Be bigger than the european union. Europe is aware of this. While they will have difficulties over trade they also rely china is it going to become the big market for them also, so thats also part of the european calculations. Do you seeing that the Balance Of Power shifting, then, and they have to adjust accordingly . I think the europeans are acutely aware of the change in the Balance Of Power. And remember, for europe today, one nightmare that they really worry about is the reelection of donald trump coming in for a second time as president of the united states, and they know that donald trump has absolutely no emotional connection to europe. He does not quite see the value of his european allies, and europe may have to get a much more difficult geopolitical environment. In that difficult geopolitical environment, when europe is looking for ways and means to possibly restrain russia at that point in time, maybe they can talk with china. And as you know china played an Important Role
Become the big market for them also, so that s also part of the european calculations. D0 the european calculations. Do ou the european calculations. Do you seeing that the Balance Of Power shifting, then, and they have to adjust accordingly . I think the europeans are acutely aware of the change in the Balance Of Power. And remember, for europe today, one nightmare that they really worry about is the reelection of donald trump coming in for the reelection of donald trump coming infora the reelection of donald trump coming in for a second time as president of the united states, and they know that donald trump has absolutely no emotional connection to europe. He does not quite see the value of his european allies, and europe may have to get a much more difficult geopolitical environment. In that difficult geopolitical environment, when europe is looking for ways and means to possibly restrain russia at that point in time, maybe they can talk with china. And as you know china played an I
rains and flash floods. hundreds of caravans and tents on a camping site in belgium s ardennes area were damaged when the nearby river burst its banks there. many owners were left looking for their properties, salvaging what they could. austria s scenic town of hallein suffered severe damage when torrential rain sent flood water rushing throught the town centre, dragging along anything in its path including cars. and in parts of sicily s capital, palermo, sudden thunderstorms and heavy rains hit the italian island, turning roads into rivers. the fire brigade had to rescue drivers trapped in their cars in dinghies. 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 the allegations against them
for. listen to how one resident in a german town described the rescue efforts. the water was here so high that you couldn t go in with normal cars. they had special cars and went in and tried to get so many people as possible out of that area. the whole night helicopters were coming and even tried to pull out people there. now, the once scenic town of altanair in germany has been ravaged by the floods. now residents now banding together to clear what s been lost. atika schubert with more. reporter: all day helicopters circle the once picturesque german town, nestled into the bends of the river. now choked with mud and debris, cut off from neighboring towns without communication. i m happy that i m alive. reporter: this is home for
the human toll is more devastating. 160 people are confirmed dead and hundreds of others still missing. residents of the once scenic town of altanar are banding together to clean the wreckage. atika shubert has more. reporter: all day helicopters circled the once picturesque town, now choked with debris, cut off from neighboring towns without communication. i m happy that i m alive. reporter: this is home for deborah stretch but her family in the uk had no idea she survived until they saw her on tv, now she s delivering fresh cups of coffee to keep spirits up. i came over the mountain, down here, and then i just saw oh my god unbelievable. we were just all crying, everybody. it was awful. it was really, really terrible, and everybody s walking towards me, this is our little town.