to get shot in the head and found in a river like something else to be happening ah, the ah, the grave systemic failure. germany faces criticism for not doing more to prevent the flooding. tragedy this by the previous morning, the devastation claimed almost 200 like damage amounting to billions of your coming up in the program. this spine in your pocket. a major leak sparks worldwide like re just ledges is really develop the phone spine where it has been used by governments around the world. just different journalists, politicians, and even priests and

u. s. army veterans throw some shade on this sunglasses, company oakley, after it puts the wrong war on the terrorist. enormous products, one excellence or tells us vets are becoming increasingly exploited for commercial veterans are constantly being taken advantage of and 250 color locally or just one really dumb petty example ah 247 you live from the russian capital. this is our t just after 9 am here in moscow. our top story, the debt or after the devastating floods in western europe has risen to at least $199.00. while almost 300 more people are still missing. search and rescue

operations continue in the worst hit areas of germany and belgium. the floods have caused damage estimated to more than 2000000000 euro. local volunteers been joining efforts to help clear the devastation and repair what's possible. crippled infrastructure couple with huge piles of debris is making it difficult to move around and preventing life returning to any semblance of normality. my sons in here as you see it is terrible. everson is destroyed. many people don't have any commendation. the businesses are also closed. it is like a nightmare country promised i cannot remember what was promised, but we should have learnt from this mistake in 2016. what happened could happen again, but nobody expected on such scale here. well, it's not only locals, angered by the authorities, response politicians on climate experts claim. the government knew of the impending

catastrophe in advance, but just failed to will in their citizens. officials though claimed that the worst hit areas were altered and out. it's impossible to predict every outcome. so what went so wrong? our teeth peter oliver, has to report is before the floods struck western germany, belgium looks in bergen, benevolence, the copernicus satellites that make part of the european float awareness system detected problems were on their way for the region. people in our viola, one of the worst effected towns in germany, have been critical of the warnings, or lack thereof that were given when done come to the us. i know one was expecting it, the warning came too late. a public announcement, 5 or 6 hours in advance would have helped to save some essential belonging. and other problem is that many elderly people didn't even understand what was going on if they didn't hear anything about it. and then they're also the foreigners. everything should have been organized better. people should have gone door to door or received a warning by phone. visiting the scene of utter devastation caused by the flooding

and western germany champ langler merkle pledged more efforts to tackle the challenge is posed by climate change. quickly chavez, which is the germany, is a country that can overcome this financially. germany is a strong country and we will oppose this force of nature in the short term, but also in the medium and long term to a policy that takes nature and climate into accounts. more than we have done in recent years, there had been warnings from the weather. in 2016 the river, far bursted banks, causing damage to bridges and other infrastructure. they were repaired, but nothing was done to protect against future high waters. it's not a secret that streets in bridges and all these dams are not in good condition and nobody's investing in it. and they're just like waiting till something happens again, 5 years ago we had a situation similar to this one and a bridge in the near broke and they just repaired it like it's okay for now. and

nothing happened till then. and now the bridge is gone again. this part of germany is no stranger to flooding, which banks the questions. why were the authorities not better prepared for what nature would throw out them this time? and will lessons be learned from this crotchety piece role of a r c and cologne, germany. a tool to intimidate any one critical spouts. a human rights groups have branded these really hugging spyware, pegasus new revelations i'm showing. it's reportedly being used across the world to potentially target politicians, journalists, and even religious figures. the software was originally developed to help the fight against criminal and terrorists, but as constantine gross comp reports, it's ended up snooping on so many more 50000 mobile phone owners in 45 countries targeted by spyware. that's been in the hands of governments for years

. with the approval of the israeli defense ministry. that's all according to a group of investigative journalists from 17 media outlets who claim they obtained a lead document that reveals the sheer scale of the snooping. edward snowden has already, tweed that this could be the story of the year. the ears also a guest. if it is the case, it is completely unacceptable and against any kind of rules we have in the european union. what the freedom of media is concerned, free press is one of the core values of the european union. it is completely unacceptable if this would be the case. according to the guardian targets include business executives, religious figures, government officials, and journalists among them, murdered washington post columnist jamal shoji the report singles out a number of countries suspected of using the spine to maliciously,

among them hungry, saudi arabia the a turkey in india. the all either denied or refused to comment. the tool in question is called. busy pegasus, it was developed by israeli tech firm, and so group in company keeps a low profile and doesn't really how its services. but it is sad to be behind the most advanced piece of spyware ever developed. you can access every message you've ever received. you can access every photo video, every email. it is effectively the most invasive form of surveillance imaginable. according to the investigative journalist, someone who knows your mobile number can use pegasus to read all of your attacks e mails chats and location data. this used to require a victim to click and malicious lane, but the malware can now penetrate phones with so called 0 click attacks. and a so group has for body claims its product is being used maliciously by state actors. and as a group firmly denies false claims made in your report,

many of which are uncorroborated theories that raise serious doubts about the reliability of your sources is what is the basis of your story israeli firm and says it's that's clients granting access only to foreign governments with good human rights records, it also claims its products is meant only for things like preventing terror attacks and locating missing children. if your mobile number is on the list, it doesn't mean you were actually spied on, but you were selected as a potential target. the journalist behind the revelation say, they will publish even more names soon. what's clear from all this is that a very powerful spy tool is being wielded by governments around the world. whether for good or for bad. while you will have to take their word for it, solve a company these pretty long use booking and selling it's a product with all the relevant allies from media expands.

so and it's leaking, but it's raise the question whether it's sufficient all kinds of tools and private phone company and, and it may rain joplin and question. and when you have such to poke the one that can truck, you'll sort of last soon. even though the need, if you will press any link, it may read the question whether we need to regulate those activities. now they are branded as the global war on terror sunglasses of the marketing ploy by shades, manufacturer, oakley, has created an army of angry us veterans. the issue centers on the ribbon,

on the rim of each per representing the middle us soldiers receive. the problem is they got the colors wrong. to make matters worse, the metal itself is seen by some is nothing more than the equivalent of a participation trophy. given it for simply joining the military. it's led to claims that the vents are being exploited for commercial gain. veterans are constantly being taken advantage of and $250.00, oakley, sun classes are just one really dumb, petty example. sadly, to the extent that we have a militarist paradigm in the united states, there will also there will always be a market for these kinds of, you know, crap products. but there are bigger issues at play as well. the exploitation claims come and the growing alarm over the problems, people in the military faith. a recent report by the u. s. defense department revealed the number of suicides committed by those in service is up to 14 percent

on last year. and co cash again believes the government ignores veterans need it's not a challenge to get people to recognize that you served is a challenge to get people to care about the bigger problems and the fact that better ends commit suicide rate of $22.00 per day. more proportionally than the general population. and the v a is more interested in pushing pharmaceuticals that have suicide listed a side effect. then actually effective treatments for p t. s. d, and other things experienced by veterans homelessness, unemployment, all of the challenges that go along. what the government does, by contrast, the u. s. federal government spent $86000000.00 on housing or illegal immigrants and 0 for homeless veterans. and it is lab in the face from oakley. sunglasses is just little bit i seen on the cake.

he's already the world's richest month, but almost on funder jeff pays us will be scaling new heights today when he bluffs off to space and his own rocket. but with things, there's quite a few people who are glad to see the back of him. an online petition objecting to his re entry to earth has racked up more than 150000 signatures. to date our teeth kill up my been asked new yorkers whether they would allow the 1000000000 or to return would you sign that? no, i mean, never signed that everyone, everyone should be able to come home. it's any moment that seems a little bit extra human, but maybe it'll probably never really happen. can't fade, can't come back to earth like we need them here. but i'm saying it's a lot of things happen in the world. you don't need to be flying to the space at the end of the day, we supposed be focused on our population, not up there down here. those 3 people alone can take care of the home world

problems right now with the pandemic. but they're going to space jeff days. those is not the only billionaire to a gun space fever. he actually lost the space race to another. alter richman, richard branson, and ilan mosque is set to be 3rd on the podium. they all claim that it's for the common good. we had to make space more accessible to all. welcome to the dawn of a new space age. recent studies showed that a minimum wage worker cannot afford a one bedroom apartment in 93 percent of the counties in the united states. this is not a situation where people can afford to just get off to the stars for a holiday weekend. now there are many billionaires like days to actually avoid paying taxes. many look at this and blame a corrupt loophole, written tax code that allows the rich to avoid paying their due or backwards and corrupt tax system has allowed the same person who pays next to know federal income tax to blow $7500000000.00 on his own private aerospace company,

while hard work in american families pay an average of 14 percent income tax each year. basis on the other, billionaires in his obscene race to space should be required to pay their fair share. while working families are struggling to pay their bills and the infrastructure of the united states is crumbling, the billionaires are having their own little space race and seeing who can reach the stars faster. do you think you'll ever be able to afford to go to space? i can't afford to live in new york, the average person can barely afford to starbucks. these travels never going to be affordable for everybody. by the fact we might be because you know what, as this economy is coming down to order technology and everything is upgraded to the fact that how we bought the move with earth, i mean over to our next planet possibly. so you never know, is it reasonable to allow billionaires to do 2 things decide how to spend their money. for example, competing on getting on rockets into space. and number 2,

how do you justify the enormous wealth devoted to this kind of rich persons, amusements, those moral demands are more powerful than allowing the super rich to become even richer. as for example, they have over the last 18 months even while the rest of the world was struggling with the cold. busy did pen demik with many feeling that glory projects such as races into space to make a mockery of the hard work carried out by the majority? it shouldn't be a surprise that many are wondering if we shouldn't just dump the ultra rich into outer space as the latest piece of space, junk mop and r t new york. this is our international coming up after the break. south africa looked to pick up the many pieces following a week of riots and kiosk, sparked by the ceiling of a former prison. oh,

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the 70 minutes past the are welcome back. the corruption trial, south africa's former president jacob juma has resumed his jailing last week spark the worst violence seen in the country for decades. the prime minister of zulu nation. so now for the largest ethnic group told us the recent on rest and looting came as no surprise. we see a country that had so much going for it had been destroyed completely. because my

view is that what is happening now actually should no surprise us because this country was a radio. it's nice because he division john state because because of the mismanagement of the economy by the government, every strike, instead of every strike that has given patience because now or is newton. this is what is happening now. on a smaller scale habit you stand is approaches. we will calculate your workers, but they don't end up, you know, it gets testing. they then who is doing their own skill, but it came from the policies of the agency who said the country must you meet on governor or the background to this former president jacobs. who was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court after refusing to appear before judicial

inquiry investigating corruption during his 9 year rule, the protest that followed resulted in more than $202000.00 arrests. many communities are still reeling from the violence facing food shortages with local sharps and warehouses, either ransacked or burnt. done. our teeth fall asleep reports now on the extremes . local residents have been forced to go to to survive the crisis tracking along the indian ocean coastline. way more towns have been isolated and have received no relief for days. the votes have been closed and all trucks with the usual supplies have not been able to reach them. the shops themselves have either been lucid or closed scott, because the odors offered that they could be ransacked in the coming days. the i

now can, you can see a close to the we house that has been completely defeated and been down. all the concrete steel flats have been melted down in the fire. that was proficient like today's the 1st day that one or 2 shots in the town had opened. most people are still staying at home. and as you can see, the shock the old boarded clothes, people have been afraid amongst rumors that the violence is going to erupt anytime again. at the moment, i'm so sorry, because 50, it's still not safe out. what's going on, that this will danger. so we just are trying to do a little bit of the commitment here is one of the 1st to open, but it's owners. i hid is still assisting the damage. he says he was lucky to escape with his life intact. they've been losing everything in the shop. he would

think that the 2 bred love, everything is for me to the noise you better, but to not get his dog and my sharpie on this. you can see the previous, at a deal holding that just by yesterday we now on the time of if you, which has also been completely lifted. where accompanying a shop owner, who hasn't been able to reach the town since the vine and started. this is the 1st walk in the shop. now i'm totally shocked to absolutely devastated something that we never terms of as quite said and we're going to see if everything's been taken out. you've talked me look in about 3000000 or what have stock has been looters. i did expect it to be

bad, but this is like 10 of us. absolutely. so as you can see, there is security in front of this supermarket. the only reason that the supermarket survived is that what god sleeping inside at the time they shuffle on the crowd. and for that reason, people ran away from both this town and surrounding areas have come here because it's only place that they can get food. i came here to buy the groceries because my children are very hungry. there is no food in the house because. 1 we only, i hope is only the shop now if they're gonna break the shop. 1 this shop here, i don't know what we're going to do now. if i'm in for the past few days, has left an estimated 2000000 south africans unemployed. as it is a country already faces. a huge problem of these people are doing for days they haven't eaten, and many of them are afraid that the violence it's awesome over. so there's

a lot of panic buying happening right now. on the tip of the african continent policy at our tea on an account south coast. huge wildfires are raging in north east. russia with a must of effort now underway to try and bring the situation under control. let's take a look. the emergency services volunteers and locals have all been doing their bit to try and does the flames. thick smoke is hampering efforts in the worst hit areas . according to the emergency ministry, 10900 wildfires are burning, present with specialist helicopters, drafted in town. forest fires are also raging. the north eastern region of corellia, people living in the path of the flames have been evacuated to safety there. a region wide droids made forest tinder, dry, and vulnerable to wildfires. special fire fighting part troopers have also been

deployed in the bottle. and this footage you can see them in action, exiting planes and pars, shooting down to hard to reach areas. each trooper knows a 20 liter back pocket to dose, the claims and shovels to dig the fire brick or line. finally, this news are with all eyes currently on the 1st approaching olympic games in took him just a few days away by the way, the par lympics a few weeks after that. sometimes in fact often get overlooked. but for months, russian competitors have been getting ready for action on our gunning for gold. we took to the streets of moscow with par athlete dmitri enough to gauge awareness something global sporting spectacle. do you know when the paralympics are? yeah, if not, then this summer, do you know when the olympic compared to pick gains are happening?

so i don't what our p c stands for now. what was it know, can you name any some sports? of course we're running. what else? madman, tom, we have to educate the russian people we have good or the last world championship we had for sportsmen who else world sport ranking, and our country can only enter the linux through worlds, fort rankings, world to limping, qualifying tournaments. the plan turned my career after london in 2012. but the thing didn't work out there. i

performed bab be coming in 7th and 8th. so i decided no, i need closure and started preparing for you. but the bound from the me, i do everything by myself. of course i clean i cook, i definitely everything. the only thing is it takes me a little bit more time than say the normal man. and for instance, if i clean with my sister, it's fast, but if i clean alone it takes the whole day. i can type with my arm with my foot or even in rare cases when it's too painful. any other way i type with my note. unfortunately, you can't always use disabled parking, for example, with talking shopping mouth. you have to say come pull up with a parent and a young voice that gets out in the evidence that they are disabled. why mon perspective and if it's possible, i don't use table parking because i can walk. i leave this place free for someone news worse. make. the

major competitive for me is curtis mcgrath. last time i lost him in the final by just a few seconds. he has the same disability as me. hello, he has his own knee. he also uses prophetic i actually if we talk about moral preparation, for example, for international tournaments, then yes, we've not had enough ask for television, you know, in order for people to be able to watch it, you have to show carol and pick athlete shown in the competition, and that's the view is there can be interesting to because in my opinion, incredible passions of voice over there. the, the now it's been as

a base for centuries in the catholic church. keep a traditional or move with the time next. got a now dealt into the next big conservative conundrum. in the attic in the news fuse me the, the, the you know, even for the new here, an era of confusion about deflation is giving way to a new era about the confusion of inflation. the war on drugs started as a way to come back, a great problem, what's the, why it's part of the attitude of the nation, not just of north dakota, and it's got to be something that you could get elected. this time,

the fight against drugs took a tragic, told us that andrew was competing short form. this is way too dangerous for him to be doing. clearly they put him in harm's way. a rural college student does interest get shot in the head and found in a river like that. something else had to be happening with the francis. this issue in order which has traditional catholics outrage is adaptation going to help the church be more inclusive or move to divide, possibly a race the fundamental traditions have existed since its founding. we will give you the $360.00 view and polish layer is still in south africa and will bring us the latest regarding the continued at rest. as the violence has now claimed, at least 212 live the trial for jacob to my ex president as resumed. i'm trying to

use and you are watching you use right here on our to america. let's get started. ah! following the rent, the president jacob, do my south africa erupt into lethal protests that have killed more than 200 people in the streets. now, over the weekend civil unrest over to book the seaside city of durban. as a citizens rush to defend their homes and business from the mob violence, now the south african government has deployed 25000 troops to assist local police forces in the streets. now, meanwhile, there is a humanitarian crisis, quickly engulfing much of the country as food and critical supplies run. very scars are kids policy or has more from one city that's in dire straits. i'm here to smoke

in the field in the town of black pan in south africa everything you.