Results. Olympics organisers announce the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village, six days before the tokyo games begin. Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours. 153 people are so far known to have died across europe, 133 of them in germany alone. Hundreds remain unaccounted for and thousands are now homeless. Thousands of residents of wassenberg, an area west of the german city of cologne, have left their homes after a dam was breached by floodwater overnight. German officials say the country s flood warning system functioned as it was supposed to, but the amount of rain and how rapidly it fell was unforeseen. Angela merkel will travel there on thursday. The german president, frank walter steinmeier, has visited the stricken town of erftstadt to see the rescue work taking place. Of erftstadt to see the rescue work translation: of erftstadt to see the rescue work this translation: of erftst
And looting south africa s president says efforts to overthrow democracy have failed. Using a pretext of the political grievance, those behind these acts have sought to provoke a popular insurrection amongst our people. And diving for world records. We speak to the free diver who has done just that, 7a metres under with no fins and without taking a breath. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. I m mark lobel. We start in western europe where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades. 120 people are so far known to have died as record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks. In germany, chancellor angela merkel described the floods there as a catastrophe. Torrential rain has also devastated parts of belgium, the netherlands and luxembourg. Swollen rivers, including the rhine, and the aar, have filled towns and villages, destroying homes and leaving many stranded. In the town of erftstadt in germany, whole houses
Democracy have failed using the pretext of a political grievance, those behind these acts have sought to provoke a popular insurrection amongst our people. Hello and welcome to the programme. We start in western europe where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades. 120 people are so far known to have died as record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks. In germany, chancellor angela merkel described the floods there as a catastrophe. Torrential rain has also devastated parts of belgium, the netherlands and luxembourg. Swollen rivers, including the rhine, the meuse and the arr have filled towns and villages, destroying homes and leaving many stranded. In the town of erftstadt in germany, whole houses have been submerged and a landslide has demolished parts of the town. 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, spent the day there. The ground just fell away. This is the town of erftstadt, where overnight houses collapsed as the water gushed in. An
The uk s health secretary sajid javid says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. I was feeling a bit groggy last night so i took a lateral flow test this morning and it s come out positive, so i m now self isolating at home with my family until i get the results of a pcr test. Olympics organisers announce the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village, six days before the tokyo games begin. Hello and welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world. Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours switzerland, luxembourg and the netherlands. At least 160 people are so far known to have died across europe, some 140 of them in germany alone. Hundreds remain unaccounted for, and thousands are now homeless. Thousands of residents of wassenberg, an area west of the german city of cologne, have left their homes after a dam was breached by floodwater overnight. German
With lester holt good evening, everyone night after night on this broadcast, during the worst days of the pandemic, we took you inside crowded ers we told the stories of people dying alone, isolated from families, ventilators breathing for them we were a nation largely in lockdown, and we were counting the days until science could develop a lifesaving vaccine. Tonight we are nation rich in vaccines, but low on trust and with so many still shunning covid vaccinations or ineligible for them, the head of the cdc says we are potentially facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated some of it appears to be driven by gross misinformation, which we ll take a closer look at in a moment. But first, the building wave of new cases and the risk for the unvaccinated as more covid hot spots emerge this summer miguel almaguer starts off our coverage reporter: tonight, new misery in the metrics as the numbers trend in the wrong direction, fuelled by the highly contagious delta variant and unvaccinated americ