the, the dw news live and from berlin, thousands evacuating their homes, after some of the worst flooding to hit central europe. in decades. 19 people have now been reported killed in the flooding. many more missing and authorities or warning that the worst may be yet to come. also coming up from one extreme to the next to severe drought or fueling wildfires in portugal in spain, at least 7 people and died and firefighters are racing to save people's homes. and could he be the next chancellor of germany, the countries conservatives or bidding on friedrich merits choosing him today to challenge chancellor. oh, love shoals. in next year's election, the

library golf. it's good to have you. with this, we begin with the rising waters and the rising death toll here in europe. officials say at least 19 people have died into flooding across the central and eastern europe from northern italy. a low pressure system has dumped record amounts of rain across austria, the czech republic, poland, hungary, and romanian. you're looking at the rainfall forecast for the next few days. the heavy as precipitation marked in dark blue. this means that evacuations continue with river levels, still rise. storm forest dumped over a months worth of rain on a large swath of europe, leaving a deadly trail of destruction for people living near the regions, waterways. the deluge was disastrous. a pulse drama in the northeast check

republic is that the confluence of 4 rivers, at least one dike failed flooding the city's industrial center, as well as residential areas where hundreds re evaluated helicopters, pulled stranded people off of roofs and vehicles. we had to move out as we were in a flood zone. we have to wait for the water to drop a little. there's no water, no electricity. it's bad. some people have it worse. in south west, poland, lumnick resident said, flood waters had knocked out all the bridges, leaving the town isolated. the once picture risk central plaza is now full of debris and mud. so many of the losses are unimaginable for the city. all the bridges are broken, asphalt is coming off. the town doesn't have the funds to repair it. the city looks like an apocalypse. i would call it a ghost town. yes,

the wounded. couple call you except the key. yeah. you get them not with this and yes, the reading what the problem, the parts of austria have been swamped as well. the village of most be a bomb was evacuated after a nearby dam broke and we were afraid. it was scary. we didn't know what we would do if we had to leave. it was a catastrophe. i can't explain it. it's awful. while the water has receded in some places, others are bracing for more throwing up sandbag barriers and keeping an eye on fluffed gauges. as the build up of high water moves down stream, climate experts say the regions, worst flooding in decades, didn't come out of nowhere. as, as the atmosphere warms, it can hold more water, which will return to earth. sometimes with disastrous consequences.

was flood waters received upstream. people are preparing for the worst down stream where river levels are set to peak later this week. and this includes parts of poland. our coverage continues in the polish town of o y bar, which has yet to see the worst of the flood waters. our reporter march or tour is there. the situation in poland for now is seems to be stable. we are now in the city of o y, which is 30 kilometers close to but also have them a trophy off slower. so easy a and they're the biggest floods has been happening. also, the water came down from the czech republic. in here, we're facing the biggest wave tomorrow by tomorrow. and right now the river of lava in the back, is already at the tide of 7 meters, and it will get critical tomorrow. so since yesterday the volunteers are helping with bringing send back to uh to the river and also smaller communities that don't

have any help. they have already close down some dams. and in the night some areas, smaller villages have been flooded. that was markets where they are reporting from poland, while one part of europe is underwater. another is going up in flames. wildfires in portugal have claimed at least 7 lives, including 3 portuguese firefighters who died to tuesday when their vehicle was trapped by flames. within a 1000 firefighters and the central regions of portugal are raising to save as many homes as possible. more help has arrived from france, greece and neighboring spring. heather stains on the edge of town. the central portugal is experiencing, and then usually try september this year. signed by strong winds, the wild fire flames reach the town of scott. several homes have been bend and the smoke is left residents. joking that day. time.

smothered by acted, the black smoke and the nighttime sky. a flame in red. yeah for it for you on for you, it was panic. so i'm and i took refuge at home. i have never seen anything like that. the phi was all around the village. she knew well, you of you. so firefighters special how to tackle the blaze and local join, then why they can watch the bombing planes were deployed with more on the way from spain, france and pre owned a saw it to say they were using all the results is they have available thought they have a full capacity this command took them to at this moment everyone who is available working is they're making great efforts. let's get

to be able to help out in areas where we are calling to, but also, but it will be a very difficult job if that device settings provide moving to the field, the end user any went out to be a meant to portugal, a neighboring spine, recorded few fires in 2024. so fast. scientists believe such a rhetoric rather patton's, i'd like you to become more frequent due to climate change. meanwhile, parts of central and western africa have also been hit by extreme weather. the region has seen heavy flooding after what has been unusually intense rainy seas. the result is a humanitarian crisis, with more than $500.00 people, dead in hundreds and thousands of homes destroyed chad this year. in the year you have been especially hard hit. the wind says more than a 1000000 people have been impacted in shad alone farm land that is vital for local economies and food security has been washed away. and for many, it's

a situation that has gone from bad to worse. well i'm going to cross over now to cuz when see they get moved from the red cross climate center in between a fall. so it's good to have you with this. i just want to begin by asking you what are you hearing about the situation from your people? the red cross just how severe is it? yeah. um bad news. freddy's not so good. is that the i fair enough i'll call and ask for me. it is all from our police from the bank bus. everyone is reporting that this is indeed the situation which is really a catastrophe event or the regional which is now getting to be familiar with spots . what about getting help to the people who need it? most right now, talk to me about the ability to do that. what are the moments when i take the kids up to a very close, for example, be having the some of funding that be able to be delivered to communities in case

of private select these kind thoughts. and so we have to do it. and in many countries like material, for example, then does that service emergency funds best for the kids off the top of the cheese, particularly city. it was necessary for us to use patient a key because uh the nice way to find a significant and the usual dress obviously majestic funds were not sufficient. let them. yeah, i want to pick up a on chad for a moment. we know that many refugees from the war in sudan have left sudan and gone into chad. how are the floods affecting the relief for their so yeah, definitely. it makes things much more for the kids that you know, that's even without disliked these people. where or do you need particularly uh, let's see. uh, plus tyler, laura mintz. and now we'll decide if we think becomes did. she comes with even getting access to these people east given more of from the kids. and then it is if

i made the see me that in for you such as measuring money when the initial disappointment, prizes lots of copies of prizes, they're making the gift. busy so we use the party bit more difficult. the red cross, as i'm sure you're aware, is facing more and more of these double crises caused by climate change. in addition to more political unrest, do you have the resources to handle this type of a double whammy? what i've done, what type of course, this is not i do yet, right? because ease doesn't pop all the cup. i see that you take spots you out. you may have seen that we sent us. we had the little thing quite to the number of tools to be able to face these types of prizes. yup. done. where to now more in motor, not reaction for conflict. safe things into my complex. i think you mean private

and complete can also find it in my views on these are things that they wait for the spring to for we seem to get into a lot of sports teams. it's, it's uh, the beginning, it is important for us to pump. so we did that to become more effective in upcoming events, where you're getting the majority of the resources that you needed. the moment is, is it coming from governments in the area or are you having to seek more more from private sources? it's wireless menu from governments government supporting the red cross. more men lit up, direct us movement, use the largest menu to a different network in the world. so it is mainly government total cost. this is becoming less and less efficient. and as a result of the workforce and also rise, if i miss a good sense of what our potential sources and private partners, indeed also a really good sources for us to get the funding needs to support those. that's how the most the needs to be filed. against and things in confidence. i think them said

in the, in west africa and so far and then decided that, you know, as you say, most of the resources traditionally have come from governments. public sources. do you get the impression that governments, particularly in this part of africa, that they are preparing for a future that will include more and more of these crises, climate change? brett, perhaps with political instability. do you mean governments from this? i have countries, all governments defenders, you can the governments in this a hell region, a wedding decidedly on your mind. so that disagrees on his bike complex because of the moments most of them are dealing with uh, insecurity with no. so what did you call her presence? and you think your son, jerry, i a chart as well as on people in countries in the sample offer. the center of science will find the nature of you know, fossil. so for them, it's not immediately pushy, bought for the kid, my findings to your money,

to the financial aid that these are, starts at the moment. so definitely there might be the age to support these governments to chronicle more because unfortunately in the next few years and makes you dictates this is just waiting for worship. so even is a big fight. it is a trinity prizes, probably licensed excitement was these expect of the worship. so it's really important to support these governments that the woman's unfortunately can not do much about the prices. cuz when see to get them out with the red cross clements and we appreciate your time today. thank you. thank you. where's a quick look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. molly's military government says it's foiled and attacked by terrorists on the outskirts of the capital. bombing of the army says, gunmen tried to infiltrate a police school. the west african nation has been plague by violence from rebel goods for over a decade. but attacks in the capital a rear georgia's

a parliament has approved a draft law severely restricting and would you b t q. right? so the law includes bands on same sex marriage adoption by same sex couples and depictions of l. g b t q relations in public and in the media opposition, lawmakers boycotted the book, the new bands mirror similar laws in neighboring russia. the german transfer all of shelters in cosmetics done. wrapping up a 3 day visit to central asia, which included talks on boosting. fuel deliveries and increasing cooperation. schultz also discussed the war in ukraine with cause expands president, who told the chancellor that russia's military is quote invincible. and that it is time to make a peace deal. here in germany, the opposition christian democrats have tapped friedrich merits as their candidate for chance. story. next year's federal election merits. who leads the christian

democrats? the cd you received an endorsement from his sister party at a press conference here in berlin earlier today. opinion polls put the conservative block ahead of the ruling coalition. government merits, as calling for a tougher line on immigration, which is a key issue for voters. transfer a lot. schultz, 3 party governing coalition is funding for its political survival, limited insight, and a loss of vote or support. here's more now from the free direct merits from earlier today. see if we can get to the funds we are now looking ahead and, and the federal election is in just over a year on september 28th 2025. i you from of. com. we know that we have a number of tasks blinking other things, but we are also looking at the current situation cuz me to park, we have already achieved something while an oppositional host. it opens its own house. it's also a vice chunk. easy look at migration policy, can we go to lunch party,

take on without us and send our clear position on these issues to own. and these are some of the federal government's decisions. so i probably would not have been made who saw it to in these are form michigan. even if you haven't, we have persuaded the federal government to make one or 2 decisions to do better. now. who does it is still not good enough and is this which is why we are sticking to our clear position or clock and posing that it is necessary to turn people back at the borders of the site, at least for a time event. we will continue to work this out with the federal government as we go invite to also talking about our political correspondent, hundreds, broad. he was at that press conference in berlin today. i asked him, are we looking at the next chancellor of germany? the way things look at the bottom, and that seems very likely, yes. as you said, the polls show that to see to us by far the strongest quality at the moment other on 30 percent, the next strongest, spotty, is the far right alternative for germany. and any off to that is all i chose to try . and so this policy, the social democrats in the polls as around 15 percent. so the way things stand at

the moment, the conservative look almost certain to win, but it's almost a year. it's more than a year until the elections take place. that's a very long time in politics. as good as mass has just basically eliminated as politic, internal arrival from bavaria about in the past election 3 years ago. the bavarian party um the lots to week and it's kind of the conservative kind of the time. there's hope that that will be avoid at this time wrong, but there's no certainty of that. so that could even be project internal criticism or problems still coming up. and then with the mouse and his personality, he's also somebody who's not exactly the most popular politician in germany. he comes off in the cross as a, as a bit arrow gun, and he's impulsive. he can be quite scathing in his comments. so there's a long way to go. a long hill to climb or a mountain to climb. yeah, and the, the courage governing coalition is you said that the parties, the 3 parties that make up the current government, that they're,

they're pulling numbers or dismal. how do you expect them to react moving forward now that they know who their main contender is going to be to? well, we all assume the chance of the off charlottes will be the candidate of the social democrats. he was quoted today as saying that it's okay for him, that's good. which mounts will be the candidate of the conservative. so he's presenting a very um, relaxed of tight facade to this. so, so far the co edition government has been saying that they should just continue governing that should to pass the laws that they want to pause. they should show to people that think they can be reliable and governments that they can complete the plans that they have been laying for so many months, especially on the issue of migration with several agreements have been signed recently and so on. but obviously the coalition has been very fractures in the, in the past 2 months and years has been, has been

a lot of in fighting. it's done lots to describe that itself as it were amongst voters. so the question is really whether in it's coming. yeah, the coalition government will be able still to consolidate its way of, of ruling of running the country, whether that to persuade voters. but at the moment, it looks very much as though this coalition is not likely to re be re elected to win the election next year. are political correspondent with the kinds abroad, with the latest right here in berlin ponds, as always, thank you. in the united states, the man to speaking of trying to assassinate donald trump has been charged with federal gun. crohn's, prosecutors say that additional and more serious charges could followed court documents reveal the suspect camped outside of trump's golf course with food in the real life. will they say that he waited for nearly 12 hours for the former president before a secret service agents foiled the potential attack with these for the guns,

but it shows the moment the suspected gunmen design or if it is to investigate dispute. the 15, if you to was man appears to have feet it near former president donald trump golf course for about 12 hours in an updated attempt assessing. meet him with the semi automatic rifle. the secret service agents spotted the rifle in the bushes and open fire. the gunman slipped and shortly afterwards he was taken into custody. as former president trump was moving through the fit fairway across the course and out of sight of the 6 green, the agent who is visually sweeping the area of the search screen saw the subject armed with what he perceived to be a rifle and immediately discharged his firearm the subject who did not have line of sight to the former president slugged the scene. he did not fire or get off any shots at our agent's drum 1st on home. but the incident has once again brought the

u. s. secret service under scrutiny, one at the latest incident happened just 2 months after he was shot at this time. been ready in pennsylvania. us president, job items these, the agency needs more support. one thing i want to make clear services for help was dying or hasn't a district card funding tickets, including a charge of possessing an automatic machine gun and his 1st appearance in federal court. on monday, he was charged with possession of a fi as a felon. in possession of a fi um with an updated serial number in a post under social jump tank, the secret service and others for keeping him safe. in an interview with fox digit,

the drum blame to president joe biden and his democratic rivals for the presidency, vice president, come on ahead, is for assessing this an attempt he claimed the suspected gunman was acting on the court, highly inflammatory language. what's that good? once again, raised the political temperature ahead of the us presidential elections where they are the most vulnerable children with cancer in 11 on these children must undergo treatment in the country, plague with its own malware. these are political instability, economic crisis, as well as the conflict on the border with israel. the children's cancer center of living on and be root has treated more than 5000 children in the last 2 decades. but the hospital it faces serious disruptions as private donations are drawing up. some hero is 9 years old. she's fighting cancer,

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