the, the wind starts in 2019 dw, the, this is dw news line from berlin. the u. k. counts down to the coordination of king charles. there are just hours to go until the service at london's westminster happy will bring you all the bills off the head of the events. flash floods kill almost 200 people in the democratic republic of congo. the damage has force many to sleep

outside with critical infrastructure washed away, and the head of rushes, wagner version. every group is threatening to pull his forces out of the training and city of bob fluids next week. and he blames the kremlin for his troops. heavy losses the a warm welcome. 12 years around the world. i'm michael. ok. the u. k. is counting down to its 1st coordination in 70 years. king charles, the 3rd will be crowned at london's westminster abbey in a religious ceremony that dates back centuries. thousands of people have been lining the streets of the british capital since long before dawn on the day that will be filled with pomp and pageantry. the,

the she is so the king on the eve of his carnation king charles, along with his son and daughter and the prince and princess of wales, greeted some of the thousands of well wishes outside fucking, and palace, to a phone of compliments to them on the many royal steeple sons travels from all over the u. k. and the world to come out in london for the celebrations. you don't want 50 i now, i'm 6th street again really, but 58 by not saying that the things the phone. so you know, the parts of fits and joyce and price. i'm happy to be here even though i'm not british, but it feels like it's a global subject celebration. so lots find lots to find lots of energy. i love the people i met. love the palm and pageantry. not everyone in the u. k.

supports the event. and on t millnicky group is planning to protest the combination of bodies, mtv one, the cd. but it's monica abolished. we want to have a comment to the public similar to how many island license ad. yeah, we want to do that because it's wrong in principle to have the key in the democratic society. despite the elaborate celebrations this weekend support for the monarchy in britain is that a historic, you know, according to a survey earlier this year, and the 29 percent of people set them on a key was very important. dw correspondent, very good, nice now joins is from the phone from the british capital. a bird. good. let's talk about the atmosphere. ahead with the coordination today. may not surprise many rain is in london's forecast today, but will that put a damper on festivities? and i don't think at all i actually because of people here all very, very excited very um, it's not the mild say. and then this was a wall

a couple of hours time and i was time, we will see the procession going. nothing can be here. some of them really for days i was your when say whether whether fast was putting up that sense. now everybody rolls up, roll out that 10 people asking funding and since since yesterday it's really very, very busy. yeah. bought that, but yeah, it's one of the, the expectation of, even though the, when the full positive, the little bit to be killed from london with showers expected during this over the i do think that people will be because i, in this life it's very good. surely it's safe to say that the rex it's saga and the resulting political circus has damage. britain's image internationally can today help reset that as well as me here. and you pay a regency in a policy for it. now i use as a democrat,

as is it just me see west and off the soap to see. for example, when king charles says business off to the king was to germany, was also scheduled to be in front of you and to do an assessment that was really uh oh, $22.00, we have some of these overlays that all slightly responded and also the whole breakfast negotiation, but it's not or need your that simple to, to the comment. well say they queen always put a long time since they've been holding the common wells together. she did around $200.00 states. is it to come in? well comes receive here and her last right to say i seen on the international say that the seeing us on that. that's really a traditional, great rob and then modern brit and maybe, but still an access we see lovely images from, from england, very british pictures as they prepare for this coordination. but i have to ask how united is the united kingdom now that charles is receiving his crown?

while the late queen uh, was still the monarch. she was, she was still a nice that was really not much the bank about the future of the money. keep it, that has really changed. i've seen a change houses right. just because now people daring to, to question things to the republican maitland. it was quite, quite, and quite a strange movement during the reign of, of queen elizabeth thought that hoping that now they can actually put their, put the points across them, pointing to what the cost of them on a p. and they want to start thinking about the future and the possibility of republic that we should add, whether you are a republican or a wireless. you can watch the coordination of king charles the 3rd here on dw news, full live coverage from westminster abbey from 11 o'clock berlin time. many thanks, rob their good moss, on the streets of london. here's

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. at this hour, the united states has deported dozens of migrants from texas to stays before change in border restrictions. current regulations allow authorities to expel migrants without letting them apply for asylum. the rule was introduced during the pandemic and expires on may 11th. serbia's president alexander of woodridge has proposed new gun control measures following 2 mass shootings in as many days. you watch a freeze on gun permits and more psychological checks on owners. the president is also promising to remove weapons leftover from the hugo suave wars of the 1990s. in the west, 5 people have been hospitalized after fire broke out at a chemical plant in texas. emergency responders were called to the shell plant on the outskirts of houston, after the initial report of an explosion. however,

local authorities say there was none. the fire has since been contained so, and in the democratic republic of congo, more than a 180 people have been killed in flash floods in the eastern province of south keeble. the flooding and land slides caused by differential reins collapse, houses, schools, and other buildings. many of the residents got buried under the rumble and rescue. workers have also been pulling out dead bodies covered in much rigging, one of which is a freelance journalist based in goma in the democratic republic of congo. and he joins us now. regen, what's the situation in the flood zone right now? and this woman's people in that, in this are from cuba, as you're reading for the drama, the situation remains really dire as or say,

well, the 1000 people started to the democratic republic postpone. we'll see that once that 1076 people his bust away by the list of these cyber society, save the world on to so then thousands of people being 5 weeks from now to from the situation. so in, in yesterday, their government say that here's what leads the age of these, this of this month. that would be mooning that in on the case or you of the country . more than 1000 people passed away and that number likely to change to rise in the coming hours or people receiving the help. they need reagan. i am the authorities of the political school force that here. so if you've the going to have people. but at this moment, i just mentioned shift that makes use to when they can

leave the, the career some homes where they can use. but the stuff really easy. and some of most people are really living in the, in the even houses or for elections. and the, some of the additions have given for people, but it was the key is having to yet really it gives a ads to people, not a comforting prospect, but i imagine people there must be afraid of yet more flooding. exactly. this isn't something special scheme of change as the saying that the situation can a game come because it's not there for us. that even this weeks we've had, we've had more of his wings. and if the solution quotes, you know, like this is we can have against you shortly. the same situation coming the they pulled us many, many thanks there to rigging one awake, a freelance journalist based and gama,

in the democratic republic of congo to the war here in europe now. and in ukraine, the head of russia's wagner mercenary group, is threatening to withdraw his forces from the besieged city of buck, mood as early as next week. if guinea from ocean's fighters have led moscow's attempts to capture the city since last summer, he blames of the groups heavy losses on the crumbling failure to supply his troops with enough ammunition for the part of the insure kinda log. yep. i thought i bug you, but as you would, yeah, you still could watch 2 years. not a day goes by without commentary from russia's vocal oligarchy have given you pretty gordon on the war and ukraine. are. those are what i need to provide. so if you will kind of watch me more than just an opinionated billionaire, he's a key player in the conflict as commander off the walk in a group,

a private army of mercenaries up and over the course of the war he constantly has ruffled feathers and long rush has a lead. pretty gordon has frequently blamed chief of staff by you to get, i assume of and defense minister to sit, give cycle for not providing ammunition to walk in. or he has even threatened them or not. so you can watch good by pretty positive. yeah, there's the friends up. so who has come up with the pod for the the but who is big boys and why can you speak so openly? the st. petersburg need of had a trouble started in life spending most of his 20 behind bars for robbery and stepped. after his release, he set up a chain of hot dog stands in his hometown and earned enough money to open

a restaurant. in the mid nineties, the new venture allowed him to mix with the rush of high and mighty, including vladimir 1414 broad foreign guest, their earning. pete was in the nickname, 14 chef on the announcement that the walking to good will retreat from buckled seems to be assigned the precautions. relationship with the kremlin is cracking. he enjoys a lot of leeway from preteen when it comes to the war and ukraine, but is on dangerous ground when it comes to his political ambitions. the gap is growing between the role that protein has assigned to him and the political place which he believes to deserves, especially with walter's future being uncertain. what makes you want just to do. the fact is that the volume at bmc is coming to an end. it will cease to exist in the near future. it will be part of history. so that's okay. right. exactly why pre gordon is announcing the end to the walk in a group remains unclear. for now,

the gordon might not be prepared to fully challenge his president. but that could change if as long term patrons you show signs of losing his grip on power. switching gears and finally, a climber known as the french spiderman has scaled one of the tallest buildings in barcelona. 60 year old at 11 with their time the $31.00 story hotel to raise awareness of climate change and draft or bill to form the sun without ropes using just a bag of powdered chalk. police detained him at the top of the 170 meter tall building . he's previously climbed dozens of skyscrapers including the world highest building device bridge to leave a. and a reminder of our top stores, the u. k is counting down to its 1st coordination in 70 years. king charles, the 3rd will be crowned at london's westminster abbey. loyal fans have been lining

the streets of the british capital it since before dawn. the head of russian mercenary blogging group says his forces will withdraw from the eastern ukrainian city of bucks move next week. can you prove goshen released an angry video blaming the kremlin for the group's heavy losses? that's your news update. king charles, the 3rd, the making of the monarchy is coming up. next we will have full coverage on this coordination, starting in around an hour, more headlines and 45 minutes. as always. there's news and analysis on dw dot com. unlike look and appreciate your company. and by for the, i'm the green you few worried about the fence. i'm the host of the on the green fence post cost. and so we, it's clear we means to train.