this is stacy, is the innocent moneys in the north of can start september 25th on the dw, the the, this is the w news coming to live from berlin after days of preparations and evacuation. hurricane milton is heading hard upon the us gulf coast, wind gusts, over 200 kilometers an hour of heavy rain. if not the power to more than 2000000 people. authorities are now bracing for a massive storm surge as the hurricane barrels through florida. also coming up, president biden slams what he calls an onslaught of lies spread by donald trump. and his supporters about the disaster, including a claim that the government is manipulating the weather. plus the leaders of the us

and israel discussed is rules plans to retaliate for iran's missile attack. israel's defense minister warren's retaliation, will be legal, precise, and surprising. the 10 member association of southeast asian nations known as ozzy and are sitting down to try and find a solution. detentions between neighbors in the south china sea will give life to allows for the latest, the hello and terry marsh and good heavy with a hurricane. milton is pounding, florida with violent winds and potentially deadly flooding. it struck the states, gulf coast late wednesday as a category 3 hurricane with winds exceeding 200 kilometers an hour. the storms i came ashore near sarasota south of its expected landfall in the heavily populated

tampa bay area. the storm has cut power to more than 2600000 homes and businesses and spawn tornadoes. the left a trail of destruction. millions of people are earlier told to leave their homes for safety. is just 2 weeks after hurricane helene slammed into the area. well, meter ologist matthew food she is in the western florida city of sarasota were hurricane built in may landfall. it's left millions of households in the dark, as i've mentioned, including where matthew is. he gave us this update under challenging conditions. i am and, and i know my shop, i'm a little bit silly right now. when i tell you this is the only source of light around it, this was an emergency exit light that i found in the parking lot of the entire building right now. the power actually, the entire region in florida is without power. several 1000000 people are in the dark. at this hour i encountered winds of 160 to 170 kilometers per hour where i was a bench from a roof top of

a skyscraper narrowly missed my vehicle. earlier on we had traffic lights and roads signs and pieces of debris and even parts of people's roofs whipping by through the streets. and it was actually parked in a way to avoid a storm surge, but the water continued to rise in the streets. so again, a very severe storm. in addition, they were torn 8, it was early run across much of southern and eastern florida, including a killer tornado in fort pierce that locked in debris to get this roughly 10 kilometers high that killed at least one person in may be among the strongest. a tropical cycle and related tornadoes and respond in the united states. and it's still not over yet. we've seen it prolific rainfall, a tampa that, that area st. petersburg at $5.00 point oh, $9.00 inches of rain in just one hours time. so roughly 13 centimeters, they saw 9 inches and 3 hours, which is deemed a once in a 1000 year rain events. so pretty much every hazard has been maxed out on the scale. i understand the hurricane has now been downgraded to

a category one storm. does that really mean anything given what you've just described? yeah, so that, that's a really good question. you know, that the hurricane itself is weakening in terms of the wind speed on the tropical element. but one strange thing happening with this system is something called these things yet. and i know that sounds like a made up term, but it's a real thing. basically this thing is transitioning from a tropical psych phone to a non tropical sites on. and what that means is that dry eras infiltrating the backside well as a dry air under cuts, cloud cover, and rain and moisture. all that rain and moisture falls into the dry air, it dries up and so that kind of air, and that part of the storm dries up dry. here's heavier, so it sinks towards the ground and it pulls down very strong momentum, very strong, destructive winds with it helping out to reach the surface. so ordinarily the backside of the hurricane is not nearly as bad as the former side. in this case, we're seeing significant winds, hours after the eye has passed,

largely thanks to the stage at which is incredibly unusual to happen at this low latitude. you have to get strong, transitioning into florida is very weird. many people are looking at this storm and remembering of course, the one that just hits this storm is expected to be the worst in a century. coming right after hurricane helene, to what extent matthew, can we say that these storms are being fueled by climate change and that they are increasing? but you know, it's kind of a nuanced answer. i'll, i'll give it, it's tricky because it is p car, king c as in we didn't know it would be a very busy season. a september, october are the take months and we have had unlucky stretches before with back to back storms back in 2004. for example, we have hurricane charlie, which is a category for in fort meyers, florida. back in august, the 13th of that year. then we had a gene and frances, all those terms hitting within about a 6 week period. so for it was hard to get back them and they're on lucky again, right now that said,

stores are becoming wet or thanks. the human induced climate change, they're exhibiting much more fast. rapid intensification and the sea levels are kind of rising as well a little bit. and so all that can contribute to how bad a storm is. it's not going to make a storm, but it's going to contribute to the storm and we know the gulf of mexico right now is several degrees above average, which does appear the fingerprint of climate change. so, potter waters, more storm fuel and a stronger storm. extraordinary conditions you're up against their math. you do take care of yourself meteorologist matthew, you can put you in sarasota, florida. thank you. well, hurricane milton has also become a hot political issue in the us just weeks ahead of the election in an address from the white house president binding called out republican candidates and former president donald trump, for leading what he called the onslaught of lies about the government's response to the hurricane and the last one, trump trump's allies have been making false claims,

including one congress woman who said the government was controlling the weather or over the last few weeks has been reckless and irresponsible and relentless promotion of this information and outright lies. what's going on? literally, there are, there are thousands of fellow americans are putting their lives at stake and putting on the line to do the day just work it needs to be done. and it's harmful to those who most need to help. quite frankly, these lies are on american. well with me in the studios dw, as washington bureau chief n, as paul strong words the from president boston is. yes indeed, you know, i was suppose to be here to cover him. his visits to germany and europe to fight a war and ukraine. nobody's really fighting award home about misinformation. that is, you know, ridiculous to listen to what people or politicians like major retailer green for example. but also donald trump, himself say that the government is able to buy

a kind of doing the storms with losing space lasers, for example, ended might sound a little bit ridiculous, maybe even funny, but it's not because it has a major impact on the people on the ground and of course also in this upcoming election. that's what i wanted to ask you. i mean arthur, indications already that this kind of misinformation, this information is actually impacting voters sentiment in the, in the run up to the election. you know, terry, this will be such a small call, this will be so raise a finish. so really literally every, every vote counts. and it's just like a couple of 1000 people will be convinced that by doing that, by dividing harris administration is not doing everything possible to help people out that really might change the outcome of the election. it's a little bit early to say, but donald trump also, for example, puts out that the by and that ministration is not giving enough money to the people

that need, but giving money to illegal migrants. as donald trump puts it in, that indeed it might have an impact. aside from complaining about it though, is there really anything that the democrats or anyone else can do about misinformation? very difficult. i think the president biden is doing everything he can right now putting all to this message. but the problem in the united states, as it is, he and germany and many other countries, that people only follow their own little and use bubbles. so it is very important to get in there and put out the message and also, i think for us as the w, as we are seeing all over the world, really report on what is really going on on the ground. and we have people in florida right now, my colleagues from washington and they show what fema what the government is really putting out there. and i think that is also very important and then also to kind of cope with business information. and there's thank you very much in his pull our

washington bureau chief to catch up on a few other stories making headlines today. mozambique has begun counting votes in his general elections. daniel chapa was widely expected to win the presidency, preserving his for lima parties, half a century hold on power. the ruling faction has been accused of rigging past elections, which it denies it could take as long as 2 weeks for the final results to be announced. brought down to one of india's leading industrialized, says died at the age of $86.00. his legacy includes pioneering work in indian aviation and expanding the task, a group into a global business prime minister, and a render modi praise route to intel. to as a visionary leader and philanthropist, these guys hundreds of students protested in when desirous against president how the malays, vito of a bill to increase public funding for public universities and teachers salaries.

despite the mass protests, the lower house of congress failed to overturn the president's veto. the light is implementing budget cuts. as part of this all stare at the plan which he claims is the only solution to inflation. us present jo button is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu have spoken on the phone for the 1st time in weeks is really official. say the talks focused on plans for a retaliatory strike on a ran following. it's ballistic missile attack on israel last week. after the call is really defense minister you, i've got said this strike would be deadly precise and surprising. present biden has publicly urged, doesn't yahoo not to attack iran's nuclear program, or it's oil infrastructure. the dw cheap international editor richard walker is in washington. he told us more about the discussions between israel and the us regarding around what is clear from the us side is that they want to avoid

israel's response of being escalade tree. that if we will get into a tit for tat situation, which is the risk here, what's very important from the west coast back to visit those 2 for sat cycles. don't go, don't escalate, they don't get more serious. but rather that there was an attempt to kind of dial down successively if there was going to be a tit for tat cycle here. so that is very much the, the us perspective and bite and has even publicly, as these riley's not to go off to it runs nuclear program, which of course is a major concern of these riley's. and also he suggested that he doesn't think it would be a good idea of for these, where he used to go off to iran, oil installations, so bike and kind of trying to, to, to, to rein in next and yahoo that and i think it's gonna be a real test of how bad that relationship has got to see what these ready response is off to those warnings from bite and whether neck and yahoo respects those band

reset bite and has set in public. so whether he goes ahead and mounts and attack on that kind of level. and anyway, and i mean, as you mentioned earlier, i mean, we know that the relationships has been in difficulties. these 2 men have not been getting on. they've had a difficult relationship for long periods as per, that's a pretty well reported. but i've, as we've seen of the period last few months over and over again. we've seen a process of the americans trying to say, let's deescalate, let's try and find disease. find gaza. let's try and find disease 5 with has the law and each time the next yahoo government overstepping. i'm pushing ahead and saying no, we need to take these opportunities to to ensure our security. so real litmus test, i think because the us is where the relationship is, we see what happens in this strike, which we assume could be imminent at this point. but let's get the perspective on

this now from tel aviv journalist by league sliding, joins is from there by the present button is urging is real not to attack any nuclear facilities or oil fields. any rand. what's the israel's position on that or well the right is the the, um, as the the only attack or the always private the, the, the front the wouldn't do that is blessing to not taking any action that they do. i have to because that's the way the you guys have been trying to live. it is really a solution in the area in general. not only about is there any and attack us? what happens after the attack a last april by the route when the us present the home just didn't do anything to this achievement or defend. and the think know that how is rarely see that the doesn't mean of course the won't take any action or we're follow um and

a 100 percent. what the us present is advise you to your boss. um, it will be of course the situation because of this time the, they know these ladies know that any action taken against around wouldn't affect the us. of course that would affect the, the possible due population. um, i guess us basses into here. yeah, of course. uh, they will need the u. s. to be found in k around um, uh, um, as trucks back to israel best uh, what we also have to do this down from the, um, at a quote between the defense minister uh does. and his a counselor park, louis austin, uh, after the assassination of the uh, when austin once a started by the information that was given to us uh for the business. any, in any case, israel is expected to retaliate for the reason randy and miss,

i'll barrage what could that retaliation look like the it was late in the morning. the abc reported that the old o v is ready. so i didn't do a clarification for how the response would be due to us president, but the americans were satisfied about of their ability is really intentional. not just driving you the facility of the oil facilities, or at least the vice in consideration. because the game and the effect, the good uh reach the u. s. of bases in the area. uh that. uh, that means that the, the is 80 uh try could read of conventional conventional military sides. the inside the ram can be also um and trying to estimate the people that are um, responsible for the, the, for the missiles, the tac last week and around in the mary policing area golf course. and also uh

some um, a government symbols the review symbols inside around in order to victor around from striking back in order to, um, fix this situation here. where is the wants to keep its, uh, image. uh, uh, the big 2 here. the winter been in this complex after the you're ready to respond and after what happened to who's the best of the weeks of it. thank you very much. that was journalist by like, studying in telling me thank you. us now to taiwan and president ly. ching tay has offered us sometimes fiery, sometimes conciliatory speech towards china on taiwan national day holiday. this was laws 1st national day speech since taking office in may. he said he'll resist

moves by china to an x or encroach on the islands territory, but he added, he's willing to cooperate with beijing on climate change health issues and quote, maintaining regional security. well tensions over the cell, try to see are dominating discussions at the us, the on summit in loss. but geo political competition between the us and china, hangs over that blocked and has led to questions about how effective the group can be. in addressing tensions in the south china sea, we'll talk to our corresponded at the as the on summit in a moment. but 1st this report from our east asia correspondent james trader. earlier this year, chinese coast guard vessels came toe to toe with philippine ships in the south china sea spiraling maritime tensions between badging and manila will be among the top issues of this use as in summits months. the 2 countries confusing claims of assholes in the crucial trade routes have come to the full. in august,

the philippines said the china even 5 flags at one of its croft, conducting patrols. china claims nearly all the south china sea within once it cools its 9 dash line. that's despite the 2016 international court ruling that it had no legal basis to do so. us and aging has competing claims in the voltage with several other as in mendez, including vietnam, malaysia, brunei and indonesia, and that the prime minister of loss hosting the summit this year emphasized the importance of the group's role in resolving such disputes thought as a credit card made to this situation, obviously it is still upholding its neutrality and coordinating closely to handle those situations promptly and efficiently, that need for 50 pounds. but there's a limited to 1000 can do. several other member states have strong ties with china, like coast allows,

as well as combo due to block has drawn up the code of conduct for activities in the south trying to see what's in forcing. it is a different question where see the non gauge and see the lack of agency up. i'll see. and that's the moment. and the rationality on the part of the philippines is that if it's one thing or if the mechanism that you think unhealthy doesn't work, do you just keep all nagging to it and say you need to work, you need to work, or do you explore other options this is one such option, vanilla conducting moment a tree drills with this mutual defense, tracy ally, the united states. for that subset of aging, which has held more exercises of its only 2 growing great pow conflict, will make it difficult as even to dial down the tensions in these disputes. it was this. let's take deeper into the story now with georg motus are asian pacific

correspond it, he's as the as the on summit there in laws go to what degree or territorial disputes in the south china sea undermining cooperation among assume nations. so terry, though, has of course a huge impact here today of the trade talks with china, the chinese premier here is invited and it was 1st of all budgeted markets from the philippines who um, rates. the topic of this i was trying to see 1st name is economic meeting with china and said if there are times it's on the political front, we can play that there is nothing going on on the economic front. so it's clearly overshadows the economic talks that are so important for those 10 member states right here. and secondly, when it comes to augment itself, of course of the and it's criticized as a talking shop about these member states. know very well that when it comes to the dispute in the south china sea, it is only ivy and that is a match to the partner and to the, to the, to the negotiating pop the here

a china now the us in member states have agreed on a code of conduct for the self. i'm trying to see, we heard that in our report. is that making any difference scale? i would say so yes, of course. i mean the code of conduct talks have been in stock because the dispute is there. but when it comes to this, i was trying to see everybody refers to the last to see. so you in agreement that has been signed by over a 160 nations. and that is why there's a lot of room for interpretation. and that legal piece, which by the way, has been ratified by china, but it had not has not been ratified by the united states route states which are represented here by secretary of state to abide and who someone who is really a pushing as the on to be firm with china, so it's a complex legal issue and the code of conduct is a, i would say, a constructive way out of the creative way. if you want to out. it's about that

only works if all parties are eager. and at the moment it doesn't really look like it talk to us deal about the geo political implications of the tensions between china and ozzy and members. what's at stake here? well, a lot of it is at stake, not just the cannot make me, but politically. some people have told me on the background that this is the matchbox of southeast asia, the south side of the even bought, sold in the taiwan straits because restraints there are are much bigger for china. i lately but visited an international conference rep, read a prison in front of my mouth and said one that fisherman. and he's, i've to understand that there are collections between china and the philippines. and as i was trying to see one that fishermen with the extra of war and that is why the why the us representative here is so keen on keeping this conflict down so that it will not spiral into an international conflict. guilt. thank you very much. that was derrick motus at the as in, so it in vince,

you are now germany has marked the anniversary of demonstrations which led to the fall of the berlin wall known as the peaceful revolution. chancellor of schultz spoken like take square in 1989 thousands began gathering on mondays to protest against the communist regime in eastern germany a show of light in light to recall east germany's imagines from darkness to demonstrations in the city 3 and a half decades ago were a milestone on the road to re unification. addressing the crowds shouts, the shouts, some dump their importance and they are stopped. the east gym and stay with the owners and violence backed down. they liked it happened. that change not only light sake, not only the ged on, not only germany and europe in the whole world,

to judge the whole point and that's under the guns are based on october, the 9th. 198970000 people took delight 6th street, the mounting freedom. with the slogan, we all the people that were fee is of a violent crack down. the memory of china is giana men square. mexico was still fresh, but the majority is didn't know to intervene in the weeks that followed. protests grew across east germany. the movement became stuff people as an official commemoration, some of those who took punch in those events and spoke of them meeting today. many . so a link between the peaceful demonstrations of that time and the current struggles for freedom in belarus and ukraine. he left saw it on dusky will cut many to known today that you crane should no longer receive weapons from jim and a little they supposedly out of love for peace. it reminds me of how the concept of

face was misused in the ged, off house for the of what happened did lights, a gland ultimately to the fall of the communist regime and the bilingual, a testament to the belief in freedom and the power of peaceful protest that were often told it's a bad idea to feed wild life. well, here's some evidence showing why you could end up like this one in washington state in the us. confronted with the plague of raccoons, this video shared by local police shows nearly a 100 of the hungry craters in the woman's yard, eagerly waiting to be fed. the raccoon invasion forced her to flee her home and call for help. she told responding officers that she'd been feeding the creatures for 35 years, but their numbers exploded in recent weight. as you might expect, officials there are reminding the public not to feed the record east ago that

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