andrew was competent, sean form. this is the 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. the a grave systemic failure of germany faces, criticism for not doing word to prevent last week living from today. despite the previous morning, the devastations claimed almost 200 life and caused damage amounting to billions of euro coming up the spot in your pocket. major league sparks worldwide bridge is really developed food. spyware has been used by governments around the world to potentially smooth buttons, journalists, politicians, and even pre u. s. army veterans through shade on this sunglasses,

company oakley, after it puts the wrong war on terror sign on its products. one x soldier tells us those who served in the military are being increasingly exploited for commercial gain. veterans are constantly being taken advantage of and $250.00. some classes are just one really dumb. katie example ah lie from our international needs h q in moscow. this is our team, my names you know neil, let's get to our top story. the debt told after the devastating floods in western europe has risen to at least 10909, 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 estimate as more than 2000000 euro now, and local volunteers has been joining efforts to help me or the devastation unrepaired. what possible crippled infrastructure couple with huge piles of debris is making it difficult to move around. busy and preventing life returning to any semblance of normality. fanzines you, 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 learned from this mistake in 2016. what happened could happen again, but nobody expected on such scale here. well, it is not only locals hungered by the authorities, response politicians, climate experts as well claimed the government. news of the impending catastrophe

in advance, but just feel to warn their citizens. officials though claimed that the worsted areas where altered non odd, it's impossible to predict every outcome. so what went so role? r europe correspondent peter oliver takes up. the story is before the floods struck west in germany, belgium looks in bergen benevolence, the copernicus, satellites that make part of the european flow to when a 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 or done come to the key. no one was expecting it. the warning came too late. a public announcement, 5 or 6 hours in advance would have helped to say some essential belonging was another problem is that many elderly people didn't even understand what was going on. 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 history. what happened with the opinions of experts analyzing

what happened, today's information. you can just refer to the fact that people were informed by text message. you have to imagine how much information is being dumped on people every day already. but then they say, yes, we sent out messages instead of targeting people on the spot and perhaps getting people out of their homes in particularly hard places. visiting the thing of utter devastation caused by the flooding and western germany champ, langler merkel 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 a good condition and nobody's investing in it. and they're just like waiting to something happens again, 5 years ago, we had a duration 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 tragedy piece. role of a tea in cologne, germany, a tool to intimidate anyone, critical. that's a human rights groups have branded these really hacking spyware, pegasus new revelations i've shown this reportedly been used by governments across the world to potentially target politicians, journalists,

uneven religious figures. the software was originally developed to help the fight against criminals and terrorists. but as constantine rosco's 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 gasped 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 a so group, the company keeps a low profile and doesn't really out 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 jewel location data. this used to require victim to click and malicious link, 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 a so 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 journalists 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 really want these booking and selling gets the product with all the relevant lives from expands or and it's leaking. but it's raise the question leisure and sufficient. both kind of tools and private phone company and and it may rain joplin question. and when you have such a total of $31.00, that can truck you'll sort of last soon. even though the need that you will press any link. it may read the question whether we need to

regulate those activities you want to bring, you know, to north east russia. a huge wildfires are raging, massive effort is underway to try and bring the situation under control of special fire fighting part troopers have been deployed in the battle. in this for these, you can see them in action exiting planes and partis shooting, done to hard to reach areas. each trooper jose 20 leader backpack to fight the flames and shovels to dig fire bricker lines or the emergency services volunteers locals as well. they've all been doing their best to try and dice the flames and you could fix. smoke is humping efforts in the worst hit areas. according to the emergency ministry, close to 212 followers are burning up, present with specialist helicopters, drafted in to help forest fires are also raging and another region cordelia popular

tourist destination in the north west of the country. people living in the path of the flames there have been evacuated to safety. a region wide dry. it has made forest tinder, dry, and vulnerable to wildfires. there branded as the global war on terror sunglasses, but the marketing ploy by shades manufacturer, oakley, has created an army of angry us veterans. the issue centers on a ribbon, on the rim of each parent representing the metal us soldiers receive. the problem is they got the colors wrong. to make matters worse, the metal itself is seen by some nothing more than the equivalent of a participation trophy given or for simply joining the military. we spoke to a former us marine sergeant who feels bad, are being exploited for commercial gain. veterans are constantly being taken advantage of and $250.00, oakley,

sun. glasses are just one really dumb petty example. sadly, to the extent that we have a militarist paradigm in the united states, there was also, there will always be a market for these kinds of, you know, crap products like exploitation claims. tell me they made growing alarm over. the problem is that the veterans face the latest data, shows an increase in the suicide rate of vets, which is one and a half times higher than not among civilians. with 18 to 35 year olds, particularly vulnerable. and it is thought those figures may even be larger, study doesn't yet, and take into account the impact of the ongoing pandemic atom kush again, believes that government ignores veterans needs. it's not a challenge to get people to recognize that you served. it's a challenge to get people to care about the bigger problems and the fact that better ends commit suicide the 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 as 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 there's lab in the face from oakley. sunglasses is just little bit ice. you know the cake. he is already the world's richest man, but amazon funder jeff pays us. we'll be selling new heights today when he bloss off to space in his own rocket. though it seems there's quite a few people who want him to stay once he gets there. an online petition objecting

to his re entry to earth has wrapped up within $160000.00 signatures so far are to kill up and us new yorkers, whether they would allow the billionaire to return home. 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 that seems a little bit extra human. but maybe because it will probably never really happen. those 3 people alone can take care of the whole world's problems right now with the pandemic. but they're going to space at the end of the day. we supposed be focusing on our population. not up there down here jeff days. those is not the only billionaire to have gotten 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 way here 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 being upgraded . to the fact that how we bought the move, 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 t international after the break. south africa looked that picked up the many pieces falling a week of writing and chaos sparked by the ceiling of a former president. ah, rather driven by general shaped person. those in me dares

think we dare to ask me when i would show the wrong one. i'll just don't need you to fill out this thing because the attitude and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves with the parts we choose to look for common ground in the in the moon. ah.

hello again. the corruption trial of south africa's former president jacob zimmer, has resumed his jailing last week spark the worst violence scene in the country for decades. the head of zulu nation, south africa, the largest ethnic group told us the recent on rest and looting it. miss no surprise. we see a country that has so much going for it. 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 striking of every strike it is to envision so because now or is newton. this is what is happening now. on a smaller scale habit,

you stand the approaches with democratic reg purchase, but they don't end up, you know, get for testing. they get huge and doing their own skill. but it came from the policies of the agency who said the country, you must make a governor of a former president jacobs, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court. softer refusing to appear before a dish shall inquiry, investigating corruption. during his 9 year rule, the protest that followed resulted in more than $200.00 debts and 2000 arrests. many communities are still reeling from the violence facing food shortages with local shops and warehouses, either ransacked or burned. our teeth fall asleep reports now on the extremes. local residents have had to endure to survive the crisis. tracking along the indian ocean coastline way more have been isolated and have received no relief

for days. the votes have been closed and all trucks with the usual supplies have simply 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 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 all the safety, it's still not safe out. what's going on, that this will danger. so we just trying to do a little bit of the committee here is one of the shops 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. it was singular piece of bread, love, everything for me, the noise better, but i did not get his dog and my sharpie on you didn't see the preview at a deal holding that just by yesterday i went on the kind 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 a 1st walk in the shop. now i'm totally shocked to absolutely devastated something that we never terms of. it's quite said and what are going to see if everything's been taken out. you've talked me look in about 3000000 and what have stuck 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, people 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 our hope is only the shop now if they're gonna break the shop. 1 shop, 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 r t on the south coast absolutely ground glass. that's china's take an accusation from washington on its allies that beijing was responsible for a must have cyber attack earlier this year on microsoft exchange email server. today, an unprecedented group of allies and partners, including the opinion, the united kingdom, australia, canada, new zealand,

japan and nato. are joining the united states and exposing and criticizing the p r . c. ministry of state securities malicious cyber activities. and this is the 1st time nato has condemned p r c cyber activities. so i would note that we are actually elevating and taking steps to not only speak out publicly, but certainly take action as it relates to problematic cyber activities from china . there have been many reports about cyber crime recently, but this prosecution is unique. this case is about a cyber hacking and economic espionage campaign. led by the government of china. the intact is believed to have effected at least $30000.00 u. s. organizations, microsoft identified the hackers, a state sponsored chinese cyber espionage group. however, with no sanction being talked about economics, professor at china site western university benjamin show us diets about the

accusations the underground world of hackers is so large and strong that it defies every single nation on earth. they are sometimes independent groups or even long roofs, who could inflict large damages to the largest nations. the u. s. department of defense even cannot treat actress attacking the u. s. department defense buildings and security systems. how can they be sure that it is from china and not by the u. s. l. i z. this time, given what i was snowden has already revealed, and how many times you repeat leaders asked us not to eavesdrop the national practice? you just, you are so who is the largest stretch to the world? missiles were heard on camera this tuesday landing in the us gun capital capital, while the president and other top officials were praying. the incident was captured,

live and local tv. only home in the procession was being held to mark the beginning of the muslim holiday. rockets were heard across the so called greens, where the presidential palace and several embassies are located. the attack comes in and renewed. tell about offensive across f canister. in the wake of foreign forces fronted by the u. s. pulling out of the country. also the a huge explosion. has rockefeller minium plant in the city of dang, fang, and central china? a must have plenty of smoke, could be seen rising high into the sky. the bluff reportedly occurred after water from the nearby river flooded the plant and reacted with chemicals held. her facility had already been evacuated. there is no immediate reports of

what though with all eyes on the fast approaching olympic games in tokyo, the parlin picks a few weeks later, sometimes quite often in fact, get overlooked. but for months, competitors across the globe humping, getting ready for action here in russia. it is no different. we took to the streets of most with part of athlete dmitri enough off to gauge awareness of the global sporting spectacle. do you know when the paralympics are? yeah, if not, there's this summer. do you know when the olympic compound and gains are happening? so i don't what our p c stands for? now? what was that know? can you name any some a sport? of course we run into what else? and tom, we have to educate the russian people. we

have good the last world championship we had for sportsmen who l world sport ranking. and now the country can only enter the linux through worlds. fort rankings, world to limping, qualifying tournament. upon turned my career after london in 2012. but the thing didn't work out there. i performed badly coming in 7th and 8th. so i decided no, i need closure and started preparing for you. but the bound from real, 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 no unfortunately, you can't always use disabled parking. for example, with talking shopping mouth. you have to say come up with a parents and a young voice and they get out and it's evidence that they are disabled. why mom perspective and if it's possible, i don't use table parking because i can war. i leave this place free for someone news worse than me. the major competitive for me is courteous mcgrath. last time i lost him in the final by just a few seconds. he has the same disability it makes, although he has his own knee. he also used his perspective.