A ceasefire after days of heavy fighting israel says its holding fire for now oncet quiet with quiet well get an update from gaza. And the neo nazis conducting a bridging loan to patrol east on the streets of berlin and critics have drawn parallels with hitlers s. S. But the right wing extremists a just want to protect their. Own well im. Good to have your company. This is in the grip of the worst floods its seen in more than half a century and extreme high trying to submerge the World Heritage city center Prime Minister just said they has called the flooding a blow to the heart of italy the merest living Climate Change and says the damage we run into the hundreds of millions of euros. The tide has risen again on same azza square the basilica one of venices most iconic landmarks is among the worst hit by the flooding its crypt has been swamped by more than a meter of water. Prime minister just epic on to rush to the city to assess the situation his government will strictly decide whether to accept the Regional Governors appeal and declare a state of emergency. This stage i dont see any reason not to declare a state of emergency and begin allocating funds immediately for. Local authorities estimate that more than 85 percent of the city was inundated in the past days high winds and heavy rain drove the water level to almost 190 centimeters it hasnt been this bad since 1906 mayor who will blame the Climate Change for the extreme weather and said venice was on its knees there is also plenty of anger here the most and undersea barrier system aimed at protecting venice from high water has faced constant delays since construction began in 2003. Living on it for 10 years but theyve done nothing its in total neglect doesnt work and if stolen 6000000. 00 euros in italy unfortunately. Our politicians are all thieves we should all be in jail. As locals take in the aftermath officials say. The damage to the city could total hundreds of millions of euros. And for the very latest lets go live to venice and. Delhi julia whats 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 im 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 its 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. Ive been speaking to people here in venice this morning and people have been telling me they are not really hopeful about this big Infrastructure Infrastructure which was started to being so constructed in 2003 it was meant to be finished 5 years ago but it was controversial the work was slow and it was also marred by scandal it consists in a system of barriers and dams under water at specific points in the lagoon which are meant to rise up only when the level of the water reaches a certain and a certain level so as more than that the most. Water goes up the more the barriers go up but the works have been delayed people here also not sure whether once its completed its meant to be completed in 2 years it will actually work and it will actually block the high tides. The mirror the city has said venice is on its knees how are people there coping with this very difficult situation. People here are used to hardship they are used to high tides coming in every year so they do have the stamina to cope with things like this but this tide that happened yesterday was Exceptional People are frustrated they have to deal with a lot of damage not only in stores in hotels in cafes but also in their homes so its going to take a lot of resilience a lot of money and a lot of work to read the bills and refurbish what was damaged so venetians are frustrated but they are ready to keep going. Julia sunday in venice thank you very much for that update on the floods in the city. Israel says a series of rockets have been fired from gaza despite a cease fire that was agreed earlier with the militant Palestinian GroupIslamic Jihad the last 2 days have been the scene the heaviest fighting in months and on the gaza border at least 34. 00 palestinians including a family of 6 have been killed and israel says its quiet with quiet but insists it will not stop despondency of targeted killing of militants. Or into the night sky above gaza before being snuffed out by israels iron dome Missile Defense system. As day broke it seemed to beckon a frog peace here. News of a deescalation in the. We confirm the decease fire deal was reached under the supervision of egypt and it went into effect on the ground at 5 am with Islamic Jihad conditions. The dealing kluge the occupier israel submission to conditions to stop this as a nations protect the much of return demonstrators and to begin the procedures to break the siege of gaza. The clashes began after Israeli Forces killed a Senior Commander from the palestinian militant Group Islamic jihad they fought back firing hundreds of missiles towards israel destroying buildings and wounding residents striking panic into everyday life. 2 days ago i became a father but now the rockets called me in the hospital we dont get used to this. It was is really fire power which proved deadliest air strikes on militant targets in the occupied territory of gaza killed dozens many of them civilians and children as real says the ceasefire deal will bring an end to the bloodshed though not the grief. And joining me now on the line from gunther is journalist. Hasnt do you think the cease fire will hold given the different interpretations of this ceasefire deal on both sides specially israels policy of targeted killing killings of militants. Well i think this ceasefire will hold but for how long this is the question i mean from previous experiences. After each round of confrontation and military action from both sides whether from gaza or israel there is a relation of the cease fire and every time there is any new or this cease fire for this moment i think both sides are interested will restore cease fire so i think this would hold but we dont know when it will. Remain at least today is the finding of taken down to what can you tell us about the scale of the damage there. Well the city for most senior where were killed. Joking about tens of the airstrikes targeted different different fields of agriculture and houses. Over 40 houses where partially and completely destroyed we are talking about over 6 at least 6 children were killed among them before we are talking about over a 100 were injured as the minister of education in gaza mentioned that 6 students were among the. 15 schools where damage and affected by the strike. Older. Doesnt go legit kill damage is really high goggles guns are for 48 hours where where where a stock. In the fear of a new war. A long war and you know after the experience of 3 wars and in the boston 10 years so that is the most effective and damage among the houses so far hamas which controls gaza has stayed out of this most recent conflict giving this is likely to remain the case. Well hamas decided to from the beginning i mean it was obvious that i was not interested involved has its own political calculation as i understand. The difficulties and the hardship of life in gaza hamas is ruling dont let so many anything would i mean like a new war my my my role when it is that the laity or for holding soham as decided to not to interfere in this and left. The fire for orchids and the revenge. In the hands of Islamic Jihad even have as was pushing islam jihad to accept the ceasefire there were helping the aged boys were talking. Over us leave his booking Islamic Jihad to accept the so i think come out of this little well will will remain. I mean away from its collation. Pollution in gaza thank you very much for this is this moment. If we now bring you up to date but some other stories making news around the band germany has now really avoided entering a recession thats according to data which is just come out experts had expected growth to grind to a halt in the 3rd quarter the u. S. China taleb disputes has had drive Manufacturing Sector into a shop downturn. Students from Mainland China are leaving hong kong universities as violent protests affect campuses many classes have already been canceled and protesters have been barricades decline has been disrupted as they pressed him on for more autonomy from beijing. Australias raging bushfires of claimed another life bringing the death toll to 4 firefighters are struggling to contain dozens of blazes burning across the countrys east coast a separate emergency warning has been issued for a fire threatening a city in Western Australia new zealand nor makers have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia the final decision will not be put to the public in a referendum during the countrys next general election which is next year the bill allows for terminally ill patients to request a medically assisted death lawmakers in washington have begun public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump the 1st in 20 the televised hearings kicked off on tuesday with testimony from 2 top u. S. Diplomats dealing with ukraine trump a school the process of which chant he says hes too busy to watch the proceedings. A historic day for the United States hours of testimony played out on Television Screens across the country will come to order. Good morning everyone. The inquiry centers on an alleged Pressure Campaign aimed at forcing ukraine to investigate the u. S. President s political rival joe biden and on wednesday one of the diplomats who testified linked donald trump more directly to those efforts the acting ambassador to kiev said a member of his staff overheard a conversation in which trump asked e. U. Ambassador gordon somnolent if hed successfully pushed the ukrainians into a night sing the investigation. All when the call with President Trump the member of my staff asked investors on what President Trump thought about ukraine as the song responded the president front cares more about the investigations of biden trump later said he did not remember the conversation. I dont recall not even a little bit. But democrats are hoping to build the case that trump did in fact abuse his power of office to pressure ukraine behavior they say would warrant removing him from office is this what americans should now expect from their president if this is not impeachable conduct. What is the republican say its not rather than denying the mighty evidence of a Pressure Campaign they are now focused on arguing that it is not grounds for impeachment it seems unlikely that fresh evidence will change that strategy when the next round of hearings begin on friday. Here watching the news coming up ahead chinas establishing its 1st ever National Plan to protect its Natural Resources but more will be the impact on the local population. In germany authorities are growing increasingly wide about the appearance of vigilante patrols selfproclaimed patrol groups operating in some cities in germany the act as if they are responsibly for law and order which is actually the task of the police but the groups claim that state Law Enforcement is not meeting its obligations the interior Ministry Funded these germany to purchase of being set up by far right extremists who have their own agenda we accompanied a patrol in berlin. A vigilante patrol in the heart of berlin 3 men from the n. P. T. A neo nazi party the leader of this patrol is the boss dan schmidt who has a criminal record for incitement to hatred is an avowed far right extremist from a show that if the right wing extremism sounds very strange to me where people who love our homeland definitely who stand up for our people whether thats right wing extremist i personally dont care what people call it we do what we think we should out of conviction if thats right wing extremist i dont care. You know i dont have any for. The appearance of the vigilante patrol evokes images of nazi propaganda the name shaft should so on and or make safe zones can be abbreviated with s. S. In german just like hitlers Paramilitary Organization would make safe zone sound strange and i think getting us from shop shirts on was outrageous. But its close shop should its on an s. S. Make safe zones as a demand so a lot of people see us us in it calling it protection zones would be boring the patrol zeroes in on its 1st operation of the day the men call out to 2 young women collecting signatures the right wing extremists believe theyre scammers and pickpockets but they cant prove it the patrol follows them for a few minutes because when i come from eastern southeastern europe there are noise 17 years old and theyre holding these lists music is a list and. Its often the case in this area these people socalled gypsies is indian roma they do those kinds of things here if you know the death strains in central berlin notice the patrols off camera a few welcome the idea that someone is watching out they say theres too Little Police presence but most people we meet here are critical of the n. P. T. Patrol. In the n. P. T. Lean i categorically reject the n. P. T. In full and we dont need a safe zone because we have police and they do their jobs properly. I think its totally unnecessary that some people feel the need to take action themselves for lucic issue to michelle and i dont even feel threatened anyway in. All that i need protection. I dont finish. The numbers dont support the need for a vigilante patrol the crime rate has been decreasing for years statistics say local residents feel safe the government is alarmed by the spread of the patrols. Vigilante patrols are a worrying phenomenon that in germany Law Enforcement is soley the duty of the state it has a monopoly on the use of force whenever socalled selfproclaimed vigilante patrols supposedly try to create law and order instead of the state it lies outside of our legal order and we cant tolerate it. Couldnt. We also need to raise Awareness Among all Police Departments on how to handle such groups. The police are present and central berliner they stop the patrol someone called the Emergency Services because of the right wing extremists i. D. s are checked and recorded but nothing else is done. First have a nice day seem to have a good day. The safe sound patrol moves on no one stops it authorities dont have effective guidelines to deal with such groups they dont even know how many vigilantes are patrolling across germany. Now were joined now by a political correspondent. Max it was nice to see you if you do tell us 1st that you know this is a very worrying development and yet there nor numbers as we heard on the report given that how give us your assessment as to how big of a problem is this. Yes asked by d. W. The German Domestic Intelligence Service has not been able to give any estimates of how big this phenomenon of vigilante patrols is in germany so far weve gathered reports that estimates that in about 30 cities across germany this problem has occurred of these patrols have occurred but of course on the 1st sign as you see in the report it doesnt necessarily look at up as a problem at 1st these groups look very civil they could be easily mistaking for a private Security Company moving around in a group of 2 in very official looking vests but they are not these groups do have a political motive theyre coming with a right wing attitude and of course there have been reports of these groups also intimidating people or harassing those that they deem foreign looking and what can be done against these vigilante rituals no are they even legal because as we saw in our report the police seemed quite helpless when they faced one of these vigilante patrols. Is what we see in the report is that these group pairing and only groups of 2 just making citizens local people are just aware of some a situation that is perfectly within the Legal Framework here in germany and that is nothing where theyre becoming friends of a criminal but this is only something that weve seen in berlin so in other parts of germany where for example these groups have been patrolling Refugee Centers or homes or they have been incidents of intimidating that is of course not ok end of thora these are now encouraging citizens when they see these patrolling groups to at least alert authorities so that the authorities can now start to quantify this phenomenon and can take note of how many groups are operating around and take notice and try to track it maximum in a cushy thank you very much for that. Now to china with its focus on conservation the government is working to create a National Park system that would better protect its spectacular Natural Resources one of the 1st bond funds young one National Park in a chinkie province is set to open its gates in 2020 its good news for the environment but theres also concern about what it means for the local tibetans population in a region that was unexplained china in the 1950 s. Luscious mountains clear rivers and abundant wildlife. Including the rez no limit. These are some of the treasures of what set to become one of chinas 1st National Parks inching high province conservationists are excited its huge its diverse its got almost every ecosystem you could possibly look for. Creating spaces to protect nature is not a new idea in china some 15 percent of the land has been set aside as parks but they are run by various agencies and currently dont have and forcible guidelines to protect the ecosystems they government just hoping a unified National Park system will change that. If we fail to protect this homeland and we will have failed to take care of ourselves or thats our old. There are a number of people who support and will benefit from the creation of the National Park inching high province but there is concern about what it will mean for the bulk of the local population many of whom are tibetan a manse more than 100000 people live within the parks boundaries all nearby and chinese officials have alluded that some of them will be relocated. I dont believe you we we are going to move of all the people with the like of the future national. So the sole doubts we need to respect are the traditional way of like a community in the early to thousands tens of thousands of tibetan nomads were paid to resettle in townships ending their traditional way of life to enable china to conserve and show off the regions environmental treasures. In sports return to tennis and stefan a city pass had secured a place in the final 4 at the a. T. P. Finals in london after a straight sets victory over german opponent alexanders fare the 21 year old is the 1st player to ever compete after. He took the 1st set 63 against the defending champion 22 year olds fair is still has a chance to play in the groups final qualifying place on friday. Next in saturdays semifinals after completing a 6362 victory. Of the top stories that were following for you. The mayor of venice says the city is on its knees after the highest tide in more than 50 years brought heavy flooding the Prime Minister has called it a blow to the heart of italy. And the militant Islamic Jihad group has announced a ceasefire after days of heavy fighting that have killed at least 34. 00 Palestinians Israel says its holding fire for now and will quiet with quiet. U. S. House of representatives. President donald trump lawmakers are considering whether trump abused his office by pressuring ukraine to investigate the family political rival joe biden. On the go. From the apple store thatll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the app to send us photos and videos. Coming up next on the news focus on in europe a College Football team and turkey one in order to bring their own funds to away games and you remember you can always get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site as e. W. 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