stimulating the growth of brand new brain, sell the sea. and now just in front of a bridge that was under construction at the time locals are telling me that the construction equipment that was on that bridge was swept away as if it was nothing . reco floods hit germany and belgium with more than a 100 dead. its entire buildings is swept away for a 1000 people still missing. it looks as if a bomb has more directly, also rec, streets and looted stores. south africa suffers another night of rice after the jailing of its former president, we speak to the woman who amid decalle so threw her child from a burning building to a crowd of bystanders to save her. so if we call joe law and i was

waiting for them to come together, then after that they've been our big kid. she should be going to my niece because i was holding my here like the arms locals. thing set up road blocks, defend the neighborhood. we follow a police operation to catch the lynx is walking towards a house where they have recently conducted an operation. hi. what do you have in your hand flow and that that was stolen and a miraculous escape for passengers on board a russian plane crash lands off the disappearing afraid of oversight bearing. ah, hello, there you go. midnight. here in moscow you're watching arte international. now, unprecedented flooding has killed more than a 100 people in germany and belgium that after 2 months worth of rain fell in just

a matter of hours. streets have turned to rivers and homes and bridges have even been swept away with the military now being called in to help the me the orders. i think the place has been completely evacuated yesterday. they use the helicopter to rescue people from the roof. we woke up to the heart of 2 nights and unfortunately they had to tear down the door. but i complain the rescue for doing that i i was here i had just finished cleaning up, was about to sit down to enjoy a cup of coffee. when it all started, suddenly the water came flooding him from above. from behind from all sides. i only had time to move away my car and it was all covered and more ready. it was quite

mad. so my son called me last week and he said the basement was flooded. we thought, oh okay, there goes the basement. and then a day later, the whole flat water. we have to sit upstairs in the bedroom. and here we are now for a big clean of what a state of emergency has been declared across west and germany with people advised to stay at home. rescue workers have found several victims to who had drowned in their own basements, helicopters, the company, trying to evacuate survivors from the rooftops reporting now from one of the worst hit areas. his pager oliver. this is to leave here in hog in the reins over night. it was full cost, didn't turn out to be that heavy and we, we haven't seen any further rain falling on these already swollen rivers and lakes and already solving grounds. so far on friday, on thursday though, where i'm speaking to you from. so a 120 high watermark reached in just a few hours after was the rainfall came down and had swept away large amounts of

well everything that was by the sides of the rivers. i'm speaking to you now just in front of a bridge that was under construction at the time local to telling me that well, construction equipment that was all not bridge was swept away as if it was nothing . that's the, the physical cost, the, the material costs, but unfortunately, and tragically, the human cost of this natural disaster is still well. well beyond being counted, what we understand is a number of people are still counted as missing. in fact, in one area of the face of ryan on philosophy at the local authorities sweeping out that 1300 people were counted as missing as far as they're concerned. that may well be down to what we're all the hoping that's down to is the fact that the telecommunications that works in a lot of areas on functioning properly. people aren't able to get in touch with one another. however, tragically in that particular town of viola,

we did get news on thursday evening that 9 bodies had been found in a home for disabled people. it's the theme and the ferocity at which was his rose. that is really cause so many problems in court. so many people, false god, i haven't experienced that before. what came here? it happens so fast. i couldn't look as fast as the water came out. it was really bad for school last got. it wouldn't be so bad. but then it got really bad. and more and more water. then we were told that we had to leave the holly seeing for sage from the end of the scale of the destruction. you're looking at rivers that have 1st banks and flooded kilometers away from their usual foundries people's home . well, and truly flooded away in the town of hoggard where i'm told you from the authorities was saying last night. make sure you can, if you can, to sleep on the higher floors of houses to remain there also not to drink the

drinking water. because while the flood water from the river has over filled into the towns was to supply me to cologne. not too far away in the same state. a number of houses were washed away overnight. several others also in a state of being partially washed away when it comes to rescuing people in the cologne region. rescue is having to use both is the only way to get down straight to do that. also in one area, a gas leak that can be turned off is also making things in credibly more dangerous . not just for those in need of rescuing. but also for the rescue is you are having to go in to do that and look, you needed an incredibly dangerous job. the german army has also being drafted in on the theme for well over 24 hours now is trying to help coordinate those rescue efforts. both the damage is financially wise. that's obviously not the main concern at the moment, but down the line that will be running into the hundreds and hundreds of millions

of euro. if not more than not, i think it almost certainly it will be more than that, but it's the human cost at the moment that we're still struggling to try and get a real fix on just how high that may be be keeping an eye on all of the updates that come out of this particular part of western journey throughout the day, any new information, i'll bring it to you. later all over. there were also things of devastation and belgium overnight for the banks. 22 fatalities have already been reported, but sized and evacuated. from their homes neighboring from sent for the rescue workers and a helicopter to help in the recovery effort. and extreme weather is also hitting. the netherlands authorities that have told fives to evacuate their homes at risk of flooding. rivers have gone above the levels to seen in the last major floods in the ninety's part of a chemo to a has been closed with power. cause also reported that the families of passengers on

a plane that disappeared from radar oversight barrier had breathed a huge sigh of relief. that after all 18 on board survived a crash landing after both engines failed. negotiate done off, gave more details to don court. well basically the plane in question is an and 28. it's ukrainian manufactured jets quite old, but still fit for service. it is a small to so it's no match to the boeing to add boxes that travelers are used to flying on. so it to cost in siberia and 20 minutes 29 minutes into the flight. the air traffic controllers they received and signal from its emergency beacon, this is essentially the same thing as sending and as so s please out them. so rescue as voted a helicopter. and began the search in the area where they were expecting to find the plane. so they supported it as it was lying, their belly up, all low rec, completely. it's a complete mess. so you can see yourself,

but standing out trying to be could also seeing the passengers. apparently all 18 people in board survived. the only person to get an injury was the pilot. reportedly it's a fractured bone, a broken leg, maybe. but the doctors are saying they're examining him and just to make sure what exactly is wrong with the pilot. now here's how the co pilot described what happened in the air. the best for me if he was between you for several years. so puts him according to some unconfirmed reports. what could be behind this engine failure was that they just froze up, you know, when it's cold and you're flying out somewhere before taking off the playing is being pulled on. busy the special a special liquid. this is done specifically to avoid situations like this and why

it wasn't done in this particular situation. if that turns out to be the case, if that turns out to be the cause of the problems with the engines. well, nobody can answer this question right now, the special commit, and we'll have to look into this. well, not every day we hear about airplanes crash landing, but this isn't the 1st time something like that's happened and rushes. no, not at all. and also with a positive outcome as well. a couple of years ago in 2019 a very similar story happened to a big air bus 3 to one with more than 200 people on board, just outside moscow as the plane to cough. and as it was ascending, climbing up, it hit a colony of sea ghost. so several birds got sucked into the plains engines, so one gave out immediately, another one was barely working. so the plane began to lose out to you. so the crew, the captain, made the decision to make an emergency landing in a corn field. they did successfully. everybody survived all more than 200 people

survived. no major injuries and he's how a flight attended was giving directions to the passengers as they were evacuating from the area over the other student reach the to him, leave it. well, that's not that good, but he didn't really looking at the prospect. so the captain of the playing the mirror, you super, he was later given awarded with a golden star over the hero of the russian federation. so even though this plan is much smaller and hopefully the pilots and the crew that saved 18 lives, hopefully their feet will be awarded somehow as well. south africa is witnessing its worse violence and decades with rise and looting her up thing after the jailing of his former president. more than 110 people have been confirmed dead. however,

that was a very lucky escape for a young child in the city of durban. a word of warning that you might find these images disturbing. the writing flames in gulf the child's home in a block of flats and her desperate mother threw her to a crowd of bystanders on the streets below. to save her, they were then seen cheering, as the total was caught, safe and sound. this is what the mother told us about what happened. miller says, doing what i can say. he yeah, 6 months or so sharp. cuz she always remind me of what i did for her leg when she said that moving outside, she was pointing. that's my mom. you drew me down, you drew me. whatever you the flex spending, we only smell smoke from the 16th floor and the lady from the recession. she was going floors was telling us to come down. we reached the 2nd floor, were not sure because outside of the plant, so when they were trying to feel from the 3, those standing in the mystery,

they were trying to help us taking the lessons for us to go to the latest. so when i was there, there was the other big lady said she can carry the baby for me. so i think the face, down face, outpatient, didn't give me to be me. so i can come out because the only thing i wanted with me to be out, she refused to said, no, i'm going to go fast enough so you can get accumulate. they do, and i'm down after she got into the sale of the stairs fall in with her, and it was glad people are trying to help her. now. there was no any other way for us who was stuck and it was little fussy. there was a lady behind me, i saw that. can you tell me the baby's gonna carry the baby for me? so i'm going to go down, didn't up down down. you can give the babies who me control the babies in the are you stay to go? the baby for me, the baby is crying and no, no, never mind new crime, just solid to me. i came flooding up the kitchen. people is gaming sola go go and i

was like was relieved because i can see people, they drank a lot, but i didn't even know those people. but i so they, they willing to help us, that it made me pause and see this. so when i call joe joe and i was waiting for them to come together, then after to the baby and i was scared to be when they can see ocean. they know it's gonna be nice because i was holding my hair like the lackey they called shading me. me go this way, go this way. they took me down the they, they were catching me also. and everyone was saying, you, you brave, you're brave. an amazing story. now with rice is writing, stores and warehouses. many have been killed in the stan page and estimated $800.00 sharps have already been destroyed and locals and cleaning up the wreckage. johannesburg correspondent the porter slid tagged along with police and say, hunted down, suspected looters. i mean, an example township in south africa where the police and community leaders are

undergoing a nighttime operation, trying to recover some of the stone goods that were ransacked by people over the last few days. so walking towards a house way, they have recently conducted an operation. hi. what do you have in your hand? flour and stuff that was stolen. how do you note was stolen? no, we've got to post and who lives here? it's somebody inside the building. okay, let's go inside and see who's been doing the feeling. so we're just walking through people's homes here in alexandra township. it's often local people who are coming forward to the police and to community leaders and telling them that a neighbors have got stuff that they didn't have the day before. and that's how the police is getting to pulse as to who conducted the ransacking over the past. few days. so here we entering someone's home who's been stealing stuff. so what is this? and there is a door and the terrace and the other stuff. as you see there in the car,

there goes and just wonder does take. he's taking with him. there's a suspect, how do you know what stuff you have stolen and what stuff belongs to the family? in this case day i'm going to do whatever is in here. it is, it, it is friend, a product here and, and some of the things have been taken away to be sold. i don't know where he hasn't told us yet. where are you taking him to the house? what happens to him? the now why do i say here, the community members say the people of an exam. they must come and stand up and make sure we're taking their door to door. who taking that to the people that they have to come and claim their properties. because now we don't have a pen more within our shops do 3 plus people just walk. what minutes are we getting something to come and fix up you 1000,

whatever the chances are that it's one of the neighbors that reported the young man, he has been covering his place and he doesn't want to talk to us. so i'm looking to find a neighbor will talk to us yet the more goods that the police are taking with him that have been confiscated. so the police here are loading what they've managed to take from this house, and among the stolen goods are a number of doors, a toilet and a bottle of pain. the hope was almost went out at the police headquarters way. they are unloading some of the stolen goods that they've managed to recover. how many places were you able to go to tonight and how much stuff were you able to recover?

hey, we'll cover a lot of stuff and then we go 7 places. and then the, i think, to model for the one who's giving you the information as to who the and where these related stuff is. they're coming into that they're giving us the information, the owners of alex, because now they're thinking about what is the opinion and see this is around i'm here with the main police station in alexandria. the suspect has been full care and is being held in one of the a short time ago. there was no electricity in this area and the police were working with the light from a cell phone. it gives you a kind of idea of the circumstances and the challenges that face the police in south africa as they try to deal with the current state of violence policy, a r t, alexandra, to come from negligence to straight up mistake delays by the f

b i to investigate adults are accused of abusing members of a children's gymnastics team lead to further abuse. that's the conclusion of the us justice department. we'll have the story. i'm reaction to it after the break the i me ah ah,

i use join me every thursday on the alex summon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics, sport, business and show business. i'll see you then in the moon. ah. welcome back and the white house has claimed that russia and china undermining trust in western vaccines in the bid to promote their own jobs press. secretary jim bas saki insisted that moscow and beijing misinformation is exaggerating the risk of side effects from american an e. u shots are t correspondent, cal morphine has more. there is

a huge anti vax movement in the united states. many americans are simply refusing to get vaccinated for coven 19. so we figured it wouldn't be too long before the white house started pointing, as usual, suspects russia and china has promoted their own vaccines through messaging that undermines western origin vaccine does help development programs. so you know, that is more than just competition about vaccines. the risk and impact there is that this type of information magnifies the risk of potential side effects associated with western vaccines. this is what the, what the information some of this misinformation is doing. it seems like what the white house spokesperson is saying is that reporting on the findings of u. s. federal agencies is somehow just information because it was the us food and drug administration that came forward and recently warned about the johnson and johnson, single dose, cobra,

1900 vaccine. and the fact that it could actually cause gillian bar syndrome, which is an auto immune disorder that attacks the nerves and could result in paralysis. now these cases have been rare, but this is according to the food and drug administration. the u. s. federal government agency now it was officials in denmark who recently suspended the use of the johnson and johnson and astro venica vaccines, citing possible harmful effects. but apparently that's just information, even though it came from the danish ministry of health. it's also worth noting that on this accusation of competition, the main reason that people traveled to russia to get the vaccine was simply because they didn't want to wait for months to be vaccinated. here's what they said in the 30 people over my age of can. busy lead to be vaccinated after the summer. so very far i decided to make us initially 9 most. now when it comes to

damaging information about the vaccine, the white house certainly made quite a few gaps. so take a listen. we are quite focused on communicating directly with those people, hence our special guest today about why it's important to get vaccinated. why do you fact scenes are safe? why they can still kill you even if you are under the age of 27. we need to be clear and direct about our messaging. i guess that's what the buying and ministration considers to be. direct messaging. now the f. b, i failed to protect dozens of child gymnast by not responding earlier to allegations of abuse perpetrated by that team. that is the charge of the us justice department, which says the bureau took more than a year just to launch a probe the f. b i has since acknowledged his handling of the case was inexcusable . the medic who's eventually sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for molesting children per franca reports. it's an immensely ugly story and

a story that's already quite old. on the one hand, he stands accused is one of the most prolific child molesters in sporting history. some women of team usa gymnastics, say they were forced to endure psychological and physical abuse in the name of olympic glory from young women lining up to face their former doctor in this high profile case that is rocking the world in gymnastics, a judge in michigan had slapped a very long sentence on the former sports doctor. the fact that larry nasser will never walk out of prison alive, thanks to the length of his sentence, may reassure more than 200 of his victims. that justice has been served. indeed, that how many girls and women, if the more he molested during his doctor's career under the guise of giving medical treatment, but the older the story gets the more ugly details about others involved in this disgraceful scandal emerge. the man who once was larry nasser, his boss,

is now facing criminal sexual charges himself. former michigan state gymnastics coach, cathy clay just learned. she's headed to jail for line to police in the ness. our investigation, who knew that in july 2021, i'll be reporting on another bombshell. a u. s. department of justice probe has found for more than the year after receiving the 1st complaint. the f. b. i pretty much did nothing to deal with the sex abuse claims against dr. nasser just by the extraordinarily serious nature of the allegations and the possibility that nasa conduct could be continuing senior officials in the indianapolis field office failed to respond to the national allegation with the seriousness and urgency that they deserved and required the actions and inactions of the f b i, employees, described in the reports, are inexcusable, and a discredit to this organization. what's most shocking is the price paid by the

victims during the overlooked 14 months. the sex offender retired as physician of the u. s. gymnastic steam, but continued in the same role at the michigan state university, a high school and a gymnastics club. delays in legal action against nasser, lead to the abuse of 70 young female says the d o. j. according to lawyers, that number could be as high as 120. this is a devastating indictment of the f. b. i am the department of justice. the multiple federal agents covered up in this abuse and child molestation. no one seems to give a damn about these little girls. here's another disturbing reminder of what these victims could have been going through. when i was 13, just the kid laying on a table, i miss you. and you for your ungloved hands all over my rear. i looked into the most private area of my body. i did not know that at the same time,

larry was penetrating me. usa gee, was systematically burying reports of sexual assault against member coaches in a file cabinet instead of reporting them. why did you make me hate the one thing i loved so much? why did you take my dreams away from me? you lie to me and manipulating me to think that when you treated me, you were closing your eyes because you had been working hard when you are really touching me, an innocent child to pledge yourself and who knows how long the of be i would have kept turning a blind eye on this disgrace if it wasn't for a detailed investigative report by the local outlet, the indianapolis star, plus that coincided with local police finally responding to dozens of complaints from gymnast. but again, real action was more than a year late. moreover, the d o j found that later the special agent in charge of the f b i. indianapolis, field office, w. j. abbot live city inspector general's office. numerous times about the handling

of the case and a bid to allegedly cover up the investigative mistakes and missteps. agent abbot was never brought to account just like the rest of his team and was allowed to retire with full benefits in 2018. the department of justice now needs to decide if it is going to be yet another institution that fail survivors, or if you are going to enforce some measure of accountability for these crimes. and in that same tweet, the senator is echoing the number one question on everybody's mind. how many athletes would have been spared unimaginable pain if the f b, i had done his job. hey, it's not only those on capitol hill waiting for answers, but the entire nation too, will the f. b, i speak out and live up to the expectations. i find the europe is

ditching fossil fuels, at least that's the intention under new radical new plans, blocked se, will stop the sale of petrol powered cars and go carbon neutral all within the next decade. the overarching goal was and of course, is to make europe the very 1st climate neutral continent in the world and to build a new growth strategy to get there. however, going green will come at a cost because a new tax on goods coming into the new will be used to back local firms to make the switch to clean energy. environmental activists. george bar, though, does think that this is the wrong time for such a move to a carbon budget for a good talk to 1.5 degrees, which is all the government claims. the rule. that budget runs out in 2027 by 2027. that should be, if we want to stay at $1.00 degrees, that should be known. we'll carpet emission. now obviously reaching that because

we've delayed action is mainly the lobbying from the industry and the revolving go between the corporation. now looks like an impossible that is actually what we should be aiming for. instead of aiming for their carbon, it's close to $27.00 as possible. and bear in mind, you know, for even one to 5 degree the campus last week, just in, in germany, you know, a 100 people died because it's flood to climate change with thing, you know, from mary chrome find the fire cetera. this is already a crime against humanity, and unfortunately this is more, more delay when we need to real transform directions. watch nothing to national, show up to date with all in the so far it's not back again. at the top of the me.