a policy makers must set more aggressive green targets to tackle the effects of climate change. huge oil change on that to duncan, extreme climate events like this, i causing a lot of damage and i spent a lot of public discussion. these factors could push the government to take proactive approach in fighting climate change and reaching its carbon mutual goals . at the same time though, the recent heat wave, the havoc it's caused have raised questions over southwestern china's reliance on hydropower. there are fears, policy makers may resort to burning new fossil fuels like coal to meet its energy demands and to reduce the risk of future energy crunches brought on by extreme weather conditions. but it's likely to make it harder for china to achieve its goal of going carbon neutral by 2060 and it could contribute towards even more unpredictable and extreme weather in the future.

ah. now earlier this year, environmentalists in south korea filed the lawsuit to demand a reduced carbon emissions on behalf of their children. some of them unborn. barons are suing the government, saying the country needs to reduce pollution for the well being of the next generation. correspondent frank smith has more. e dawn, helen is pregnant and worried. worried. the planet will be too hot and her unborn child won't have clean air to breathe. she so concerned she joined her feet as to a lawsuit, demanding the south korean government do more to protect the environment, falcon, and i to pill not to throw on at all. i think my baby county had on yet and hasn't committed a single gramma cancelled outside into the world. i got here and i you for his his her, i'm so concerned about the world that my baby will face her course with so many disasters i joined. there's no sir tanyagarcia that is fetus is one of about 60 co plaintiffs

under 11 years old. who are mounting a collective legal campaign. lawyers say may take years, e says her unborn baby offers a strong symbol. it or i believe not. i need to pass back to the older generation, but also future generation should be fully considered on issues surrounding the climate crisis. and there should be an open platform where they can participate. and as discussion coming south korean environmental us are also pushing for a shift in behavior across from new president use of y'all's office, greenpeace recently demanded high honor, his campaign clerk, to ben internal combustion cars. by 2035 blank, nahant donnell beach. we need effect of leadership from the president to tackle climate change and to transition the domestic car industry into eco friendly cars. it's changing our cars is the most significant way to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. missing an o counting up. i'm going either pollution effects more than just warming the planet

. the issue of air quality had become a regular concern with bad air days, prompting the government to warn people to try to stay in doors. as coven 19 declines, and factories ramp up production with more traffic, it's expected people will see more read on their air quality apps. young people. busy mixed feelings about the lawsuit. they also recognize that everyone needs to do more calling upon k tannic or seek young name. a law suit might be a strong measure to deal with this issue tomorrow, or but it seems better to have more campaigns to change behaviors and don't corona ok, so they should take legal action only as a last resort to now on it. not that wasn't it. oh, god, look at it. i believe the government needs to work on it, but it should go together. we individually face, so we don't expect in mother or e. don't young admit her feet as is a bit of an unusual claimant. take on a,

on the day i 1st had my baby's heartbeat, i went to the forest and so i would take care and i named my baby would tackling hurry and see the pond. just sight would pack is want to live safely in the forest . i want the world and the environment to be safe, where our babies will be born, everything a couple for e and her baby more than the clock is ticking. and that's it for today. as of course, more now website. thank you for watching and to but they breathe. ah, they have body and soul is then dang, lee biskin construction more, more than just buildings is. architecture is

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