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Inequalities in the uk. He says it won t make richer areas poorer england s bukayo saka has spoken out after receiving racist abuse for missing a penalty in the euro 2020 final. 0n twitter, he wrote that he won t let the negativity he s received break him and said social media platforms aren t doing enough to stop the hate. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. At least a2 people have died and many more are missing after severe floods in western germany. At least four people died when their houses were swept away in the village of schuld. The region has seen record high rainfall over the past 2a hours. The worst affected district has been ahrweiler, in the state of rhineland palatinate, where 18 people have died. The netherlands have also been badly affected and in belgium six people are known to have died with the city of liege urging all residents to leave. The germany chancellor angela merkel says she s had messages of solidarity from other countries who have also offered help.
And as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The sheer scale of the flooding disaster that s hit western germany and parts of belgium and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. At least 70 people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. The german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events in the region to climate change. Our europe correspondentjenny hill reports from one of the worst hit areas in western germany. There was, many here told us, no warning. Homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes. The water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. We met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. She and herfamily fled last night. At the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. The family are safe, though her son was injured. He s i
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