>> this is dw news ally from berlin. thousands died in libya's floods. washing away and higher neighborhoods in the city of derna. critics blame the test toll on incompetence. kim jong-un arrives in russia for talks with vladimir putin. the u.s. warns him against striking an arms deal with a russian president.

rescuers hold out hope of finding more survivors in the aftermath of morocco's earthquake in a race to reach remote regions. welcome to the program. thousands of people have been killed in catastrophic flooding in libya. the international federation of red cross society says 10,000 people are missing. after barreling across the mediterranean, storm daniel hit, causing floods which swept away neighborhoods. the destruction is worst in derna where two dams collapsed. emergency services put their current death toll at 2003 hundred. relief efforts are being complicated by the fact that libya is government does not control the eastern regions.

whole neighborhoods submerged by water. residents in this area of eastern libya come face-to-face with the devastation caused by the storm. some aliens were swept away entirely by the force of wind and rain. the regions armed forces size it is impossible to assess the extent of the disaster. >> the number of affected people is very high. the damage is huge. it is hard to describe or measure it. reporter: social media footage shows the dam that was demolished. flooding the central streets. aid convoys make their way through waters on the roads into derna.

the area has been declared a disaster zone. and the libyan residential council is appealing for international help. but as the head of the international red cross in libya told dw, rescue teams face challenges. >> our access to the affected areas is not easy. and the collapse of the health facilities is a challenge, there is no access to resources. and communication is a big challenge because electricity is cut, and they are not working properly. we use commute -- lose communication with teams on the ground. reporter: despite the difficulties of the search continues for the thousands of people believed to be missing. >> we ask our libya analyst if

this tragedy could have been avoided. >> they cannot find their loved ones. they do not know who to call. individuals are calling me asking to coordinate a response. the government does not know how to get there, it does not have communication with them. the authorities are not the force on the ground that is coordinating the response. that is the libyan national army, they are not responding to anyone. no one needs a postmortem of what happened, we need a response. there is nothing happening on the ground. people cannot find a lower level once and they are looking at social media videos or going to morgues, or looking at facebook pages that have the names of individuals scribbled on the back of schoolbooks. it is a disaster of the worst kind. it is a proportionate to blue

coal disaster -- biblical disaster. we don't hear about this in the modern time, but not there where a quarter of the city is missing or dead. >> the -- the u.s. has warned kim jong-un about dashing -- striking an arms with vladimir putin. he has traveled to eastern russia. he is expected to seek economic aid and military technology in exchange for munitions for the war against ukraine. it is his first foreign trip in three years. our correspondent told me more about what russia wants from north korea. >> the kremlin has been tightlipped when it comes to the official reason for the talks. but a spokesperson said that

some tricky topics will be addressed. it is speculated that russia and north korea aim to strike an arms deal. we all know that russia's war effort in ukraine is not going according to russia's plans. which is why they are in desperate need of weapons. weapons that north korea could provide to russia. in order to continue the war effort, and second to prolong the war effort in order to wear out ukrainian forces as well as countries that support ukraine financially and military equipment. according to military experts, north korea possesses a large amount of ammunition. as well as military equipment from soviet times that are interesting for russia. russia is using soviet tanks in ukraine. north korea could provide spare parts to russia. >> clearly russia tearing through ammunition at a higher

rate than it can sustain domestically. >> exactly, this is what this meeting is about. making sure that russia will receive enough ammunition to prolong the war effort and -- in ukraine and to make some moves ahead. because the latest news has been about the counter offenses making progress and russia is losing territory. >> what is in it for north korea? >> north korea is known for chronic food shortages. especially after the pandemic. now it hit its worst point since the famine in the 1990's which killed up to 5% of the population. north korea could ask for food aid. that is not the only thing kim jong-un is interested in.

he is interested in technology and the satellite sector and russian technology when it comes to nuclear submarines. north korea is also in desperate need of petroleum product and hard currency. >> there is an international ban on trading arms with north korea. if they do strike a deal, that would put russia in breach of the ban and facing more sanctions. >> exactly, the u.s. has stated, if there will be an arm deal between north korea and russia, there will be more sanctions on russia and on north korea. to put it bluntly, who does not care about possible cinches. he is focused on the war effort in ukraine and making some headway. when it comes to north korea, the situation is similar.

north korea exists under sanctions for a substantial amount of time. and the u.s. does not have a big influence there. kim jong-un does not seem fazed by the threats. >> thank you for that. eight -- nearly 3000 people have been confirmed dead in morocco as a result of an earthquake. rescuers have yet to reach remote villages which suffered the worst devastation. reporting from the village in the atlas mountains. >> we see the damage before we even enter the village. it is difficult enough for our car to get through, difficult to imagine what it is like four trucks full of aid. we have to leave the car and walk the last stretch. it is hard and everybody seems

weighted down. young men carry an awful load, the body of a child. he is looking for his grandmother. >> i have been searching since friday night. we have been able to get into the remains of her house, but we could not find her anywhere. i am not giving out, i will keep looking. >> there is not much left, what wasn't wrecked was buried by rocks falling from the cliffs. an unmistakable smell tells the stories of bodies yet to be found. rescue teams from as far as spain are looking for those who might still be alive. this used to be the village mosque, that you mom was inside. -- the imam was inside. >> we immediately cleared in the area and called his phone. it actually rang.

it should help us to know where he is. but right now, we do not know if he is dead. >> several hours later there are no sign of him. elsewhere, villagers pull tragedy from the rubble, three bodies. that will give their families certainty at least. >> an unknown number of dead parties and no survivors found, this is the sad outcome of today's rescue mission. people will continue searching and they will start again early in the morning. they are not willing to give up hope yet. >> hope also comes on four legs, this search and rescue dog came from sweden with his handler. >> he has been in turkey in february, and after six days, we found 18 alive people. >> he is not the only one,

everyone is stepping up to help, to follow hope, even when it seems overwhelming. >> he is now back in marrakech. i ask him about getting help to the most isolated villages. >> the places we have visited have received some help by now. there are many actors on the ground, military units, some foreign countries and an impressive number of volunteers. there are still people in very remote villages that have not received any help yet. we must not forget to the places we have reached in the past still have some access. but there are villages deep in the mountains where infrastructure is destroyed. and it is not possible to say when those places will receive an effort. >> four days after this quake,

what are people's biggest concerns? >> i think most people are realizing that there is very little chance to find their loved ones. i spoke to a psychiatrist, he said there are a lot of people with ptsd. but the ones who have lost their homes must somehow survive. their eventual goal is to return home, but this goal seems very far away. the first shock for people might be over, but that does not mean the weeks ahead will be easier. >> how has the government explained why it has requested assistance from four countries? >> this is a very big discussion in the country. the officials i have talked to

say they want to coordinate, stay in charge of the operation. morocco has qualified teams itself. and experts agree, too many helpers can lead to some degree of chaos. it is obvious it has a political dimension. morocco has preferred to ask countries that it has good diplomatic relations with. but the government has said, at one point they will open doors to more international help because there are still difficult months ahead. >> how are moroccans at -- reacting to a government playing politics potentially with lives? >> a lot of people i have spoken to see this as not a good move by their government.

they are critical with it, they say this is about humanitarian disaster, not about politics. others say they understand it, they see it more from a logistical point of view and maybe the government is right. but i would say the majority i have spoken to say more international help is needed. >> thank you for lash. -- for that. here is a look at more stories making headlines. officials in pakistan say more than 1000 vehicles are trapped at the border with afghanistan. the crossing was closed last week after an exchange of gunfire. pakistan says taliban soldiers have been constructing an illegal outpost. each side blames the other for starting the shooting.

the nobel winner journalist has been acquitted of tax evasion. the former president -- she was critical of his deadly war on drugs and says the charges against her were politically motivated. the u.s. has agreed to a deal that will free five american prisoners being held in iran. the white house is asking international banks to unfreeze $6 billion in uranian funds. it will overly stash it will release the five hostages in exchange. >> house speaker mccarthy has launched an impeachment inquiry in two bidens business dealings. it will focus on abuse of power and corruption. without presenting evidence, members accused president biden of helping the business partners

of his son during his time as vice president. the white house has dismissed it as politically motivated. more about a kevin mccarthy has ordered this inquiry. >> it did not come as a surprise despite the fact that republicans tried for nine months to find any evidence of what they allege, to tie president biden to his son's foreign business dealings. they did not come up with anything. the white house was anticipating and prepared for this to happen at any time. because it is good politics. the house speaker did call for an impeachment, and ordered his caucus to look into this and start formal impeachment processes. but he had said he would put

this decision to a vote on the floor 10 days ago. now he has changed his mind. there is politics involved. he is under threat by the right-wing wing of his own caucus, if he is not going to get tough on joe biden with an impeachment inquiry, that they will topple him. that explains the actions a little bit. the white house says this is extreme politics. they were not expecting this but were prepared for it. there were personnel and staffers set aside to do that, to be prepared for this. the white house is not happy. talk about politics again. because a headline, biden impeached, or getting impeached helps donald. in his campaign for securing the

ticket for the gop in next year's presidential election. and it will harm or does not look good for joe biden. he has to answer may be, or face headlines that he is involved in an impeachment process. politics here, times 10 actually, besides what is obvious and is shown for as the obvious through those actions by house speaker mccarthy. >> now to israel where the supreme court has heard the first legal challenge to the controversial judicial overhaul. debate surrounding the and forms -- reforms has been intensifying eating to protest. critics say the changes will weaken democracy. they want the curbs on judicial oversight reversed. rights groups have taken the fight to israel's highest court which is under threat from these

changes. >> opponents and supporters of the judicial overhaul face-off in front of the court of justice. he has come from northern israel, he has been protesting against the judicial reforms by israel's far right religious government for many months. >> it is the law they want to change to make israel dictatorial. to make politicians above the law. that they can decide to things without the judgment of the people living here. ♪ >> on the opposing side, she supports the reforms. >> i think it does not have the authority to disqualify the law. they should not dismiss it. there were elections eight months ago and we got 64th mandates for the right wing. i think we have the legitimacy

to decide. >> inside the building 15 judges for the first time ever heard petitions. they were filed by different groups after they approved the controversial augmented in july. -- amendment in july. it allows courts to refute government decisions if they are deemed unreasonable. the court has to decide whether or not to limit its own authority. until now the justices have never nullified any amendment to a basic law because of their constitutional weights. the ruling will take time. she followed the hearing inside the courtroom. >> the court can accept the petitioner's challenges and say the law should be struck down, the court could reject the petitions and say that it has no authority or if it does, that

this basic law can stand. or it could try to reach a middle ground. >> just as supporters and opponents are a part in how they envision the country's future, the future of israel's highest court is also in question. >> germany's chancellor has underlined ukraine's desire for genuine peace as an international interfaith conference. he was addressing the annual event organized by the community to discuss ways of pursuing peace. >> in the heart of berlin, the world's religions come together in a gesture of peace. christians, jews, muslims, hindus and many others have spent three days in the capital at a conference to promote peace and solidarity.

migration, climate change, threats to democracy, all on the agenda. when chancellor schulz spoke, he chose to focus on russia's war. he says ukrainian president and his people desire peace. >> with this plan that zelenskyy is promoting clearly expresses his longing for peace. at the same time we must beware of pseudo-solutions that only where the name of peace. because peace without freedom is called oppression. and peace without justice is called dictatorship. the conference, and the audacity of peace, organized by a catholic organization brought together more than 2000 people from 30 countries. chancellor scholz praised the role that religious communities play in bringing people together. >> recognizing that we are all

part of humanity is an important contribution that religions make. because they insist there can be no such thing as a holy war. and that people should not fight for their nation against others in order to wield power. to oppress others or eliminate their rights. >> the delegates in berlin, hoping that message of peace will be heard in moscow and around the world. >> the germany's men's basketball team has received a welcome after touching down at the airport following a historic world cup triumph in the philippines. hundreds of fans showed up to show their appreciation, they beat their united states in finals and serbia in the final. he was named the tournaments

most valuable player and shut off the trophy with his teammates. berlin-based architect has won top honors at this year's premium impure al awards. -- impure reality -- five lords that will receive top honors. sometimes called the nobel of the arts, excellence in painting, cinema, music and architecture. >> london's serpentine pavilion. the name -- element building in west africa. these wooden pavilions in the u.s. state of montana. these designs have a special slant. >> architecture has a responsibility to serve people well. from a social point of view. so the rooms have to welcome us in such a way that we feel safe

in them. >> during his studies he raise money for a school in his home village in burkina faso. before he graduated he built it. he feels responsible for younger generations and ensures his buildings are sustainable and ecological. he draws on local traditions and resources. >> beyond fulfilling and need, architecture also has to inspire. that is because only people who are inspired can be visionary. >> he received a grant to study in the german capital and he began studying architecture. since 2001, he has designed prominent buildings worldwide. now he has been awarded the premium imperiale award.

>> a original van gogh painting was recovered after being stolen three years ago. he worked with dutch police to ensure the safe recovery of this painting. the painting was stolen from a dutch town while the museum was closed amid the covid-19 pandemic. it's estimated value is up to 6 million euros. that is it for now, stay with us, i will be back in a moment to take you through the big stories of today in the day . [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

>> visits 10:00 p.m. here in the french capital and here are the stories making headlines. in libya, at least 10,000 people are missing after devastating floods. mediterranean storms slammed into the nation's coast, breaching dams with torrents of water, wiping away entire neighborhoods. in morocco, the death toll from friday's massive earthquake has risen to 2900, and many villagers are expressing frustration that they are still waiting for help 4 days after the quake struck. the north korean leader has arrived in russia to meet