the the, this is dw news live in from berlin tonight. the us soldier who walked into north korea has been kicked out of the country. 2 months ago, private travis king cross the border from south korea into the north. apparently, he told the north koreans he did that because he was disillusion with the u. s. also coming up ethic armenians are fleeing a loaner car block in their thousands cars crammed the road into armine as almost a quarter of the population escaped visor by john's takeover. of the regent and a storm named leon sweeping across greece flooding roads. cutting power and

damaging homes is the 2nd major storm this month. the time brings off is good to have you with us. on this wednesday, the us soldier private travis king, who dashed into north korea from south korea last july is now on his way home. north korea today, expelled king after 2 months of detention for a legally intruding on the country's territory. he was transferred to the united states personnel and they bring china is expected back at a texas military facility early on thursday. here's what we heard from the us state department about how travis a king was brought back into the us custody. as we appreciate the professionalism of our diplomats, who worked with their counterparts of the department of defense and coordinated with the governments of sweden and the people's republic of china. and we think sweden and the people's republic of china for their assistance and facilitating

that transfer. he is now on his way to the united states and we expect him drive in the coming hours, corresponding in washington, janelle to malia on, has more on the details that were shared by the us administration regarding travis kings release. well, we know that the release happened over night were told that travis king is in good health and in good spirits. we don't know exactly why north korea has decided to do it at this particular moment. but as we heard there in the sound bites, we heard the us government banking the governments of sweden and china for helping to secure a travis king's release. we don't know exactly who did what, but we know that sweden would have played a key role in negotiating, considering that sweden usually negotiates on behalf of the united states with north korea. because north korea and for us have no diplomatic relations,

there is no us embassy and feeling young. we also know that it was sweet and who told the u. s. that taught travis king, was about to be deported and were told that an intense period of diplomacy followed . and that brings us to today, where he's on his way to that military facility in texas. as you said, do we know what's expected to happen to him once he arrives back on the us territory of the well is that part really is unclear. now if we look back onto parts of his story, we know that he was stationed with his unit in south korea and then detained for 2 months over assault charges. he was been released on july time a week later he was meant to go back to the us to face disciplinary proceedings, but he managed to evade his guards. and instead of forwarding the plane to the us, he decided to join a tour of the dom militarized. soon between north and south korea and that's when

he crossed over into north korea. now the military of course declared him absent without leave, which means that you could face further punishment, like all the forfeiture of his pay, like this honorable discharge. he could even face more time in military jail and whether he's going to be punished separately for this action for actually going into north korea is also unclear, but us officials have said that before any further decisions are taken on travis king. the priority is providing him with medical aid and psychological aid, and we're uniting him with his family. all else will follow later. and, you know, considering the, the changes between the us and north korea, it's surprising isn't it, that the north korea was willing to give up a us soldier to begin with. and that the, this situation was resolved so quickly indeed, there was some amount of surprise there were many who were expecting travis, king,

uh, to be held a bit longer. that he could have been used as a bargaining chip, especially as relations between you, between the us and north korea, deteriorate over north korea. accelerating nuclear program over the u. s. has expanded joint military exercises with south korea. but there's also this reading about, travis king, was not a high value asset. and at some point, perhaps the north koreans decided that he wasn't worth the trouble and expense of keeping. he needed food. accommodation guards and translators as a for the us as part. so they've been, they've taken pains to point out that they don't see his release as a breakthrough in us and north korea and relations at all. they see this as a one off occurrence, and they say no concessions were made to north korea in securing travis kings release right now with the ladies there in washington. we appreciate your reporting . thank armenia, says annually have the population and they're going to cover bach has left the

region since either by john carried out its military operation last week. the offensive, dismantled separatist decades long, fine for independence. it has sent a wave of fear through the ethnic armenian community. living there, dw, use maria cubs of mazda and has been at the border between armenia and the rental car box, and is met some of the estimated 50000 people who have fled. she sent us this exclusive report of the streams of cars continue to arrive at the armenian border. some of them have been waiting in line for days to reach safety. as a by jones ministry, take a bit of the break way. region of nicole new camera back last week. prompted thousands of estimate communions to leave the homes and their lives behind them. marguerite, to suck yon is one of them. she and her family of 12 that the village as soon as

they heard the sounds of messiah nearby crystal, they've taken refuge in this hotel in the army and bowed to town. of course it has become a makeshift shelter. 6 dark for all my shoes, but the only thing that happened, all of a sudden the nobody expected it. so i was annoyed to bundle and we were bummed at night because we didn't know where to go. logs in is valley. we thought we'd run to the forest to wait until the situation come down. but we were told that we had to escape. i ran without taking anything of just my family. with duck is usually issue one is just margarita and her family suffered during a 9 months long blockade imposed by the as a by johnny government. last december, the enclave was cut off from the outside world that would critical shortages of food and medicine. well,

we had no flour, the numeral gain if they scott sugar, no food and never go for it. i had no milk for my grandkids a lot going nothing. how can one live like sandwich buck? most of the refugees found shelter here in gorgeous, just 30 kilometers away from the homeland. as the by john has promised to guarantee the safety of s. nicole medians. however, more agreed to assist. they had no choice but to leave. possibly forever. here is a round up now with the other stories making headlines around the world. the united states is admitting israel into a select group of countries. the citizens can enter the country without obtaining a visa in advance. starting november 30th is released will be able to travel to the us for up to 90 days, simply by registering with the electronic system for travel authorization. german

police have rated thousands of homes linked to an extremist research group that promoted nazi ideology. germany's interior minister had earlier banned the group and known as the art good mind shaft or the race community. it was one of several of right wing groups band and recent months. the czech republic is approved to plan to buy 2 dozen f, $35.00 fighter jets from the us. prime minister page of the alex said the jets training and ammunition, we cost $6.00 and a half $1000000000.00. the deal took a year to work out and been rushes full scale invasion of ukraine. a russian saw use space craft has landed in cars like still on after returning from the international space station. on board were 2 russian cosmonaut and a us astronaut. frank rubia rubio said a new us record by spending more than a year in outer space. now that was after a technical defect delayed his return. are back here on earth, at least 8 people to dine from electrocution. after heavy rains and winds hit south

africa's west and cape providence, the depths occurred in informal settlements near cape town where improvised electricity connections are common. the storm caused rivers to burst their banks, flooding residential areas and major roads. hundreds of people have been evacuated, weather related power outages, left more than 80000 people across the province without electricity. this is the aftermath of extensive flooding in south africa. the entire homes are submerged disease. it's my. this is my sink, my fridge, washing machine cabinet and my chairs. go my store even tv or under water. yeah, well, so this is the life we are living here. yeah. well instead of helping us, they are working on the ride. i have lost everything. the

authorities are working to clean up the city sparks of which have seen severe damage. many residents are looking to apply for these for support. the do we need to help. there are people who don't even have a roof over the head. some children can't even go to school because they close to what they were old people who lost the medication. so well, we end up have this. i mean, death, rivers overflowed washing away sections of major roads, drawn support, including rail services, has been suspended. the authorities now warn that the dead door could rise

as flood waters recede. for here in europe, torrential rains from storm elliot swept across central grease damaging roads, flooding homes, and causing power outages. all roads in the port city of boulders are closed. european union has promised emergency funding to help res cope with recent flooding and wild fires, then falls billions of yours and damage. the government has declared that adapting to climate change is a national priority. the use of the eclipse, talked to years following developments for us from athens, and she gave me this update about the flooding invalid right now, the situation, especially in the port city of bolton central views, looks really dramatic. the, the city is missing, release drowning due to the su to now all the water. the river overflowed it. it's uh, almost 3 meters high. so i, a forces are operating in order to rescue people that are trapped in their houses

that are trapped in their cars. even so uh right now. * it's really cool to take the pictures that we um, uh see and. 8 also uh the people, um are it cut off on villages and non family own streets have been cut off and become clips so its dangerous right now for the residents there. and i understand you had been talking with people in volt, los, and we know that all traffic there has been basically banned. what are people telling? so we talked to residents also bolos earlier, and they told us that the amount of water that um uh they see that that is uh, washing away the city since early this afternoon is nothing in comparison. and um, it's is more as sorry when you compare it to a storm. daniel, only 3 weeks ago, people are trapped in the houses with golf electricity for hours now for 5 hours.

and without the necessities, we are 80 percent on the city is without electricity, water is coming out of the ceiling inside the houses. and um, people try to communicate to tell each other if they're safe. and the only thing they told is they can do right now. it's really cold for this to stop. and also they told us they are tired because it's only 3 weeks. so they leaving this whole drama again. that was a vehicle to talk you. they are reporting from athens. germany is noisy, strong stein castle that welcomes millions of visitors from around the world. every year, most of those visitors ride by bus. over the german sky, the ivr max. my know that was a boring option. so he decided to detach himself from the paraglider in mid air and zipped past the fairy tale castle in the bavarian alps that about 200 kilometers an hour in a wing. so you see him right there. after the 17 2nd flight, he landed safely in a nearby meadow and we we heard that snow white may have not been so far away

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