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Are shrinking every day here. And as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. Hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The sheer scale of the flooding disaster that has hit western germany and parts of belgian and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. At least so many people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. The german chancellor, angela merkel, called it a catastrophe and link to the events in the region to climate change. Our europe correspondentjenny hill reports from one of the worst hit areas in western germany. Well, the report from jenny hill we will bring you later. In the meantime, we want to turn to analysis about the causes of those flash flooding s, because the sheer ferocity of the downpours has left many in germany, including the government, blaming climate change. The question is is this still connected to
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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of one side of his mouth, a new set of deflections and distortions pour from the other. we ll have the latest on today s events at westminster. we ll also have more from ukraine where russian forces are now targeting the east. among the victims of russia s aggression are ukraine s children we ll have a special report on the families who ve suffered terrible loss. the uk economy will be hit harder than most by the effects of the war in ukraine according to the international monetary fund. and in virginia, the actorjohnny depp ex wife amber heard. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. we ll have all the reaction from the battle of the bitter rivals as liverpool go head to head with manchester united at anfield. good evening. the prime minister s latest attempt to draw a line under the scandal of lockdown gatherings in downing street, has been dismissed by labour as an insult to the public. borisjohnson, speaking in the commons for the first time since being fi