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the, the, this is the w news live from berlin. devastating floods in northeastern nigerian displays tens of thousands as rescuers race to save people trapped in their homes. the surge of water has submerged, entire neighborhood. authorities saves the worst lot in 3 decades. also coming up, the british prime minister, met with us president joe biden and washington to discuss a plea from ukraine to launch western main long range weapons into russia. moscow warrants, if the restriction is listed, it would mean russia was at war with nato, the
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american evans dean, welcome up to 1000000 people are believed to have been effected by devastating flooding in north eastern nigeria, emergency cruise and major glory are still trying to reach people trapped by the flood waters which was caused by a dam co ops authority say at least 30 people have been killed, but that death total is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue. this is made a good way. almost hoss the city is submerged often to eventually buy in this cause the dam to best earlier this week. well, flooding is not uncommon in this part of northern nigeria. well sorry to say it is the west flood for 3 decades. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from that homes under the need of food and shelter the united nations. well,
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the food program has sets up soup kitchens. they say the fronting has compounded several already existing problems. this region has been facing the digits and more recently we haven't seen the solution that the way up has been a really good thing really affecting our mediums. the people who are the facing who do security to the rescue population continues with 1000, still trapped, unable to escape as water levels have yet to receive many, still missing duties. i have one son and i have not seen or heard from him and 3 days we got out of the flood of the pallet. um, it was really hot, but thanks to the soldiers who helped us to save the date or to my right now we're
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still searching for my son up the protocol initially, we didn't expect it to end up like this. but as it progressed, it kept getting worse to them. eventually we have to leave our home. a lot of people have lost their lives. not julia is already facing acute food shortages. and it's so much from lot and i was a loved. you might have to be an agency side, i still need more assistance. mohammad malik falls a un humanitarian coordinator and he's currently in the flood head area in northeastern nigeria. a short time ago. he gave us this update. as we speak, we have ordered 400000 people who are affected in one way or if you have 100000 what already settled into id, i use the terms i have visited 2 of them this morning, which in fact i've just a screen that was tough for me to do, i do you have a number of issues there in which you and the fact that the government racing
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against the pools. i'm to come in there and find a solution to those issues. one is suppose to, for the level of conditions you have over a 100 people each in one class when not at the school. i have visited this morning . you have for example, deficiencies in our gym and send a dish. and number of laptops, new i think, didn't come on the water and so forth. and you know, when you have those issues on the inside, in addition and part of the water, it creates, i'm so the higher use of having a disease outbreak. and then you have a sofa which is becoming a big challenge. and then you have, of course, i'm some of this month of health issues like the social is that the sacrament in people, apps, even the one company then children, what are nothing but who certainly is i'm the bedrooms might be lost somewhere or an accounting for and then the provider you have so start to sort of support in
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this context, of course also gives issues of security because when people leave their house on the structure of our exposure, so to maybe looking for and people who put into the bridge into the house do somebody, what i can say is that the suggestion is extremely dire, and let's the mind it's coming on top of a situation that was already known for most it was one of the most of the agents that by the answers dempsey before. so many different challenges. if you could just summarize, maybe 3 things of the nigerian government needs to do, and also what the international community could do to help. what would those things be? so me want to restart games that grow your leaves and jump out those west to park on the water because at some point what deliberately so high that those people have described to reach. and i think there is the 1st step need to be taken to be done to get them out of it. the 2nd is the
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shelter for those who have lost everything the to use their life staging aspects for what i am, subdivision allison kids. i'm bring couple of the water and the brand. everything that can have someone give me definitely get back. okay. all right, that was mohammad malik. follow you in a humanitarian coordinator joining us for my degree. thank you so much. a military court has sentence 37 people to death and the democratic republic of congo. they're accused of taking part and of failed to attempt back in may. 3 american citizens are among the condemned, including the us, born son of the crew leader christian rolando, the little known congolese opposition leader was killed as authorities tried to arrest him or an open ad millcreek or proceeding broadcast live one
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tv. one does tend to capital can shop. the presiding judge announced the harshest sentence, the death penalty for $37.00 defendants. the accused a sentence to the death penalty for a criminal association, terrorism and an attempt to 2 and 20 years in prison for illegal possession of weapons or ammunition of war. or tardies, said christie on my land laid the cool attempt in may the con, release american who's subbed in the d. c. 's military was later killed by security forces. mister milan got 21 year old american bonds, sudden loss and was convicted along with fellow americans. tyler thompson junior and benjamin reuben settlement bullen mazda is mother said, hudson is innocent and was simply following his father,
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who considered himself president the shadow government didn't exist. his lawyer said the plan do up in the ruling we are still disappointed with this verdict, which is very severe and did not take into account several issues. especially the mitigating circumstances. had the put stick in place earlier. those convicted would not have phased execution. but the d c lifted a 2 decade moratorium on the death penalty earlier this year. a quick look now at some other news from around the world, the thousands of pay their final respects to olympic. marathon runner, rebecca cheperdak, guys of 33 year old, died and can you last week after her partner and doused her with gasoline and set her on fire? the funeral was held in her and says tool village and you can to, the attack has underscore,
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the high level of violence against women in kenya. are you as turkish active is killed during a protest against as really settlements of the west bank has been laid to rest in western turkey. these really military says i showed your ascii ag was shot in directly and unintentionally a week ago. turkey says it'll conduct its own investigation into her desk. flooding, triggered by heavy rainfall, has left at least 5 dead in eastern romania rescue services have been deployed to evacuate residents trapped in their homes. central europe is also bracing for severe flooding firefighters in the czech republic of in building flood walls and stacking sandbags. heavy rain is also likely in austria, slovakia and hungry. ukraine has made a fresh appeal to the west to be allowed to fire long range missiles. it's a russian territory. the appeal comes a day after the us presidential by and,
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and the you case. prime minister akira storm are met to discuss the issue by boom, play down a warning by russians vladimir putin against the west, allowing here to fire missiles deep into russia. britain's prime minister arrives at the white house for tea talks on the ukraine war tiers dimer is pressing us president joe biden to allow ukraine to use long range missiles on targets. inside russia were flooded. biden's ears vats would spark a major escalation with russia. still, he reaffirmed his commitment to ukraine. i wanna thank you for, for the leadership with us from united states is standing with you. tilting crane is a defense against versus russian. clear for making prevailing as for people to be trained dimer is seeking
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a united strategy on ukraine from the west is really important this great. all i is that special relationship this time to talk about a bunch of issues. you have just fine. starting course with ukraine, where i think the next few weeks of months fee crucial. very important for to train in this fight for freedom. ukraine has long been asking its allies for permission to use weapons like these british storm shadow resolved on targets deep inside russia. div says there crucial for destroying russian war planes, used for launching guided light bombs toward ukraine. but at a un security council meeting, russia warren, that a red line would be crossed to $9007.00. but the concern of those, which is, if the decision to lift restrictions is really taken, that will mean that from that moment to this is nato countries are conducting
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direct for, with russia. which is, in this case, we will have to, as you understand, make relevant decisions with all the consequences that the western aggressors would incur those up in little groups of those groups. no announcement on the missiles was made during the stormers trip to the white house. with biden's term drawn to a close and winter approaching on the battlefield. britain and ukraine are hoping for decisive action earlier and spoke with military analysts money in the maryland from the war studies department of kings college london. and i asked her why western countries have been resisting the calls from ukraine to ease those restrictions on longer range weapons. what we have to understand is that there are practical implications in terms of the inventories of the missiles that ukraine has,
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that it's disposal such as storm shadow slash colt, as well as add accounts. and those inventories are limited in order to make a difference, to queen would need quite a lot of those missiles and this specifically, scalp and storm shadow are quite expensive. and the 2nd issue was, this, is that, that enables me to providing the targeting data more specifically it's american navigational data that would be used. this is why is that you k is asking the last for permission to employ store storm shadow for long range strikes and russian territory. now obviously there are also political considerations in terms of potential escalation as one a u. k. diplomatic. put it if put in house, drawn all these red lines and he hasn't done anything about, it doesn't mean that he will not do it now. so we shouldn't push him. so there is a sense that it's going to make matters worse in terms of the war and
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ukraine and for broder geopolitical landscape. this is perhaps why german chancellor shoulds sad that a russia should be attending peace a summit in november and that we should rekindle a diplomatic solution to the war. that was military analysts, many of them their own from the worst of these departments at king's college london . or you're watching the w news coming to from berlin. reminder now of our top story up to 1000000 people are believed to have been effective by devastating flooding in northeastern nigeria. it was caused by a dam, collapse. authorities say at least 30 people have been killed, but that death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue. you're up to date on dw net and dw news us next is sports slice. a marietta evans
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