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. ♪ so many cameras at one time in west germany's capital is a rare sight indeed.e momentarily trained on representatives of official bonn who have gathered to overall -- to welcome the head of state. a four minutes before the arrival, the arrival of the man who will be the official host, the chancellor, dr. konrad adenauer. it will be a highlight of his career where in a few moments he will welcome perhaps the most important guest germany has ever received, the president of the united states of america, john f. kennedy, whose own words provide the title of this report. ♪ [gunfire] narrator: a 21 gun salute welcomes the 36-year-old president. for the first time president kennedy steps on german store -- german soil, a chance to meet the german people during a four day working visit. over germany a clear bright sky who greet -- greets the american whose timely visit coincides with international developments. western europe on the brink of change. this is this turbulent atmosphere. a climate of change, as john f. kennedy meets konrad adenauer. [playing "the star-span

thank ou ve in this part of west germany. thank you very much _ in this part of west germany.ry much for that. more from i you very much for that. more from her throughout the day in germany. fully vaccinated travellers returning to england and wales from france will still have to spend ten days in quarantine, the government has announced — even though the country has not been placed on england's "red list". the rule takes effect from monday — when people who have been fully vaccinated in the uk were due to be exempt from having to self—isolate after arriving from amber list countries. with more details, here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. for those hoping for a holiday in france this summer, plans may have to change. from monday, the country will stay on the amber list, but unlike other destinations in that category, adults who are fully vaccinated will still have to isolate for ten days on their return to england and wales. i was planning on going to france for a short trip, as i have a family wedding there, coming at the end ofjuly. that was the plan. i'v e.

and so in preparation for the 64 olympics east germany team beat the west german team in the east german team was able to ultimately travel to nato countries to try to qualify for the olympics. but when it came to competitions where it recognized east germany separate from west germany for competitions and other competitions, the east german team was not allowed to travel to nato countries or any sport of the team that represent east germany that went against nato regulations particularly after the berlin wall went up. restrictions really were made tighter. so it became kind of confusing like why are they allowed to comply soccer now but then they are not for another time. different countries or not. had a confusing level. >> just for background, this did not apply to other countries? this is east germany specific issue? and with the nato members just focus their games is that how it works or what was? >> [inaudible] when west germany joined nato all of the nato states agreed to support west germany policies to not recognize east germany. all of the other states could, they need to also

almost 60 people have died in west germany alone, others are still missing. ed angela merkel as germany's next chancellor, said there was no doubt this was the result of climate change. translation: we will be confronted with such events, again and again and this means that we need more speed in climate protection measures, european, nationwide, worldwide. in schuld, they are still in shock. michal and his friend had just finished refurbishing their pub, they were supposed to open on saturday. translation: it is unreal, unbelievable. i still cannot take on what i am saying here. unbelievable. better news for their neighbour's dog, whom they managed to pull to safety, just in time last night. was a quiet, village street. what is worrying people now is that there is more rain forecast this evening. what will happen, they are asking, when the water levels rise again? for now, homeless and fearful, they mourn their dead and wait, anxiously. jenny hill, bbc news, schuld. our weather presenter darren bett is here— what caused these flash floods and is it part of lon

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berlin wall, split the city and polarized germany into 2 peoples a palpable political schism, a symbol of the power, an ideological struggles between east and west congress. germany is a graphic symbol of the desperate need and reconstruction off to the end of the 2nd world war, berlin became the epicenter of the new world order. ah, divided between the wars victors, the u. s. u. k. france and the former soviet union controlled different parts of the cities. the duplicate tensions between the eastern and western blocks eventually led to the cold war. the former zones controlled by east and west emerged as new nations. ah, the capitalists, federal republic of germany, and the communist german democratic republic at the peak of berlin was one of the most strategically critical places in the world. the in the early hours of august, the 13th 1961. the 1st barriers of the berlin wall rose along the eastern border. the concrete block put up in the days, followed, marked an immediate new reality. cutting off families and friends and the world of freedom, the proudest on. yeah. the clear statement of us policy in the week of the construction of the wall

you can see the heaviest rain was across parts of west germany.ctually, to the south—west of bonn, but also luxembourg in the firing line, eastern parts of belgium, the netherlands and into north—eastern areas of france. but it was to the south—west of bonn where we saw the largest rainfall totals with about 158mm of rain. now, we think that's around about three times as much rain as we'd normally see in the whole ofjuly, but this fell in 24 hours. some of the thunderstorms that were mixed in with this weather front brought some huge falls of rain — ofjust an hour and that in itself would bring some pretty big flooding problems. i will show you as well why the weather became so severe. that's down to the jet stream pattern. these large waves in the jet stream caused an upper area of low pressure to get locked in place across germany. now, what that did is it meant that the storm system couldn't move but as well as that it fed on huge temperature contrasts that we had across europe. so, we've got some very hot area across eastern areas with tempera

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germany. it's warm and isn't over yet. peter, all of a r t in west in germany. the economic impacts of the corona virus has left recently hastening its highest policy level for 12 years and i was still continuing to grow as well, with cases of matters of people out of work and businesses struggling to survive from local. it's been one of the hardest head regions live until they gave the until a few years ago, i was an entrepreneur who gave work to 40 families. today. i'm 60 years old and i feel humiliated. i feel like analogy to us for all of this h. charity to try to move forward to survive. much of the situation is dramatic. there are people who previously had shops and restaurants now have to close everything. they can no longer reopen because they have no more money. many people have turned to charities and their new poor, queuing up trust for food. what a bad situation you're paying, so i don't know if this is total destruction. it's a situation that is truly frightening. the number of poor people is increased. they line up to africa, food it is terrifying.

almost 60 people have died in west germany alone. others are still missing.ay succeed to jerk -- succeed angela merkel. she said there is no doubt it is the result of climate change. >> this means we need more speed in climate protection measures. in germany, nationwide, and worldwide. reporter: in short, they are still in shock. this park was supposed to open on saturday. >> it's unreal, unbelievable. i still cannot take in what i'm seeing here. unbelievable. reporter: better news for the neighbors dog. they managed to pull him to safety just in time last night. it's hard to imagine that just yesterday, this was a quiet village street. what is worrying people now is that more rain is forecast this ening. what will happen, they are asking, when the water levels rise again? for now, homeless and fearful, they wait anxiously. jenny hill, bbc news. laura: we go to south africa next, where 25,000 troops are being deployed after days of violence and looting. one hundred 17 people have died so far. the clashes began when the former president was jailed after he ref

almost 60 people have died in west germany alone, others are still missing. succeed angela merkel as germany's next chancellor, said there was no doubt this was the result of climate change. translation: we will be | confronted with such events again and again, and this means that we need more speed in climate protection measures — european, nationwide, worldwide. in schuld, they're still in shock. michal and his friend had just finished refurbishing their pub. they were supposed to open on saturday. translation: it's i unreal, unbelievable. i still can't take on what i'm seeing here. unbelievable. better news for their neighbour's dog, whom they managed to pull to safety, just in time last night. it's hard to imagine that just yesterday this was a quiet village street. what's worrying people now is that there's more rain forecast this evening. what will happen, they are asking, when the water levels rise again? for now, homeless and fearful, they mourn their dead and wait, anxiously. jenny hill, bbc news, schuld. as we heard, germany's chancellor angela merk

almost 60 people have died in west germany alone, others are still missing.in laschet, who may succeed angela merkel as germany's next chancellor, said there was no doubt this was the result of climate change. translation: we will be | confronted with such events again and again, and this means that we need more speed in climate protection measures — european, nationwide, worldwide. in schuld, they're still in shock. michal and his friend had just finished refurbishing their pub. they were supposed to open on saturday. translation: it's i unreal, unbelievable. i still can't take on what i'm seeing here. unbelievable. better news for their neighbour's dog, whom they managed to pull to safety, just in time last night. it's hard to imagine that just yesterday this was a quiet village street. what's worrying people now is that there's more rain forecast this evening. what will happen, they are asking, when the water levels rise again? for now, homeless and fearful, they mourn their dead and wait, anxiously. jenny hill, bbc news, schuld. the share ferocity of the

the toll through towns like this one and west in germany, leader of the state of north throwing west farm and number one contender to the 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 of started to recede by into 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 folder 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 see it only does it destroyed everything is caught there. but on a molten house, just behind me, torn half of the side of the building off in some places in the flooded region, the clean up has been able to start. i was here, i just finished cleaning up stock was about to sit down to enjoy a cup of coffee. when it all started, suddenly, the water came flooding him from above him. from behind from all sides, i only had time to move away my car and it was all cov

he achieved the ultimate prize in international football. 40 years after costs at a debuted for west germany. germany's 1st flag player never thought the national team would have so much diversity with the likes of ruder every sunday and read la boxes arising star who made his debut for the german national team in november 2020 because it was a big moment for me. it's rain comes through to play for the national team, germany. i grew up, i have a lot of friends here and it was my dream to play for them because i never thought it could be this way. i was in the play as a different today. these they have whole themselves confidence that they need these like slayers, you, my brothers and sisters and they have more self confidence than i could ever have imagined. so he's in football and looking at me for those. but buck, who feels the same pressure to out do his white teammates as cost it is. as a black, claire, you have to perform better than the others. you have to perform better. you have to guess to, to more than the, all the plans in the way plans. and if you not do this it's, it's very hot

we action peter, all of a r, t west in germany. the white house has been getting flack over the failure to reach its cobit vaccine targets form. the president donald trump has claimed the pace of inoculation has fallen because people don't trust the current administration. the media or last year's election results job. i know it's pointing the finger at facebook saying this information on the platform is quote, killing people on face. my guess the takes of the story when barton promised to vaccinate 70 percent of americans by the 4th of july few could have predicted that it would be facebook that would stop him. doesn't make much sense, but that is allegedly exactly what happened. according to the white house, so barton breaking his promise is facebook's fault. according to the white house, what's your message? the platforms like face the world? people really? well. the only pandemic we have is the one that we've increased this information, research and tracking within the surgeon general's office. we're flagging problematic posts

is putting lives actually ah, hello, i'm a 100 chances angler merkel has been visiting parts of west germany hit by devastating floods which kills more than 150 people. burkle described the damage as so real and terrifying that says germany can afford to deal with a disaster. she promise financial aid for those who have lost their homes, livelihoods, and loved ones. the skies were cleared by the time angle. americans came to me to emerge, see crews, and survivors in the small southwestern town of shoals. home were torn apart when the swollen river swept through, leaving the town in ruins, as just a 2nd. it's shocking. the german language hardly has words to describe the devastation that has been wrong. but it is incredibly reassuring to see how people come together and help each other out. the solidarity they have but some residents are angry that the clean up if it was delayed, when parts of shields were cord and off for the chancellors visits are off and we need hope. what good is merkel if she comes here and looks at that a few warm woods and that's it. with their homes and businesses dev

the german chancellor visits the region in west germany hit by devastating floods.s the world must hurry in its fight against global warming and pledges aid for rebuilding the area quickly. the uk prime minister and chancellor have made a rapid u—turn and announced they will self—isolate after being identified as contacts of the health secretary who was at the positive for coronavirus. the afghan government withdraws its staff from islamabad after an attack on friday on the ambassador's daughter. two athletes and an official at the tokyo 0lympic official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus. this five days before the beginning of the olympic games. now we go behind the scenes as adam prepares for the tokyo 0lympics. legacy is something that you can't create. it creates itself. i just want to be the best. come on! come on, daddy! adam peaty takes olympic gold for great britain! ijust had mad dreams last night. i haven't raced in, like, so long. i had dreams of getting beat. a year in, it's like a siege. delete that bit! two seconds. there

we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what's particularly hard for peoplees 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 on earth, and for a long time, people discussed climate change, yes, an issue that didn't concern them you know is an issue for others, of the future, and i we are seeing one of the richest parts of the world getting hit as hard, so, of course, some parts of the debate will drastically be, you know, we talked about differently because right now we are

i mean, ron connie, joe, hold the top stories on al jazeera, emergency workers in belgium, and west germany, searching for more than a 1000 people still missing after devastating floods killed 126 people rescue efforts being hampered by collapse, roads, and damage communication lines step boston reports from the germantown of syncing, where cleanup efforts have begun. they were trapped in the rooms on the 1st floor when the water rose up to 4 meters in no time. at least 12 the residence of this home for disabled people died before they could be moved to safety. across the street, gabriella wild watched the neighbourhood swiftly turn into a swirling river and feared the worst. you haven't got one of the people on the la tours had not made at all. i don't know exactly what happened, but the next morning lucy survived, were evacuated from the balconies. absolutely horrible, and living in this region. his whole life harmon angled still can't comprehend what he saw when the water came. a check, panic will pass. i wasn't just shocked. i panic, i quickly took out the car as well as my dog and the

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the top stories on al jazeera, emergency workers in belgium, and west germany. searching for more than a 1000 people still missing after devastating floods killed 126 people rescue efforts being hampered by collapse, roads, and damage communication lines. step boston reports from the germantown of syncing, where cleanup efforts have begun. they were trapped in the rooms on the 1st floor when the water rose up to 4 meters in no time at least 12 residence of this home for his age.

we are seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for peoplek 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 widespread public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. with five days to go, the anti—olympic protests are not going away. this one is outside the hotel where ioc p

ones that end up collapsing, and this is certainly a devastating natural disaster that struck west in germany. it's woman isn't over yet. peter, all of a r t in west in germany. so let's bring you another ra headline, stories today. the economic impact of the corona virus has left italy facing its highest poverty levels in 12 years. the numbers they're continuing to grow as well, with masses of people out of work on businesses struggling to survive. we heard from locals and one of the hardest hit regions live until they gave the until a few years ago, i was an entrepreneur who gave work to 40 families today. i'm 60 years old and i feel humiliated. i feel like analogy to us for arms at this age, charity to try to move forward to survive too much of the situation is dramatic. there are people who previously had shops and restaurants now have to close everything they can no longer reopen because they have no more money. many people have turned to charities and their new poor, queuing up trust for food. what a bad situation you're paying, so it is total destruction. it's a situation that is truly

well, to the south—west - of bonn in germany, 158mm of — here fell in 12 hours. germany, - 270 millimetres of rain in 48 hours. that 270 millimetres of rain in 48 hours. is what brou- catastrophic that is what brought the catastrophic flooding. i why did that rain become - slow—moving, torrential and locked in the same kind of place? it was down to the jet stream, - and we had this area of low pressure across western europe, _ and because of the broad pattern, the big waves in the jet stream, that low could not move - from where it was, i and as well as that, we had big temperature contrasts in europe. - cool, fresh air across the north - west but temperatures into the high 30s across eastern areas. then humid air got pulled i in across northern germany and fed into this area _ where the winds converged together. so in many ways it . was a perfect storm. these torrential downpours i were locked in the same place for hour after hour. bbc weather presenter chris fawkes. the rescue teams, the search teams must be exhausted. how long are they likely to going to have

that's the grim bottom line of flash floods that hit parts of west germany, belgium and another ones and some other nations as well. that is, you said to be the worst of its kind and 200 years the worst effect, the towns and villages saw entire homeless bridges and power lines swept away. the in 15 minutes are flat, are also our neighbors houses. everything was under water, it was very quick. it looks as if a bomb has hit like world war although the flooding is now spread to east in germany, it's the west of the country that's been hit, the hardest, both in terms of the human toll and infrastructure damage show. and charles angler buckles paid a visit to some of the worst effects that eric a sudden german language barely has the words to describe the devastation inflicted . but from what i've seen, it's incredibly hardening to see how people are coming together. they are helping each other and the solid arity that exists, busy and under his theory and off i live in the state of rhode island. to latin. is this one of the worst effected areas by the flooding. you can see over to my lef

we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what's particularly hard for peoplee 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. the uk prime minister is now self isolating following contact with the health secretary sajid javid who has coronavirus. downing street had to do a rapid u turn after initially saying borisjohnson and the uk chancellor rishi sunak would be part of a pilot scheme allowing them to keep working if they tested negative every day. but with hundreds of thousands of people having to self—isolate after a positive contact, they were met with a barrage of criticism, and mrjohnson conceded it was �*important that everybody sticks to the same rules.�* it comes as almost all legal covid restrictions are due to be lifted in england on monday. here�*s our political corres

we're seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what's particularly hard for peopleis 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. my my colleague kasia madera is in the german town of sinzig and spoke to a climate change activist from friday's for future movement in germany. friday's for future movement in german . ., �* , germany. right now, we're 'ust discussing fl germany. right now, we're 'ust discussing the i germany. right now, we're 'ust discussing the events. �* germany. right now, we're 'ust discussing the events. the e germany. right now, we're just i discussing the events. the floods are still_ discussing the events. the floods are still ongoing, so i understand the entire — are still ongoing, so i understand the entire picture here, but the science — the entire picture here, bu

about half the amount of the amount of rain fell in germany will, is destined view of the west balcony, which means things improve germany, the netherlands and belgium, in fact advancing its warming up slightly. and that has been the story of europe until that flooding outbreak. we've seen warmth and east of the balkan states up to scandinavia, and the office has been the case further west that's changing dramatically. now, helsinki, it's cooling down little bit, not quite from reco values, but from high values down to average. whereas in london, as an example of western europe, we're up to 30 this weekend, not a record well above where it's been for the whole of this year. that's larger of wards extends all the way down through france and covers spain. the res, i said concentrating in the balkans, leaving most a central europe behind rein in africa sees no rain has been that is heaviest. recently on the coast of nigerian donna that is a major runway. it's closed the across the world, young activists and organizers, the rhonda most motivated and politically engaged, the challenges they

these pictures are from west germany. have collapsed, some buildings and cars have been swept away. we know at least 59 people have died. >> i agree for the people have lost their lives. we do not know the number, but it will be many. some were working as firefighters, trying to bring others to safety. ros: belgium confirmed that six people have lost their lives. the netherlands and france are also affected. the forecast is for more rain. we will have a comprehensive update. we'll also talk about south africa. the death toll there has reached 117. the government has deployed 10,000 troops on the tree -- on the street aeffort to stop the arson and looting. updates on britney spears's situation. she is told the court she wants to sue her father for abusing the set up. ♪ ros: welcome to those of you watching on pbs in america and to everybody else watching on bbc world news. we must start with these catastrophic floods in europe. the western german states have experienced their deadliest floods in living memory. these are so

these are all of a fix of the story is before the floods struck west in germany, belgium looks in bergen, the netherlands, the copernicus, satellites that make part of the european float awareness system detected problems with 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 due to. 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 belongings. 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. in the history of what happened with the opinions of experts analyzing what happened to this 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. b

city of storms and west and germany have triggered some of the worst flooding into decades. paul police have raised the death toll to at least $103.00 hundreds remain . unaccounted for. several villages have been evacuated, south of cologne, amid fears that nearby damn could break german presidents on further. stine maia has expressed his condolences. this is time to talk good. it is a tragedies and so many have lost their lives. this must be slow. it leaves me stun mentioning on the many people in our country feel for those who are grieving for the loved ones on the hill. and tollen is committed in, i'd like to express my sympathy to those families. my thoughts are with them. the suffering touches my heart 1st missions house, german president funk by the sternness. speaking that in the areas where the water has already gone down, rescues us desperately searching for survivors. the w reporter julia. so delhi is on the ground for us in the tone of paul time and binding politeness. we'll talk to her in a moment. first, this report, the show shocked. survive is left to peak thr