kasia madera reporting there from sinzig in germany. it is the eighth time he has won the home grand prix. he was involved in a collision at the very start with his main rival max verstappen. it resulted in the red bull driver having to retire and hamilton having to serve a ten second penalty, but the mercedes star was still able to fight back and take the lead in the penalty meant lap. —— penultimate lap. the british prime minister borisjohnson has urged the public to be cautious and said people must self—isolate when told to do. he was speaking in a video message on twitter after he and the chancellor both said they were isolating after coming into contact with the health secretary, who had tested positive for covid—19. in the face of a growing backlash, borisjohnson and rishi sunak were forced to abandon a previous plan to not isolate, as they were part of a pilot scheme which would made them exempt from quarantine. it all comes as covid—19 restrictions are lifted in england from tomorrow. like so many hundreds of thousands of other

and i'm kasia madera live in sinzig in western— and i'm kasia madera live in sinzig in western germanye of the towns that felt_ in western germany, one of the towns that felt the _ in western germany, one of the towns that felt the full force of the floods _ that felt the full force of the floods. well, now the clean—up operation — floods. well, now the clean—up operation is under way. in the face of a growing outcry, the uk prime industry chancellor reversed plans to carry on working rather than self—isolate after receiving and official coronavirus alert. we did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme, which allows people to test daily, but i think it's far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus just five days before the start of the games. the afghan government withdraws its diplomatic staff from the pakistani capital islamabad after an attack on friday on the ambassador's doctor. we will be live in kabul —— the ambassador's daughter. hello and welcome

and i'm kasia madera live in sinzig in western— and i'm kasia madera live in sinzig in western germanywestern germany, one of the towns that felt the full force of the floods _ that felt the full force of the floods. well, now the clean—up operation — floods. well, now the clean—up operation is under way. in the face of a growing outcry, the uk prime industry chancellor reversed plans to carry on working rather

iam i am kasia madera live in sinzig in western germany, a town that was completely submerged by waterfalls facing is overwhelming. the uk prime minister and chancellor reverse

she's been in the town of sinzig, sitting on the banks of the rhine.e submerged in up to three metres of water in the height of the floods. she spoke to one resident whose house was deluged. everything we had, it's here, it's full of mud. the flood basically destroyed everything we had. and now you've got an army of volunteers trying to help you. who are these people? half of them, i don't know. they came on the streets. they asked if we need help. we need help. we really need help. the wholesalers full of mud and waten _ wholesalers full of mud and waten -- _ wholesalers full of mud and water. —— the whole seller is. we have a lot of bottles from the nearby bottle factory, so it is really a mess. and you've got a little boy. where are you living now? what do you do? at the moment, we live in an apartment of 15 square metres. we have a bed of 1.40 metres, sleeping with three people. so it is doable, but it is really hard. our boy is now with friends on the other_ our boy is now with friends on the other side of the river. were you ever expecting anythi

for the missing while also salvaging what they can we turn to nbc's claudio lavanga who is live in sinzig, germany claudio, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. five days after the flood devastated this part of western germany, this is what this village still looks like today there are mountains of debris piled up by the roadside and this is a mix of the debris that was washed up here by the floods, rocks, branches, leaves, mud, but also a lot of household items that have either been destroyed or rendered unusable by the floods that was at some stage so high that it was ten feet high. you can actually see that water line there that is about ten feet, so it completely flooded the ground floors and rendered basically villages like this ghost towns because of course those houses are destroyed. a lot of houses collapsed. they were even washed away at some stage but even people on the first floors will not even be able to come back for weeks or months because the infrastructure is down >> just astounding, three months worth of rain falling in just 24 hours. claudio, thank you >>>

the bbc�*s kasia madera is in the town of sinzig sitting on the on the banks of the rhine.the town were submerged in up to three metres of water in the height of the floods. she spoke to one resident whose house was deluged. everything we had, it is here, is full of mud. the flood basically destroyed everything we had. and now you've got an army of volunteers helping you. who are these people? a lot of them, i don't know. they came on the streets. they asked if we need help. we need help. the basement is full of water. we have a lot of bottles from the nearby bottle factory, so it is really a mess. and you've got a little boy. where are you living now? what do you do? at the moment, we live in an apartment of 15 square metres. we have a bed of one metre, 40, sleeping with three people. so it is doable, but it is really hard. were you ever expecting anything like this to happen? and when it comes to the warning system, did you... you evacuated, didn't you? yeah, we did. in the middle of the night, we decided to go, and actually ten minutes later, we would not have been able

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200 kilometres away, 50 young men to just drive to sinzig to help out, and the residents were extremelyat. kate, i know you have been covering this _ grateful for that. kate, i know you have been covering this every i grateful for that. kate, i know you| have been covering this every day. the death tolljust aims to keep raising. do we know the latest? i raising. do we know the latest? 1 think it is still over the thousands, i am think it is still over the thousands, iam not think it is still over the thousands, i am not too sure on that. i urge some caution, because some of these people, the internet connection has been down and telephone networks are also quite inaccessible at the moment because a lot of the infrastructure has been damaged due to floodwater. so even though some of the missing numbers are quite scary and high, i would urge some caution there because it is kind of — people at the moment are quite unable to reach each other. as he said, at the moment the death toll is raising. kate other. as he said, at the moment the death toll is raising.— death toll is raising. kate ma