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 floodings, 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
Troops are deployed to tackle the violence. 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 welcome. At least 70 people are believed to have died and thousands of others have been displaced by extensive flooding in parts of western germany, belgium and The Netherlands. The german chancellor Angela Merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events to Climate Change. 0ur 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. Hes in hospital. Margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house
New Daily Covid cases hit a six month high as more than half A Million people in england and wales are pinged by the Nhs App and told to self isolate. A long awaited Report Calls for a tax on Sugar And Salt to try to encourage healthy eating but Prime Minister appears to pour cold water on the idea. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News channel, team gbs womens Football Side Name three captains who will rotate the leadership as they head for the tokyo olympics. Good evening. At least 65 people have been killed in germany after Record Rainfall triggered Flash Flooding the worst in living memory. Many are still missing. As rivers burst their banks homes, roads, cars were all swept away. Thousands have had to leave their homes. The german Chacellor Anglea Merkel said she was shocked by the disaster, calling it a tragedy for the Nation Belgium has also been badly affected at least 8 have died including a 15 year old girl who was swept away. Residents in liege have been ordered to evac
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 thats 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. Hes in
That came out today, he is shaping to be a lot more like Jimmy Carter, economist predicted that april would deliver 1 Million jobs but we got only a fourth of that. It is catacomb bad, joe thinks he can spin out of this with happy talk. We learned our economy created 266,000 jobs in april. That is what it says. Listening to Commentators Today as i was getting dressed you might think we should be disappointed. Today there is more evidence our economy is moving in the right direction. Love that laugh, dont you . He said it is moving in the right direction . Thats not what speaker pelosi thought, Jobs Numbers were so terrible that even his usual sycophants were caught off guard. We have the number here, just came across sorry about that. Came across very quickly. Looks like 266,000, looks like it was a big disappointment at 266 but maybe i have that wrong, let me double check the website here, one second, yes, 266 is correct. Shannon that was funnier than i was told it was. One political