the, the vc is dw news live from bell in his below and threatens to retaliate after an unprecedented series of explosions across 11 on thousands of pages used by hezbollah members. destination security sources claim as well is responsible for the sophisticated attacks that appears to have been planned for months. plus, floods in central and eastern europe, leave a trail of destruction. thousands more evacuations are underway by teams of valencia is trying to save the towns and cities the rising board and the tiny territory that's seen as a stepping stone to europe. pensions rise in to say, would have

a spanish city on the american coast as the number of microns hoping to reach the european mainland swords. the i've been visible and welcome officials in lebanon say at least 9 people were killed when pages used by hezbollah. across the country, but messaged and then exploded, it runs and bass, that it's 11 known as among the nearly $2800.00 injured by the singleton. he has lost a time when he's company gold. apollo. say is it authorized? it's brand on the pages linked to the explosions, but that they were made by another firm and hungry hezbollah militants began using the devices in hopes of avoiding is wally surveillance of the mobile phones. the militant group blames is well for the explosions and says the attack will not go unpunished. there's been no immediate comment for me as well.

the chaotic seems like this played out hundreds of times throughout 11 on and syria assigned to chaos. pagers used by the militia group hezbollah to communicate with its operatives and supporters. hundreds of the devices exploded over a period of about an hour. defense experts say is real, spike agency most likely infiltrated the supply chain, impacted devices with explosives. before hezbollah obtains them, ambulances were seen, crowding the streets, bringing the dead, and the wounded hospitals throughout level on the countries. health minister has confirmed thousands were injured in the unprecedented attack, including your runs and passed or to live in on an 8 year old girl was among the dead. and so for the emergency department of the ministry of health has reported more than 2800 injuries and 200 of which were in critical condition that required either surgery or an entry into intensive care as well as leader, her son, as rela,

had warned his followers to switch from carrying cellphones to pagers in older technology, which they believed could evade, is really tracking a according to one report, hezbollah members have described 1st receiving an error message that caused the page or to vibrate. when the user clicked the button to stop the vibration, small charge inside exploded details that appear to match injury reports. most of the in the eyes and the face and some, some of them in the hands and then the optimal has the commander describes the attack as the biggest security breach. since the recent hostilities with israel began in a statement read on lebanese television, hezbollah, which is considered a terrorist group by the you and others, will place the blame, squarely on israel, on has been vowed to punish the perpetrators of the attack by the clean. but where did the devices that exploded, come fairly as

a source close to hezbollah told the if the press agency that the pagers were all from a batch of a 1000 that had been ordered from the tie. when he's manufacturer, the company whose logo was found on the pagers says the model involved was made in europe under a license, it denies any involvement to the company. this product is not a public product, but a product that i authorized to use are trademark for another company to brand. i'm q. tensions are running high and live in on. the question now is, is edwin as well and it's backers, the ron will retaliate for the attack dog. we use mohammed tray to is following developing same babe ruth, i asked him about the situation on the streets a day off that the bloss. so weekday mornings are usually very busy and visual, but today was an identity 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 bay, who would, 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 a, telecommunication, a network and infrastructure. it is part of its command and control system. the on

group has already caught the use of smartphones. mobilize has bloss 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 onto 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 of 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 the test the injuries and the downing of there a way of communication?

this is very damaging. you know, the conflict between has bland as well is based on the terence equation. this unprecedented security breach is perceived by hezbollah as an attempt to break this equation, and therefore we're at dissipating how with his bullet, his pond, and the you know, he and the party issued a statement this morning and followed to continue. the daily operations against is right and what he calls the supporting front for a gaza, and also vowed to retail the 8 to yesterday's mazda for each a and 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 normally. and usually in such a big events, it's the general sector 3 off has been lost on the fellow 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 then you know kind of a, a picking a situation tension that will end up with a political, a solution you w corresponded mama tray to thank you very much for your analysis. some of background i spoke to, look i tend to from so once the university he deals with international relations

and the impact of technology. i asked him how he described what's going on across lebanon is a very unprecedented attack in terms of scale. i mean, terms of the use of the pages, but it is not unprecedented for either way up to high end explosives in, in values, elements for example, books or packages or even phones. we've seen in the past how these rel, here explosives the phone. for example. we're leaving a come off chief bomb maker. so it is unprecedented in terms of the scale, but not so much in terms of the practice itself. how long would you say this has been in the planning? it must have been quite some time in the planning, especially because it requires certainly boxes to the pagers. if it, if it is confirmed that it was ultimately explosives, these explosive must have been placed at some point in between the production and the distribution of these painters. aside with entail, uh,

no totally technological prowess, but also certain degree of access to the pages into the supply chain and distribution chains. and what would you actually call this? was this a calculated attack? if you want somebody to calculate the task, any payment achieving multiple objective, i'd say up certainly there isn't that amount of terrorizing the population of level known in other mental psychological warfare. but there is always an element of signaling to hezbollah that has nowhere to hide. as we started from previous interviewees as well, i had actually transitioned to pagers because they considered them more secure, a safer, but now they've been shown that they can be used as devices as well. you mentioned the possibility of an act of terrorism here. i mean, we are talking about a lot of hezbollah operatives who are said to have been injured or possibly killed in this attack, but this was something that happened in public space. that's yes,

you've seen some of the images of people being in grocery stores and going about their daily lives. some of these pages exploding and according to some reports, these pages where program to be before a few seconds, then to explode in order to cause injuries to the phase and to the mind. which of course would put some further pressure on the hospital in the health care system. and the supreme speaker suggested there's also put out of play for quite some time . many, it's been a fight, there's wouldn't been injured in the operation. look at kind of that from this one's a university. thank you very much for timing you a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines. the south you a secretary of state anthony blinking is in egypt to try reviving. stalled. see slide talks in the conflict between all of us and these ram is meeting with egypt as president and form administer from a foreign minister. rather, it's blinking the 10th trip to the middle east since the war and gaza began almost

a year ago, a process dump security official. so guy show who has met with a runs president muscle possess scanned into iran, possess concepcion's country, is committed to deepening ties with russia. and it strengthening relations between the 2 will reduce the impact of sanctions in columbia and attack on a military base. using a truck loaded with explosives as claimed the lives of 2 soldiers and aged thousands more. the government is blaming the national liberation army. left this rebel group, president gustavo pittfield says the attack ended long running peace talks ended holding columbia's decades long conflict with guerrilla groups. calling officials in central europe say the death toll from flooding an extreme way that has no reason to 22. high winds and heavy baneful every topic in austria, the czech republic, poland, hungary, and romania. the weather was stabilizing in some box, 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 teacher is a busy cleaning up the damage from days of flooding. the night is that the time we had slots there, what are the thoughts entered to school? do you mean now we have no more laptops to work, since you are not interested in my house is also flooded for the 1st time. and that though, i know how the children and their parents feel up because these books and toys are to nearby kindergarten when you just a week ago. and then now destroyed the county of galati in east and romania was one of the areas west 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 the arrival of flood waters. here in south west, poland,

local residents of finding together to help police and beyond me, both flood vari is along the older river and it's tribute trees. you sit thoughts, 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 stuff for him. the other, i hope that we can keep them on minutes as they are out with some of our like excel, a race against time. neighboring parts of poland have already been completely submerged. so if i, germany has been spared the worst effects of the down pause, but blackboard is from neighboring countries a steadily moving across the board of eastern city. a president is preparing as the elbow river steadily rises, the river level has reached 6 meters. putting some districts, roads,

and railway lines at risk of being on vacation mode about flood protection was being installed to protect the historic center of the city. poland, 3rd largest city plus slough is bracing itself the rising waters. he's what the man had to say to dw, and this is the make your logical situation of course, method. firstly, it is stopped raining and this applies not only to for all software but also to the region. and secondly, the sun is shining. so on the one, the hands, the water can evaporate and on the other, the hydra 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. but even if the wave flattens at some point, the devices are working all the time to navigate your product. so the weather situation is good and i hope that it will not change the parts off was hit by a disastrous flooded 1997. i asked the w, corresponded,

might have stores in the city what is happening now to protect people and property from rising board is voluntary, seem to be working night and day. 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 of the same as the fire department. everyone's joining in, in, in this say, if it's not, if 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 waste should be coming in

. drops off, at least on the late late thursday or friday night. and, but in a while, the and the other a cities i visited yesterday, and the major flood will come today. and we've seen smaller villages that have been flooded already. so evacuations, a continuing and is very clarity on, on, on when these rising borders 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 is 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 have, the situation is very dynamic, so everyone is supposed to check the information and just keep alert,

which is the most important thing right now. thanks for holding mazda the inbox left for us and turning to a couple of other new stories. kashmir is holding its 1st local election since india are in place, direct control of the disputed territory in 2019. despite the vote valuable, retain powers to override those passed by the local assembly. thousands of additional police and power military have been deployed to prevent a repeat of the violence of my previous posts. as an old explosion has destroyed storefront windows in the german city of cologne, the boss to place in the early hours of wednesday on a popular central shopping street. it's the 2nd such explosion in cologne. in recent days. police have not yet commented on any motive behind the incidents. tensions remain high on the border between morocco and the spanish territory of see what the over the weekend morocco is. police clashed with migraines trying to

breach the board of fence. hundreds was stopped from entering the territory. exclaims though c o time and the located across the job oldest straight from springs mainland. they've been a major entry point for many migrants trying to get into the u. w's down. phillip sholtes reports from see what every day the line in front of the you test, the biggest soup kitchen gets longer. we had and her colleagues prepared several 100 free meals here on most of all that guess a migraines from the margaret. oh, that's a kind of i'm with united the if you there for the past few months, masters of people helping crossing the border. it has always been and not to do here. currently it is more than ever. but i missed most of the us. hundreds of migraines have arrived in the small spanish explained in the recent we base wind for up to 8 hours from a roku. taking advantage of the warm weather and the cub provided by the nighttime

fog to make the entity good board crossing. and that'd be also arrived recently the erie and tells us that since getting here is spend every night outdoors, he sustained a few injuries by crossing the border. but he cons, get seen at the clinic or get a place at one of the official migration centers because staff for come see him just come see him and files and sleeping out here for 5 night to it's full of insects and it's very cold. nice that a whole week. there were also some guys who still your belongings. vega and you're tired all the time. but you can't fall asleep. the situation is even worse for and the h migrants, temporary shows has, has been set up in old garages. but that housing 5 times as many minors as planned, journalists are not allowed access. and so you would test the local government is not prepared to be interviewed to the residence of c u, which i, i've torn between empathy for the migraines and the fear that the small town is

being overwhelmed. i don't, i mean the migration that is regulated, but at the same time you mean, and when we take people in, we have to make sure that the basic needs are met. and that you guys, oh, so i'm on the side of these poor guys. of course, when it's up to go. yeah, i definitely got is this to be observed period, if not, if the whole of africa will come to europe in the future. so i'll be a cup of idea, but i will go that many say the last i know to working after a few weeks your 3rd season. so you to simply issue many migraines with the documents that allows them to take the next very to the spanish mainland. that'd be a says that he hopes you also get one stone. and if, if at all, so on, i have family and friends, sweden, switzerland, also in germany. i know how to fix cellphones died. maybe i can get a job doing something like that. number for us. that'd be a here so that the climate for regular migraines in europe is getting tough. are

that he's still convinced that his future lies on the other side of the sea? i'll see that we use correspondent didn't bronsels jack power cow the you've use this crisis. say, well, this is a real headache for the european union and the institutions have in brussels. this is the situation insurance has been going on for many, many years. well over a decade now, where people have been trying to get those papers in spanish. i can place an order to then be transferred into the rest of the european union. and it's really emblematic of the situation that the you face is the sort of for noon with if migration closes in one areas of balloons item to another. and we're seeing that happen at the moment in that spanish hang tight 5 back in march of 2023. the you set top an agreement with the rocco to the tune of over 600000000. yours, in order to support the american economy and to boast of their ability to prevent

illegal migration into the enclave. it's not massively being seemed to have what it's and obviously the situations we've seen over the last few days in the last weeks. i have prove that it's perhaps not working as well as the you will forward. he's would have hope it would have the you commission and margaret to ski nass who's in charge of these kind of issues. he was on a spanish radio station a couple of weeks ago and said that they won't be intimidated by these waves of migration that they will continue to make sure that suits are in this the spanish or are these are supported by the e. u to prevent illegal migration. many new countries have been taking a hard line on migration. and germany included most ways simply it, would you say the tide is turning? or yeah, this is really the big question and this is one of the issues that the use facing

at the moment we've seen is you say germany has put up its internal land borders. again, a number of other countries, a content is considering doing the same sweden we, so the dots governments last week and that was what it called. it's a hard line government. this problem taught by a fall right policy, they, they in that is that they would bring in the most harsh asylum policies that your advocacy. and that's what they promised, including ending family re unifications for adult children. if a parent has gone to the asylum in the netherlands, that's what they've planned to do. and they say that they want all types from the you scheme to sad about and have migration around the blog. so instead of the people that arrived predominantly in italy, spain and greece staying in those countries to be processed for asylum instead, they would be moved into other countries. but it looks like, i mean, the hard to say whether the tides tiny, but that's certainly a different public rhetoric around migration that seems to have arisen in the last

couple of weeks even. and we've seen a new e u leadership team announced how might that change the box approach to migration? so yeah, this is, this is a really interesting once in the last the, yesterday we saw a huge, a new commission. and i asked the new commissioner for migration is from the austrian people's policy from austria and magnus bruna a quite hard line against migration. he may try to re adopt some of the laws that were agreed earlier last year in order to do a vis you story. in order to over who the migration system was stipulates, the 1st place a person arrives has to is it has to be the place where they apply for asylum. there's a lot of questions about whether that little we'll be able to stand in the next 5 years of the you mandate. i'm with a migration commission of from a policy which is quite hard line that gives migration that may be precious against that. that will also be precious from the other national governments. as we say,

we've seen the rest of it change the w's. jeff powered with the view from brussels . finally asleep. the moon adds apostles. lunar eclipse rolled into one. a rad. treat for astronomy fence who managed to catch a glimpse of 2 on common celestial events of once. these pictures from venezuela show a full bright moon that could be seen in many parts of the world. a partial lunar eclipse was visible for some of the time. with the shadow of covering the edge of this, even the, and some good news for those who missed it. according to the nasa, the september 6th, a moon is one of 3 still remaining this year. and reminder of our top story, this our levins health ministers is at least 12 people, including 2 children, were killed when pages used by has pulled out exposure to across the country that runs at basset until they've been on, is among the thousands injured as bloodlines as well, for the civil penalty as last coming up we made

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