dry up again, more stream way the link to climate change could continue to take a toll. flooding in bavaria. within minutes, the fields near pascal were covered. 250 kilometers. long weather front brought heavy rain and hail storms and left a trail of devastation. many corn fields are brown, the valuable human soil has been washed away. michelle, cold, painter's entire crop is destroyed. 40 heck, tears a total loss. founder varies. $120.00 cattle will be scarce and expensive in the winter. go to thank god i have insurance, but of course that doesn't cover everything i have to buy feed from my capital, which have been on the farm for 16 months. i can't just say i'm not going to feed them. they need to eat every day. so i have to buy feed, i have no other choice with these 2 cars and calling to see the exact amount of damage in the fields is determined by the reconnaissance teams from the storm insurance company. the assessors count the plants per square meter that remain and estimate the total damage. here it's a complete loss. this court wasn't hit by the full force of the storm, but the pl

in more extreme weather linked to climate change could continue to take its toll flooding in bavaria. within minutes, the fields near pascal were covered of 250 kilometers, long weather, front, broad, heavy rain and hail storms, and left a trail of devastation. many corn fields are brown. the valuable human soil has been washed away. michelle called painters, entire crop, is destroyed. 40 heck, there's a total loss founder for his $120.00 cattle will be scarce and expensive in the winter. go to thank god i have insurance, but of course that doesn't cover everything. i have to buy feed from my cat on which i have been on the farm for 16 months. i can't just say, i'm not going to feed them. they need to eat every day. so i have to buy feed. i have no other choice to call them as far as the exact amount of damage in the fields is determined by the reconnaissance teams from the storm insurance company. the assessors count the plants per square meter that remain and estimates the total damage. here it's a complete loss. this court wasn't hit by the full force of the storm, but the clients

in more extreme weather linked to climate change could continue to take its toll flooding in bavaria. within minutes, the fields near pascal were covered. 250 kilometers, long weather, front, broad, heavy, rain and hail storms, and left a trail of devastation. many corn fields are brown. the valuable humours soil has been washed away. michelle, called painters, entire crop, is destroyed. 40 heck, there's a total loss. founder for his $120.00 cattle will be scarce and expensive in the winter. go said, thank god i have insurance, but of course that doesn't cover everything. i have to buy feed from my capital, which have been on the farm for 16 months. i can't just say i'm not going to feed them. they need to eat every day. so i have to buy feed. i have no other choice to call them. because they make the exact amount of damage in the fields is determined by the reconnaissance teams from the storm insurance company. the assessors count the plants per square meter that remain and estimate the total damage. here it's a complete loss. this corner wasn't hit by the full force of the storm, bu

and a bit of bell—thumping in bavaria. hello, and welcome to the show.dreaming of packing a suitcase and heading off on your travels — although you probably can't do thatjust yet — stay with us for the next 30 minutes and hopefully we'll give you some inspiration as we take a look back at some of our favourite films and destinations here on the show from the past few years. and this week, our choice definitely has a musical note as the team attempts to play a tune or two. so let's kick things off with a trip rajan made to the deep south of america back in 2016. now, he was there to learn about a style of music called zydeco, but little did he know that he'd end up performing in front of thousands before the day was over. so let's take a look at how he got on. that is new orleans, exactly how i imagined it — a brass band going down the street and a whole crowd following them, getting into the vibe. fantastic! now, the city might be best known for jazz, but you can also find a type of music here that i've never encountered before. chubby carrier is a gramm

welcome to the program. state of emergency has been declared in the southeast german city of bavaria. at least a 170 people have lost their lives in flesh flooding. the devastated parts of western europe. entire towns and villages have been left in ruins. intense rescue efforts are underway with hundreds still unaccounted for. we can cross live now to a european correspondent piece of oliver. for more on this, he's been following. close to that piece of your at the see. what more can you tell us about leave the state of emergency that's been declared him a barrier bond. currently speaking to you from cologne in the west of germany, where those floods did cause so much. have it called between wednesday through to, to of, to friday. still continuing efforts on going in this area of the country to try and find people who are still missing. following the roof rains coming in this area on wednesday. now on saturday evening through to sunday morning, it's the south east of germany that is being battered by heavy heavy rain in the state of the ferry, the beck, this guy, the agent, has declar

lines are closed due to rising waters. state of emergency has been declared in parts of the state of bavaria and across the border in austria, flooding and heavy rains, or causing serious damage. in the town of ha line close to the german border. a flash flood swept through the streets. people living there had already been warned to be careful and to avoid going into their sellers and basements. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. at least 25 people have been killed in land. floods triggered by monsoon raines and moon. by in one area, several houses were crushed by a collapsed wall. authority say more people could be trapped under mud and debris. building collapses are common during india monsoon cases. people have been evacuated from their homes in the u. s. states of california and nevada. after a wildfire began to spread rapidly. the blaze was sparked by lightning 2 weeks ago, but extremely dry conditions and heat. waves have swept the region. making wildfires harder to fight to athletes in the limping village and tokyo have tested positiv

the state of emergency has been declared in parts of the state of bavaria and across the border and austria flooding and heavy rains or causing serious damage. in the town of elaine, close to the german border, a flash flood had swept to the streets. people living there had already been warned to be careful and avoid going into their sellers and face. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. at least 25 people have been killed in landslides, triggered by monsoon reigns and moon by one area. several houses were crushed by a collapsed wall. authority say more people could be trapped under mud and debris building collapses are common during india's monsoon season. to athletes in the limbic village and tokyo have tested positive for the corona virus. they deepening fears about the spread of the virus when the olympic games start on friday. it brings the total to 3 infections in stock village where teams are closed off public math, teen louise, the wife of haiti's assassinated president, has returned to the caribbean nation after receiving treatment i

a state of emergency has been declared in parts of the state of bavaria and across the border there in austria, flooding and heavy rains are causing serious damage. in the town of holland close to the german border, a flash flood has swept through the streets. people living there had already been warned to be careful and to avoid going into their sellers and basis. and other parts of europe have been effected by the floods. tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from southern parts of the netherlands, and belgium is also counting the cost. at least 27 people died there. the region around the moon river was worst effected by what authorities are calling an unprecedented deluge of water. the floods have receded from the streets of pep instead, leaving the mud behind presidents at toiling to reclaim their homes. praying that the rain holds off the days of heavy down cause turn this gentle stream into a raging torrent houses along the riverbank overwhelmed by the force of the water. cars swept off the roads, residence and shock. may we've never seen anything like this before. i wo

weeks months, if not years to be answered. meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared in upper bavaria due to flooding and heavy rains and storms are causing serious damage. in parts of austria, in the town of highline close to the german border, a flash flood swept through the streets. late saturday, the people living there had already been called upon to be careful and to avoid going into their sellers and all representatives of the afghan government and the tale. bon and surgeons have been meeting in quarter 4 talks. it follows intensifying fighting across have ganna stand and a deteriorating security situation. a key border crossing with pakistan has now reopened this after african government troops failed in their attempt to retake the area from the tale by hundreds of people headed into afghanistan through the spin bolduc sherman border point on saturday summer afghans living in pakistan who want to rejoin their families for the muslim festival of eat, alada next week. pockets on close to crossing on wednesday after the taliban captured the afghan side. now they are letting limit

when the state of emergency has been declared in upper bavaria due to flooding, and the situation is becoming increasingly serious in austria, in the town of high line close to the german border, a flash flood swept through the streets late saturday, the people living there had already been called upon to be careful and to avoid going into their sellers in the basement to afghanistan now, where representatives of the african government and tally bon insurgents have been meeting in a quarter 4 talks. if i lose intensifying, fighting across afghanistan and deteriorating security situation. a key border crossing with pakistan has now reopened this after african government troops failed in their attempt to retake the area from the taliban. the hundreds of people headed into afghanistan through the spin bolduc shannon border point on saturday. summer afghans living in pakistan who want to rejoin their families for the muslim festival of ead. alada. next week. pakistan close to crossing on wednesday after the taliban captured the african side. now they are letting limited numbers of travel

dry up again, more stream way the link to climate change could continue to take a toll flooding in bavaria. within minutes, the fields near pascal were covered. 250 kilometers, long weather, front, broad, heavy, rain and hail storms and left a trail of devastation. many cornfields are brown, the valuable human soil has been washed away. me a cold painter's entire crop is destroyed. 40 heck, there's a total loss. thunder for his 100. 20 cattle will be scarce and expensive in the winter. go says thank god i have insurance, but of course that doesn't cover everything. i have to buy feed for my capital, which have been on the farm for 16 months. i can't just say i'm not going to feed them. they need to eat every day. so i have to buy feed, i have no other choice to call like honestly, the exact amount of damage in the fields is determined by the reconnaissance teams from the storm insurance company. the assessors count the plants per square meter that remain and estimate the total damage. here it's a complete loss. this corner wasn't hit by the full force of the storm, but the plants were hamm

we met hunting for new samples among the trees and bavaria. b. o. is in a forest near munich, hunting for intriguing nature sounds. she's brought a field recorder along to capture them. so again, and i like looking for new sounds and then experimenting on like a playground costume team and you can throw some leaves and sticks together and see what happens if this is on this on childless comfortable house. alexandra project called her tree, is all about these sounds in nature. later she modifies them and adds voice elements and the thing the key thing she doesn't use any conventional instruments to really this is not the greatest challenge during the production stage is finding the right chords and melody kaufman tonight. so that's a total question. you can't use percussion elements also, and for that i need animals sounds on us, but you need a lot of patients for animals to show up and she released her debut album. don't try be beautiful. in 2021. alex sandra, spent no less than 4 years gathering sounds for it, but it wasn't the initial plan is to h

we met a hunting for new samples among the trees and bavaria. she is in a forest near munich hunting for intriguing nature sounds. she's brought appeals recorder along to capture them. so again, and i like looking for new sounds and then experimenting like a playground because you can throw some leaves and sticks together and see what happens if there's some difference on child was comfortable alexandra project called her tree, is all about these sounds in nature later she modifies them and adds voice elements and the thing, the key thing she doesn't use any conventional instruments for you to really this is not the greatest challenge during the production stage is finding the right chords and melody my to knowledge. so that's a tonal question, because you can't use percussion elements often and for that i need animals sounds on us, but you need a lot of patients for animals to show up. and she released her debut album. don't try be beautiful in 2021. alex sandra, spent no less than 4 years gathering sounds for it, but it wasn't the initial plan

we met hunting for new samples among the trees and bavaria. b. o. is going to forest near munich, hunting for intriguing nature sounds. she's brought a field recorder along to capture them. so again, and i like looking for new sounds and then experimenting on like a playground costume. and tim on i'm, you can throw some leaves and sticks together and see what happens if it's some distance on child was comes back also. alexandra, a project called her tree, is all about these sounds in nature. later she modify stuff and adds voice elements and the thing the key thing she doesn't use any conventional instruments appeal to the really this is not the greatest challenge during the production stage is finding the right chords and melody kaufman tonight as well. that's a tonal question. you can't use percussion elements also, and for that i need animals. sounds on, but you need a lot of patients for animals to show up and she released her debut album. don't try be beautiful. in 2021. alex sandra, spent no less than 4 years gathering sounds for it, but it wa

in the upper but -- upper bavaria region one person was killed.r: it has finally stopped raining and the clear up is in full swing. it is dirty work. there is mud everywhere. the l town center was hit by flooding on saturday. there was a torrent of water rushing through the streets after a river burst its banks. shops, homes, and businesses have been hit hard. >> are ice cream machines and are electric is very damaged. now we have a lot of mud. the army and fire brigade have been helping to clean the streets and pumpout sellers. volunteers are helping to clear up the mess. >> it's a shock, and it's really difficult. >> champion lewis halton has been the target of abuse on social media. the race was a thriller. hamilton received a 10 second penalty because of a collision with his rival. he had to go to the hospital for. formula one and the governing body have condemned the abuse aimed at hamilton. >> what happened on the first lap was exciting, it was dangerous, it was dangerous, is controversial. all those things are elements of formula one. when

a state of emergency has been declared in the south east state of bavaria, locals. the emergency services came together to begin the clean up operation from austria and surfers heavy loading on saturday. but it is western germany belts bore the brunt or europe correspondent peter oliver repeats. here in all phyla in the state of royal and latin, the. this one of the worst affected areas by the fluid you can see over to my left on this building, where the water actually reached well above my own head. the job for people here right now is cleaning up following this disaster. you can see just behind me as people have taken all of their belongings from their houses, putting them out on the streets. everything covered with thick brown sludge that mud the rain waters the flood waters brought with them when they came into people's homes. extreme, heavy downpour started on wednesday and sold months worth of rainfall. in a matter of hours, people in these towns say it was beyond their worst nightmare. it didn't mean to several people, a dead. the bridge of the was destroyed

now, mark is that the conservative stay pioneer of bavaria and general secretary of the social democrats, lux, cleaned by advice, a more dialogue with the population to get them to willingly get vaccinated. and also the german ethics council. and the unions are some specific professions, such as a teachers or medical personnel have position themselves against a mandatory vaccine. well, today on some medical is losing germany center for infectious diseases. what's going to be discussed that? well, definitely to say though things here in germany, this meeting of the call institute comes at the time where the 7 days incident rate is increasing. again. here in germany was $6.00 cases per 100. have any not, not the wearing levels just yet, but the data variance is spreading more and more rapidly. and at the time where the summer only days where more and more people are moving within germany, within europe. and you measures of containment should be discussed today. and also how exactly to measure the gravity of depend, i may have been talked to not just take the incident straight into account

and a state of emergency has been declared in the upper bavaria due to flooding and heavy rains and storms are causing serious damage in parts of austria, in the town of how line close to the german border. a flash flood swept through the street late 100 a people living there had already been called upon to be careful, and to avoid going into their sellers while representatives of the afghan government and tale by insurgents have been meeting in casa for talks, it follows intensifying fighting across that kind of stone and deteriorating security situation, a key border crossing with pockets dawn has now reopened this after african government troops failed in their attempt to retake the area from italy by hundreds of people headed into afghanistan through the spin bolduc sherman border point on saturday summer afghans living in pakistan who want to rejoin their families for the muslim festival of ead, alada next week. pockets on close to crossing on wednesday after the taliban captured the afghan side. now they are letting limited numbers of travelers through again. people are coming the ot

high water in bavaria, saxony. in austria, too, towns and cities deluged.'re doing their best to clear up. translation: people have | lost their lives, their houses. there are no more roads. but there's huge solidarity. they're going to need it in the weeks to come. we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks, maybe months, before they get back electricity, connection. in one part of the region, the authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won't be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, bbc news, bad munstereifel. other regions of europe have also been seeing heavy rains and flash floods. hundreds of caravans and tents on a camping site in belgium's arden area were damaged when the nearby river burst its banks. many owners were left looking for their properties and salvaging what they could. austria's scenic town of hal—ine suffered severe damage

high water in bavaria, saxony. in austria, too, towns and cities deluged.clear up. translation: people have | lost their lives, their houses. there are no more roads. but there's huge solidarity. they're going to need it in the weeks to come. we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks, maybe months, before they get back electricity, connection. in one part of the region, the authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won't be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, bbc news, bad munstereifel. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: two year—old wilder smuggled in the back of a lorry and finally reunited with his family in honduras. radio: we see you coming down the ladder now. - that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30—year history of concorde, the wo

the meantime, torrential waiting for has left boston waves of the southern job and state of bavaria flooded houses, farms, crops, and field damaged with some families, even trapped inside the homes. and large areas clean up what has still not been possible due to the persistent flooding. more than 215 doctors from 35 countries have signed a joint letter to the us president joe biden, calling for the release of wiki nicks, founder julian sanchez. they claim he's been subjected to psychological torture for more than a decade. we spoke to one of the signatories, professor william hogan. i think they're treating him like a terrorist. i get him a doctor's just a little out. busy of my area of expertise, but this is how they've treated other terror suspects. he is at risk for suicide bombers prison. he's suffering. ready still experiencing mental turmoil who nations including auditory, hallucinations, some of what you're persecuted, tory. these are some of the most severe signs, mental illness and what and mental stress all the effects will ever be back to normal to what he was like before enteri

subsiding in western germany, but overnight, more flooding in other parts of the country, high water in bavaria, too, towns and cities deluged. in bad munstereifel, they're doing their best to clear up. translation: people have | lost their lives, their houses, there are no more roads, but there is huge solidarity. they're going to need it in the weeks to come. we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what's particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks or maybe months before they get back electricity, connection. in one part of the region, the authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won't be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, bbc news, bad munstereifel. as we heard, angela merkel has also said on her visit that the world needs to pick up the pace in its battle against global warming. climate change campaigner luisa neubauer says the effects are already being felt in germany. i mean, eventually, we are talking of germany, that is

subsiding in western germany, but overnight, more flooding in other parts of the country, high water in bavaria. in austria, too, towns and cities deluged. here, they are doing their best to clear up. translation: people have | lost their lives, their houses, their normal roads, but there is huge solidarity. they're going to need it in the weeks to come. we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what's particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks or maybe months before they get back electricity, connection. in one part of the region, the authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won't be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, bbc news. as we heard, angela merkel also said on that visit that the world needs to pick up the pace in its battle against global warming. climate change campaigner luisa noy bawer says the effects are already being felt in germany imean, i mean, eventually, we are talking of germany, one of the richest countries

that will state of emergency has been declared in the south east german status bavaria. at least 170 people have lost their lives in flash flooding. that's devastating parts of western europe into towns and villages have been left in ruins with intense rescue efforts underway. and hundreds still on accounted for r t p to all of a has been following the story. i'm currently speaking to you from cologne in the west of germany where the floods did cause so much have a cold between wednesday through to, to of, to friday. still continuing efforts on going in this area of the country to try and find people who are still missing. following the roof. the rain coming in this area on wednesday now on saturday evening through to sunday morning. it's the south east of germany that is being battered by heavy, heavy rains in the state of ferry. the back to the agent has declared a state of emergency that was after by around 10 o'clock, 1030 on saturday evening. they seem record levels of water in that area with something at 3.50 meters. that's a record of beating the previous record.

now a state of emergency has been declared in the southeast german state of bavaria, at least a 150 people have lost their lives in flesh flooding. that devastated parts of western europe into towns and villages have been left in ruins. intense rescue efforts are underway with hundreds still unaccounted for. german chancellor, michael is set to visit his office own on sunday art. he's peter oliver sent us this report. devastation thus was being left in the wake of waters. the toll through towns like this one in western germany, leader of the state of nor throwing westfall and number one contender to be next chancellor of germany and lush. it is called the flood a historic disaster countries going through flooding. catastrophe on the historic scale, almost moss, as the waters have started to recede by to something close to their normal levels, you can see the trail of destruction that's being left by the flood that ripped through towns like this one. these old buildings that were in the past didn't stand much of a chance that river flows just over my left ton shoulder here, where you can se

high water in bavaria, saxony. in austria, too, towns and cities deluged.g their best to clear up. translation: people have | lost their lives, their houses. there are no more roads. but there's huge solidarity. they're going to need it in the weeks to come. we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks, maybe months, before they get back electricity, connection. in one part of the region, the authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won't be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, bbc news, bad munstereifel. activists, journalists and politicians around the world may have been spied on using mobile phone malware that is intended to be used against criminals and terrorists, according to a massive data leak. reports suggest widespread misuse of spyware sold and developed by an israeli surveillance company. the company in question have strongly denied

high water in bavaria, saxony. in austria, too, towns and cities deluged.ing their best to clear up. translation: people have | lost their lives, their houses. there are no more roads. but there is huge solidarity. they're going to need it in the weeks to come. we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks, maybe months, before they get back electricity, connection. in one part of the region, the authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won't be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, bbc news, bad munstereifel. activists, journalists and politicians around the world may have been spied on using mobile phone malware that is intended to be used against criminals and terrorists, according to a massive data leak. reports suggest widespread misuse of spyware sold and developed by an israeli surveillance company. the company in question have strongly deni

high water in bavaria, saxony, in austria as well, towns and cities deluged.here is huge solidarity. they are going to need it in the weeks to come. we are seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks or maybe months before they get back electricity connection. in one part of the region, authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won�*t be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, bbc news. it�*s just days before the opening of the tokyo olympics, and a growing number of athletes and officials have tested covid—positive, or been forced to self—isolate. in the olympic village, two players and a coach for the south africa men�*s football team have the virus — and six team gb athletes and two staff members are also isolating at their training camp, after a person tested positive on their flight to japan. despite the worsening covid situation in the city, and widesp

suffered more rainfall in an hour on saturday night than in the previous seven weeks, and in the upper bavariawitter, see you shortly. hello again. monday was another hot and sunny day for the majority of us, but there were a few storms that popped up. one or two affecting sussex and kent, there were a few storms in south wales for a time and there was one in the veil of york but otherwise we have skies like these can be the majority of us having dry, sunny and hot day. and talking of heat, the met office have issued their first extreme heat warning. why now? well, these warnings only started being issued injune and this is just the first hot spell we have seen. but this area, it represents an area of concern to the met office where we could see some impacts from the heat whether that be impacts to health or indeed infrastructure, things like trains might need to go slightly slower due to the tracks heating up in this hot weather. that kind of thing. at the moment there's not too much going on, it's a clear start to the day tuesday and of course it has been very warm overnight, those temperatu

that's not the situation in bavaria in the south of the country.dead there one as a direct result of the flooding, the other from natural causes. schools are closed. the chaos has been spilling over from germany into neighboring austria. that's a reminder this is a situation not just unfolding in germany, but all across western europe. >> is that a siren or a train behind you? >> that is a siren. we've been hearing police and seeing military going past all the time. >> nbc's raf sanchez, good to see you. >>> still ahead, olympics and unvaccinated just days away. more positive tests, including an american tennis star. how do we get to a post-pandemic society. dr. patel weighs in live, after the break. . patel weighs in liv the break. or is that the damp wt of self-awareness you now hold in your hands? yeah (laugh) keep your downstairs dry with gold bond body powder. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... ♪ if you've been taking copd sitting down, it's time to

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example, another dam failure which is getting unstable and close to the city and the situation in bavariaevels are rising there. there is more rain to come it is very early to say when the situation will be contained and how quickly the aid will actually go to the people affected i heard from the prime minister candidate and the failure means it will take years to get the damage under control with that, back to you >> very stark warning. thank you for breaking it down for us let's bring in the global head of macro ing i appreciate it. it is early days have you conducted analysis on how much of a hit to gdp with the floods and devastation and economically will cause in the coming months? >> i think the horrible thing about the natural disasters is the hit to gdp growth is hardly there. because it will cost the stock of the economy we have the last floods in 2002, the insurance industry estimated that the damage there was something like 4.5 billion euro which is 0.1% of gdp currently, the damage will be much bigger. in terms of gdp, it will not be that much. to the contrary, once we see reb

shift not only from these western areas near belgium, but also to the south and east in saxony and bavaria even into austria. it is clear this isn't a particularly affected region, it is something germany is dealing with across the country. the german cabinet will also be meeting on wednesday, where they will probably be discussing some sort of comprehensive recovery program for the affected areas. dani: we also have national elections this autumn. how is this crisis playing out politically? how will it affect those elections? aggi: from the start of these floods, it was being said a lot this was the sort of thing that might have -- might see the greens with the boost in the polls because they are centered on climate issues. they have a clear advantage to discuss these issues. but it could've also come down to the fact that at the start of one of the leader of the states badly affected, was talking about climate change and doing things faster. but at you -- as you said, he made some mistakes over the weekend, including being caught laughing on camera that seemed a little callous at the tim

the southern german state of bavaria also saw flash floods. state's premiere said at least two people were killed there. atika shubert joins us from northwest germany. it sounds like angela merkel was horrified by what she saw as she toured the disaster zone. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, you know, this is no ordinary flood. what we've seen here is devastation on a scale comparable almost to that of a tsunami, and certainly the power of the water had the spees and for speed and force of something like that. the water barreled down the river. you can see some of the debris still behind me. that's a car standing in the middle of the river there. and the search and recovery efforts are going to take some time. they're still ongoing. the death toll at the moment is 163 from germany, but there are still hundreds more missing and so we've seen a lot of search and recovery teams out and operating. >>> these farm houses have stood for more than a century. now all but destroyed. extreme rainfall is what turned this river into a

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a state of emergency has been declared in parts of the state of bavaria across the border in austria, flooding in heavy range or causing serious damage. in the town of hotline, close to the german border of flash flood has swept through the streets. people living there had already been warned to be careful and avoid going into their basement. it's now take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. at least 25 people have been killed in landslides, triggered by the monsoon range in one pine. in one area, several houses were crushed by a collapsed wall. authority say more people could be trapped under mud and debris. building collapses are common during india's monsoon season. 14 luis, the widow of haiti's assassinated president has returned to the caribbean nation after receiving treatment in miami hospital. she was injured during the attack on her husband, juvenile luis last week. people have been evacuated from their homes in the us states of california and nevada. after wildfire began to spread rapidly, the blaze was sport by lightning 2 weeks ago, but e

that is not the case in into -- bavaria. two people were schooled there, schools are closed.r me, everything. i'll see you again nest saturday. >>> our coverage continue. we'll see you soon. >>> good afternoon. i'm lindsey riser in for yasmin vossoughian. this hour, political leaders are meeting to protect them. plus becoming an internet provider, president biden says the u.s. may take stem to restore internet access in cuba, after days of political unrest. what does that mean? how can it get done? we're live on the ground in ha vanna what was supposed to be a fun night at the ballpark turns into chaos. what we are learning that sent tens of thousands scrambling for safety. >>> another blassoff in two days.

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high water in bavaria, saxony, in aust rear as well, towns and cities deluged. huge solidarity. they are going to need it in _ there is huge solidarity. they are going to need it in the _ there is huge solidarity. they are going to need it in the weeks - there is huge solidarity. they are going to need it in the weeks to l going to need it in the weeks to come. we are seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks or may be months before the get back electricity connection. in one part of the region, authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won't be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. forthe the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is farfrom over. jenny dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is farfrom over. jenny hill, bbc news. the presenter and comedian tom o'connor has died in hospital at the age of 81. he was given h