[000:00:00;00] the pc is the w news life from berlin as well. the presence to retaliate after an unprecedented series of explosions across living on thousands of pages used by his beloved members designate almost simultaneously, security sources claims as well is responsible for the sophisticated attack that appears to have been months in the making and floods in central and eastern europe leave a trail of destruction. thousands more. evacuations are underway, while teams of volunteers try to save the towns and cities, and the rising of water left

the bank visible and welcome officials and living on say at least 9 people, including a child, have been killed off the pages used by has been exploded across the country around some bass, it is 11 on is among the nearly 2800 injured by. the single painting as blast is blah, blames is well for the explosions and says, the attack will not go on. punished is be no immediate comment from the is why the military, the k arctic seems like this played out hundreds of times throughout lebanon and syria, behind the king of peters use by the militia group has the low to communicate with its operators and supporters. and i'm told number of devices exploded,

lasting around in our ambulances. we're seeing proud interest rates, leading the data and the going to task, but it is 12 level, not the countries health ministers confirm thousands were injured in the unprecedented attack. the ministry of health as recorded more than 2800 injuries, 200 of which were in critical condition, and required either surgical intervention or entry into the intensive care unit. it is still unclear what caused the devices to explode. however, it has, the commander described the attack as the quote biggest security breach. since the reason us deal with these, with israel began the statement read and lebanese television as below, which is considered a terrorist group by the you and others, police siblings squarely on israel, bowed to punish the perpetrators of the attack. walter, yet doing well. he no one by a new method, as the number of injured continues to rise. lebanese health authorities or calling

for fresh blood donations. as hospitals rush to treat the victims of the attack. dw correspondence mohammed traitor is in the lebanese capital bay road. you've just come into the office. what was it like on the streets this morning? so weekday mornings are usually very busy and based on but today was an ordinary column. it took me around 7 minutes to reach the office. i usually spend around 30 to 40 minutes on, on the road. no schools and public institutions are not working today and the state is still in shock and therefore a lot of the needs are just staying home anticipating the situation. many are heading to hospitals across the country to donate blood to give any sort of a possible support. this was an event with a massive scale then, and it kind of broad feelings of the unity and sympathy in,

in the country. that is very divided. it is a very anxious morning here in balte. i would say tell us more about the reaction from his bull the well, you know, this is a huge security breach. it's unprecedented and has been less to assessing the situation at the moment. we know that has the last is own telecommunication, a network and infrastructure. it is part of its command and control system. the on group has already caught the use of smartphone, mobilize his boss, chief personally, had warned as fighters and even civilians. and in the south, from using smartphones due to security breach that according to the party, led to the killing of several of its fighters and leaders. now, these are the turn that has the pages have proved not to be any safer. so far we can only assume that it will take the on to time to digest the event and find and

turn it is that to the store is communication and command and control system. meanwhile, then it is believed that hundreds off of his fighter is if not thousands, that wouldn't be out of service for some time due to injuries. so, so how damaging would all of this be for the militant group and considering that that's the injuries and the downing of there a way of communication. this is very damaging, you know, the conflict between has blend as well is based on a deterrence equation. this unprecedented security breach is perceived by hezbollah as an attempt to break this question. and therefore we anticipate seeing how it has below respond. and the, you know, the, the party issued a statement this morning and follow to continue the daily operations against is right. and what he calls the supporting front for

a garza and also vowed to retaliate to yesterday's, must have feature a, an a separate order on a separate note, but did not provide any further details about his next step. we just anticipating and watching this situation and just checking how this will unfold. and mohammad, where would you say this puts the current funding between israel and his for now? what it definitely the takes the, this confrontation to a different whole different level of normandy and usually in such a big events, it's the general sector, 3 of hezbollah house on the fella who you know, gives a televised speech and indicates the next step. and how this will develop. now we're waiting for a, for a, an unofficial announcement by hezbollah, about his next step. and how this whole confrontation will unfold, whether to a,

i don't know, larger war or allow for in the region or that you know, this, this is perceived as a, and, you know, kind of a, a peaking situation tension that will end up with a political, a solution you corresponded mom, it's great to thank you very much for your analysis. as a quick look now at some of the other stories making use rushes, top security officials. so should i go has met with the runs president muscle, cause a scan in t. ron, possess, kansas p. ronnie is committed to deepening ties with russia and that strengthening relations and cooperation between iran in russia will reduce the impact of sanctions in columbia. and a tackled and military base. using a truck loaded with explosives is claimed the lives of 2 soldiers and injured thousands more. the government is blaming the national liberation army. i left this

rebel group. president goes down for pedro says the attack ended long running peace talks aimed at holton columbia's decades on conflicts with gorilla groups. distributed police have arrested thousands of sound specs accused of using an encrypted messaging app to coordinate drug trafficking and killings. police say the ghost was developed by global organized crime networks. it was infiltrated using interest at that software updates more risk to being carried out in canada and europe, and investigators team tools. and while finds in portugal, if killed at least 7 people and injured thousands of others, thousands of find find has been battling the flame since the weekend with the launch of spies concentrated in the north, high temperatures and strong winds. they've been complicating efforts to control the plains. meantime, officials in central europe say the death toll from flooding and extreme wave that has now risen to 22. high winds and heavy rain full have re topic in australia,

the czech republic, poland hungry, and romania. the weather was stabilizing in some parts, but many rivers are still overflowing. the cloth rooms at the school in romania should be filled with children at this time of day. instead, the teachers are busy cleaning up the damage from days of flooding. the night the last time we had slots the what are the, the end or to school? you mean now we have no more laptops to work this year. well, not interesting. my house is also flooded for the 1st time. thinking on that though, i know how the children and their parents feel, i think that these books and toys attended by kindergarten when you just a week ago. and then now destroyed the county of galati in eastern romania was one of the air is worst effected by the floods. the inundated central and eastern europe. and as residents here come to terms with the

extent of the damage. all the parts of europe is still bracing to be arrival of flood waters. here in south west poland, local residents to binding together to help police and beyond me, build flood bar is along the older river and it's tribute trees. basically what we are trying to make it stable there are leaks in some places, but we are trying to punch them up as soon as possible with sun box, which people have be making here. seems this morning, a voice mail slip for him. the other i hope that we can keep them on minutes as they are some of our, like excel, a race against time. neighboring parts of poland have already been completely submerged. poland is the largest city of white swath is bracing itself the rising was. here's what the man had to say to the t

w. this is about some of the major a logical situation of coal. samantha. firstly, it is stopped raining and this applies not only to but also offering but also to the region. and secondly, the sun is shining, so on the one hand the water can evaporate and on the other, the hydro technical devices, and of course the embankments have a chance to dry out of it. they were subjected to high stress caused by the water. even if the wave flattens at some point, the devices are working all the time to navigate your products. so the width of situation is good. and i hope that it will not change and it looks like things are looking good this morning as well. mazda full has been covering the plans for the past few days in the south, west of poland, and joins us from lots, 5 mazda, everything hinges on the way that doesn't that yes, definitely. so the weather, it has been stable since monday, which helps

a lot to drive the embankment and as we see now, the old red river is not over flowing, but we still see quite moderate stream and lots of trees and stuff floating down the river. but um, the crucial parts are actually being secured. so this time not like in 1997, the city seems to be more prepared. they are trying to concentrate on the places that are, could get dangerous for the people, but they're mostly not at the old river, but the tribute years in the destruction was wide spread back in the ninety's. how exhausting is this fight by volunteers to save the towns and cities of the voluntary seem to be working nights and date. so we've seen pictures and reports from a voluntary around the embankments close to broad swath where they are securing the

banks with sand bags. and they are doing it for 2 days consecutively now, and also the military is helping at the most crucial parts at the same as the fire department. everyone's joining in in this if it might have you spoke to the mayor of what's left, what is the government? they're advising people to do. stay off the banks. keep a stash a little stash of water and just be alert because the big wave should be coming in . drops off, at least on the lights, late thursday, or friday night. and but in a while, the and the other is cities i visited yesterday. and the major flood will come today, and we've seen some more villages that have been flooded already. so evacuations, a continuing and, and is a clarity on, on,

on when these rising waters are going to peak because there's been some confusion on social media for example. yes, that's true, there is a lot of fake news happening and the city is trying to keep control of information always giving supports to the people. there are no major evacuations in the city of broadsoft, but in smaller villages, some of them has has been abandoned already. and we, the situation is very dynamic. so everyone is supposed to check the information and just keep alerts, which is the most important thing right now. thanks for pointing mazda thought in what's left for us. as a reminder about top story, this, our officials in lebanon and say at least 9 people were killed when pages used by his pull, the exploded across the country. it runs at bassett, at 11 on as

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