in place there is definitely a risk that this could happen again surely it thank you very much julia delhi there in venice. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today students from mainland china are leaving hong kong university is as violent protests affect campuses many courses have already been canceled protesters have continued to build barricades and disrupt public life to press to mans for more autonomy from mainland china. australia is raging bush fires have claimed another life bringing the death toll to 4 firefighters are struggling to contain dozens of blazes burning across the country's east coast a separate emergency warning has now been issued for a fire threatening a city in western australia. new zealand lawmakers have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia the final decision will now be put to the public in a referendum during the country's general election next year the bill allows for terminally ill patients to request a medically assisted death israel and the palestinian group islamic jihad have reached a cease fire to the heaviest fighting

in place there is definitely a risk that this could happen again surely it thank you very much julia delhi there in venice. the palestinian militant group islamic jihad says a cease fire with israel has been reached in 2 days of prodding along the gaza border that has killed at least $34.00 palestinians including a family of 6 the flare up of violence was triggered by the targeted killing on tuesday of a senior member of islamic jihad by israeli forces. over whether the truce has been holding with reports of 2 rockets fired into southern israel shortly after the announcement. for the very latest now let's cross over to our correspondent on your kramer she's standing by for us in jerusalem tanya islamic jihad says a ceasefire has been agreed with the israelis does not appear to be the case well reports have been coming out since to early morning hours from east to which has usually taken the lead in a mediation and trying to deescalate the situation in such situations and this ceasefire should be in place since 5 30 am local time in the has been just shortly after what's some sporadic rocke

s julia south delhi good morning to you julia venice has seen the 3rd major flood in less than a week house of coping with all this water. that is is slowly going back to normal today after being hit again as you said yesterday people are cleaning up their shops cleaning up their homes trying to get back to normal life supermarkets starting to open again and schools are back today after a few days of break people are confident that they will pick up but they are hoping that the attention will not go. way from their city after the tide start to go down and that money will come assistance will come to try to get back on their feet you know when we look at all of this floodwater places like st mark's square you know how have the landmark buildings in venice been doing are they permanently damaged more about all the art in the city how safe is the city's cultural heritage from these wars. one significant number is that about one in 2 churches in the city have been flooded and that is significant we've seen damage done to st mark's cathedral one of the landmarks of the city they are the li

delhi julia what's the situation in the city today many historic building seemed to have been badly affected by rising waters. yes so as you can see behind me we have currently reached a new high tide peak it is definitely not as high as a record setting one from yesterday and the night before but we are now at around 120 centimeters so i would say it is slightly below my knee i'm standing in water at the moment and one of the most hit buildings is say marks basilica behind me the water entered the building broke the windows invaded the crypt underneath up to $165.00 centimeters and it covered completely the floor of the business. that may cause damage to the marble and the mosaic on the floor of the basilica and to the columns in the crypt the damage will have to be assessed in the future when the water starts to dry out but it looks like it's in the millions of euros country as we could know reporters huge public anger in venice over the long delayed flood protection system what can you tell us. i've been speaking to people here in venice this morning and people have been telling me they a

of what the situation is right now in venice did so delhi is standing by she's standing at st mark's place it looks like all the water has receded julia. yes it has and venice has gone back at least for today to its normal tides in this time of year the moon and the sun and their effect on the earth's waters. influence the high tide in venice so today we reached about 110 centimeters which is definitely lower than the record reached on tuesday night people however are still reeling from the high tide they are counting the damage they are trying to clean up their homes and their shops and they hope that they will receive some help from the government all right because what we've heard from the government from the prime minister of italy basically saying he will declare a state of emergency what does that mean and how will it help the nations cope with the damage so the state of emergency would mean more money readily available and more power to help venice rebuild today just that because the prime minister also promised some money that will be readily available for citizens and for business owners in the city in the hopes that that wil