Killed in a rush, and miss silas has come to market the Eastern Ukraine. This has been us announces more military aid for keep a judge in the us state of georgia will rule on how soon Donald Trumps election meddling trial will begin and searching onyx diedro roof to the tiny, tiny specks of cosmic dust that could explain the origins of the universe, the would begin with torrential rains that have flooded parts of Southern Europe leaving at least 14 people that we have reporters across the region. And the moment well be hearing from us will sort our inter key a. Now he reports on the flash floods that have lashed the northwestern part of the country, destroying homes and businesses. First bill, this report by john sorrowful us in greece, hes in the town of lum. Yes, of the people of bolo, say theyve never seen anything like it cause washed out to sea roads in and out of the city. Separate by torrance and streets impossible with mud. The fire service has told residents to stay in doors because rain may have undermined roads that appear to be safe. Valez is now without electricity, without telecommunications, without fresh water. Whoevers on the on the roof fell in from the rain. The damage is huge. They should help us. I have a family and kids. How are we going to sleep last night . We sleep here and there. Its unbelievable. Residents in follow say theyve been unable to find local government officials, municipal resources seem overwhelmed. Next to the con, the city of wallace is leaving a tragedy. This was the epi center of the store. No one could see anything like it before. Vaults received half a years worth of rain and just 2 days. So the rain full has historically caused flooding and grief, and its less because of dried tarrant beds throughout the landscape over the millennium. But experts now speak of unprecedented volumes of water. That also means unprecedented volumes of mud and deputy carried downstream with one side of that this afternoon. Im 44 years old and ive never seen Something Like this. We know that in pele own is a go, or there was a lot of rain full. But this was unprecedented. Its never happened before. The damage was caused by the river, the torrent. Its grease is 2nd Natural Disaster in a few weeks. During the heat of summer, a 150000 text as of forest and farm land were burned by wild fires. The country is counting the cost of the power of nature once again, jumps out helpless out your 0. Let me here. The scenes are becoming pleasing to come and see to he has largest 6 months worth of free salary hours in a stump. 70 speeds turn into rivers and thousands of cards for washington. Officials say they received around 4000. 00 as much as it goes along with those demons. 2000 homes and business tours were also swept away by a torrent that raised to a campsite in the north west of the city of quick lane putting up a force on the weight in his phone. The disaster, the biggest we have seen in 20 years. It may take us more than 2 months to reopen our store. Digital, the district is been known for these furniture manufacturers. The show rooms are usually teeming with customers from all over the world. Authorities estimate the cost of the damage on the street alone is that on 50000000. 00 and the government says it will compensate Business Owners more than 17000000. 00 people. Mississippi is not exactly the weather caused by Climate Change as part of the worst and a neighboring bulgaria storm raging across the southern part of the country has cost severe flooding for people have died so far. Most of the rivers have burst their banks. Several bridges have been destroyed. The tours administer says around 4000 people have been affected by disaster. At least 17 people have been killed in a russian attack in the town of custom to meet in Eastern Ukraine. This comes on the day that us state secretary anthony blinking has been visiting, keep from mcbride, has more. A miss ald struck the markets in the center of the city as it was busy with people. Video uploaded to social media showing a scene of devastation on every like baseline. This is the site to be attack says the man taking this video. The Central Market was here to see many dead, many wounded. They to video appeared to show Police Officers taking away the body bags located on the roots to the wall tool and city of pac moved. It is still around 20 kilometers from the front line. This is the worst loss of civilian life in a single attack. In many weeks and was immediately condemned by ukrainian president allowed to manage the landscape as inactive in humanity those nights and those who knows the city can clearly say its civilian and there is no military base anywhere near it came. Is us secretary of state and to be blinking was beginning a visit to the capital, keep providing ukraine with a much needed show of support from its most important overseas baccha in the week that the government here was still reeling from the secretary of defense minister alexi resident kaufman made corruption scandals with the 3 months old counter offensive, still making slow progress and it made deep rooted anxiety about the prospect of next is us elections threatening Long Term Support . Rob mcbride, ill just say era privy, re you crate and the white house has condemned what it calls russias brutal attack on consenting. Theyve got, as well mentioned us, secretary of state and to be blinking is now in key for a 2 day visit. And he has pledged additional military aid to ukraine, that package of 8 includes abrams tanks. Hi maurice rockett systems, javelin, midsize, and other munitions. A senior assistance totaling more than 1000000. 00 in this common effort. That includes 665500000. 00 in new military and civilian security systems. In total, we committed over 43000000000. 00 in the System Security system since the beginning of the russian aggression. Now since i was last year, almost exactly one year ago, Ukrainian Forces have taken back more than 50 percent of the territory seized by Russian Forces since february of 2022. And the ongoing counter offense progresses, accelerate. In the past few weeks, this new assistance will help sustain it and build for the moment. Roles and jordan joins us from the state department. Youve been listening to this as we have was, we just heard anthony blinking praising it seems the pace of ukraines counter offensive. Thats interesting because there had been some concern among ukraines backers recently, that perhaps it wasnt going as well as they would have liked as well. The criticisms of the ukrainian counter offensive has really been going on almost from the very beginning of this military operation in the past of 4 or 5 months. And its rather interesting when you consider that it took of the u. S. Military more than a couple of years to regain control after the fall of pollution back in 2004. So the u. S. Has been very, very careful, ever since to not come out with over whelming praise and allow some people to engage in quiet criticism of the Ukrainian Military offensive. But it is worth pointing out. This is perhaps the most of fuse of praise as it were of the Ukrainian Militarys operations in the past several months against the russian military. Which of course did march the invasion back on february 24th, 2022. That said, the 175000000. 00, which the us is now providing in direct military aid is supposed to support the ukrainian voluntary in this counter offensive. Namely, by providing among other things, depleted uranium, munitions that would be fired from abrams tanks. 10 of which will be arriving in country supposedly in the middle of september. So there are different numbers that we heard today. We just heard anthony blinking, talking about a 1000000000. 00 a package. What can you tell us about what the us is provide . Lets say, well, working all of us actually that the state Department Just provided 2 journals. Were talking not just about the 175000000. 00 in direct military aid, which is of course, part of the multi 1000000000. 00 drawl down that President Joe Biden authorized more than a year ago. But theres also 100000000. 00 in Foreign Military assistance so that the Ukrainian Military kind of chain, other pieces of military equipment directly from us defense contractors, 90500000. 00 in direct humana, terry and de mining assistance. Because of course, that is a concern that minds have been laid particularly by the russians, but in some instances, reportedly by the printing is as well. And as we all know, if you dont clear the minds, you cant use the land to rebuild communities. You cant carry out agriculture and minds of course name and kill people. And then theres another 300000000. 00 being set aside to support Law Enforcement efforts to really re establish the rule of law in those parts of Eastern Ukraine that the Ukrainian Military is able to recapture from russian control. So you have this sort of assistance being brought out and of course, humanitarian assistance, food medicine, emergency shelter, all that really adds up to the more than a 1000000000. 00 and assistance which secretary of state blinking just said during this press conference is key to demonstrating the us of support for ukraine, as well as to send a message to those here in the United States who might be still skeptical about why the u. S. Has invested so much time diplomatic support and money to this effort in the past 18 months or so. All right, thanks for all that context. Rosalyn jordan reporting there from the state department in washington dc. As the us secretary state anthony blinking is in key. Thank you. As a judge in the us state of georgia is expected to decide whether donald trump and his 18 Co Defendants will be tried together or separately on charges of election. Meddling the hearing will also give a snapshot of how much evidence prosecutors have against the former us president trump. And his Co Defendants are accused of trying to overturn the president ial election result in georgia. In 2020, none of the defendants or expected to appear in person. Mike, hannah is in atlanta. Following all of this for us, mike, i feel we have quite a bit of explaining to do here for of yours. Lets start with this. What does it matter if Co Defendants are all tried together or some, or tried separately as theyve been asking . Well, that was the question that the judge jobs, both the prosecution and defense. And the important point is that he was told by the prosecution that with the 2 people not being tried or 19 people are being tried, the trial will take the same amount of time. The prosecution says that expects the trial to take full months off the jury selection. It says its going to court more than 150. 00 witnesses. And the judge very quickly in less than 2 hours came to a decision. He agreed with the prosecution saying that in the interest of time, then old 19 must be tried together. Now why the prosecution is arguing that strongly and one at that particular argument is the nature of the charges basically. And let you know that these 19 defendants also called in a criminal conspiracy. I reckoned tearing efforts to undermine order this, the results of the election in georgia in 2020. So the prosecution argues that all have got to be tried together because, or part of this criminal enterprise as it puts it. And thats as an arguments at the judge has accepted. Ok, donald trump is of course the leading co defendant. It has from it ended tauriel perspective here. His lawyers will no doubt be looking at whats happening in the court room behind you. Whats a positive outcome as far as trumping his lawyers are concerned today, as well so far and nothing very positive for the form of president. His lawyers had made clear that they need a long time to prepare for a case like this. They proposed dates arranging into 2025, but the judge is heading in a different direction. But the prosecution once the trial to start on october, the 20 to that some 6 weeks time, the judge is indicating that thats the date that he wants to stick with. That would be very bad news for donald trump. Indeed, because he wants, he says a lot more time, not only for his lawyers to prepare a defense, but very importantly, that president ial campaign coming up next year as it stands at present short the trial begin on october, the 23rd. Then then you have jury selection the trial could, will in some way off to super tuesday. Now thats a critical day in the president ial campaign. Bearing in mind to that on march, the full, donald trump begins, yet another trial, this one on federal charges of undermining the election. So certainly the full, the president s diaries getting very, very tough indeed. And if the judge in this particular case goes ahead and starts the trial on october, the 23rd, its going to have a massive impact on Donald Trumps ability to campaign effectively. Mike, one more for you, some of the defendants. For instance, trumps former chief of staff, mark meadows, wants to be tried in a federal court rather than a state court. Now, when you look at this from the other side of the world, intuitively you dont fully understand why, you know, on a surface level, why does that matter a well, thats something thats being decided by a nother superior judge in the court. Behind me, steve jones, about mach meadows has argued that this case should be moved out of a states called into a federal court. The argument being that he committed the actions that he has been accused of as crimes, while a federal official that is in the trunk administration. Now it would appear as well that once he makes the switch to a federal court, he would then argue that because the actions were undertaken as a federal officer, he can claim immunity from prosecution. Now that is the argument that donald trump himself is following very, very closely. The problem for both trump and meadows is quite a simple one. An effect. Observe is point out that should they have committed these actions as federal offices. They would have committed an offense against what is called the hatch act. That says that you may not use your federal office to advance your political position. Now they are court and then i, lemme both meadows and trump should they argue this . Because any action on to the subject is an illegal one, which would totally remove any impunity. But thats even assuming that the judge and the court behind me here rules that it would move to a federal court. This is something that happens very, very seldom, but were waiting to hear from judge steve jones on that matter. All right, theres been so much legal wrangling with 19 Co Defendants involved in this case. Since this is all started, since the indictment came down like hannah, youre across all of it. Youll let us know when you get definitive answers on some of these key questions. Thank you very much, mike. The still ahead on elza 0, a un report highlights the role that heat waves plain worsening air quality, and this is happening as African Leaders make a new Climate Change declaration. Stay with us. The hey there is still keeping tabs on store. And daniel, after ive done Copious Amounts of rain, for example, central grease, we saw about half a meter of rain in the span of a few hours. A storm system has left behind a legacy of still torrential downpours. And that part of the country dock of the blue and the yellow, the more intense the rain is strong system though is spinning around this central mediterranean. I put this a date for now on friday, this becomes a story for the tiny island nation of malta northwest libya. We tow it doesnt take much rain there to see some funny. Okay, back to the here and now a bit of a breather before the next round of rain comes in for portugal, the coast of portugal, some pretty intense downpours there on friday. Be aware of that. Meantime, for the northwest stall about the he lives is 30 degrees on the nose in london and havent seen the temperature of that height and quite some time. Also the heat through france and the low countries. And if i take you to Central Europe right now, it is fairly quiet, say for a bit of cloud cover for eastern, youre off to africa, we go. Its also a story about the heat. So the ne, kyra 42. 00 degrees. Weve got this batch of intense rain through molly as we dip toward the south and now temperature is running on the high side in vintage. And this breeze is going to pump up temperatures in bulawayo 32, the high for you on thursday. Enjoy. Thats a snapshot of your weather, c on the the, or watching houses 0 reminder of our headlines this hour will gary or greece and turkey has been hit by catastrophic floods. More than a dozen people have been confirmed dead and several or so missing. Morena is expected in the coming days. Are us judge is expected to decide if the election meddling case against donald trump in 18 Co Defendants in the state of georgia will be tried together or separately. At least 17 people have been killed in a russian beside attack on the town of suspension. The president followed the mirror zalinski condemned the attack on the city nearly 20 kilometers from the front line. 6 soldiers in the democratic republic of congo are being tried and a military court for their involvement and the killing of 56 people. The victims were protesting against un peacekeepers. Mohammed vault reports 6 months off with maintaining go on to the democrats republic of congo, facing the full mice of the legal system. The senior soldiers, including academy and duluth and the candle on file in the military, courts in coma, facing several charges among ven, crimes against humanity. The action conducted by the soldiers was a systematic, applied and targeted attack against the very well identified populations as the army laws and rules. Its clear that the killings perpetrated by the soldiers is a crime against humanity. The case focuses on the forces of response to a protest against un peacekeepers. Last week, dozens of people were killed, wounded with so just opened fire life, a munition to dispatch, to demonstrate does more than 20 patients are still being treated at the hospital. The goldman piece was a very difficult situation, i believe is the 1st time we receive 51. 00 patients in a more or less 6 hours. Luckily that day we had 3 surgeons. And so we were able to, to run for you for anything theaters. Uh, but uh still because a really complicated most patients have gunshot wounds in the upper body, so the 2 arms assess them. On the 5th, i assume we hadnt started to protest yet, but we would just meeting with the soul just attacked as it broke into our components, stopped the shooting at us and upsets me and some People Killed and they did nothing wrong. I was walking home from the office, i had nothing to do with the protest. I came across 2 trucks, one carrying soldiers and another with Police Officers, boomers, we heard gunshots. It was, and there was no way to run. My only realize leads her to die, had been shot in the stomach and some families dont know their relatives whereabouts and suspect they were among the victims. They say the army is keeping a number of bodies in a more, refusing to release them. The. Thats how you and protest was organized by a lead to sick to cold was the alondo, which means pay 3. 00 us companies are for the cheese, half of the band, the groups demonstrations accusing it of spitting out of the incident. The complicates the conflict in east to come go with the media shift fighting, get so that when it goes to state public topic for decades, how much fun ive just you, your bones military leader has begun releasing political prisoners, bruce or league in game of granted them amnesty during his inauguration on monday. Hes also met with Opposition Leader albert on the officer and gave a seized power moment stuff. The president , ali bongo is declared the winner and disputed to elections. And i, julian Appeals Court has dismissed be off additions, challenge against president bullet, the new blues election victory in march. The court ruled that the positions failed to prove claims of irregularities, and for the opposition can still make a final appeal at the supreme court. This time a powerful storm sweeping across southern brazil has killed at least 31 people. Heavy rainfall has caused caused flooding and several cities. 13000 people have fled, their homes and rescue efforts are currently underway. Air pollution and Climate Change or problems that must be tackled together. Thats the message from the world. Mutual logical organization. And your report from the u. An agency says Climate Change is causing more frequent and more severe heat waves. And that in turn is worsening. Air pollution, for instance, researchers say that the heat waves, the triggered wildfires in the north west and us and europe last year, lead to hazardous air quality. The smoke from the fires contains chemicals and particles that are dangerous for humans. They also damage the environment and crops to meanwhile, African Leaders have proposed new global taxes to fund Climate Change action. The call came in the declaration at the end of the 1st Africa Climate summit in nairobi. Proposal also urges rich nations to fulfill their pledges to support african states and their fight against the effects of Climate Change f. And so it has more on this from they wrote on the latest say the right things when it comes to talking Climate Change. They talked about how they can find their re, potential africa has actually when it comes to all the resources that are available and how can they deal with that and use that to project Climate Change issues as well. Some of the talking points, they said that they once before this common position had all the un Climate Change summit that is coming up in november. They also said that they want to be mind a fair play round. So they saw that african countries are on the heavy, sorry when it comes to these very important discussions as well. But new, the bottom line is Climate Change financing. And you know, delegates, so weve been talking to a said that they want rich nations to do more to help a poor, a kind of, to deal with Climate Change in that regard. We have hard from development partners. You say that they will pledge to wood Climate Change development. We also know that many countries in africa are swaddling to view the friends issues as priorities like security um housing, other issues as well. Then this makes it very difficult for those countries and communities to put a lot of money towards Climate Change and mitigation caching slowly all to 0. Now, rosie sliding on the ask in pakistan border whose cause the main crossing between the 2 countries. To close, the civilians fled as Pakistani Military and gaskin taliban Government Forces exchange gun fine. Old traffic and trade and the busy crossing has come to hold it. A separate incident fighting broke out between pakistan, the security forces, and the Pakistani Taliban and the district of charles. At least 4 officers have been killed. The fighters say that they captured 2 of posts near the afghan border. Now you wouldnt have thought that the roofs of cathedrals would be the place to search for media rights, but that is exactly where scientists and the u. K. Been looking researchers hope it any cosmic dust, they find what teachers more about space. Sonya video has the story off high on the roof of rochester cathedral. And what looks like a clean up operation. Optometry scientist, looking for offices about life in out of space on these large roofs for such as collecting daybreak from the coast. Most the sites are largely on the steps of a many years equipped with a special vacuum cleaner, medieval cathedrals like this one, a proving to be an ideal Hunting Ground for such as on the lookout. Because mcduff, the, my coming to us from usually have very fresh, so he get all the information you need is today because they said yesterday. So to me, so its very surprising to see how fresh there, because the fresh of the better, the more information you have or, and its these events that hold the key, mutual rights and comments that turn into tiny particles on impact with the us atmosphere. Any material gathered on the cathedral roof could provide offices to the origins of all solar system. If successful, it would mean that this place of worship would be total to the heavens. Moving a 100000000. 00 of micro mutual rights lands on every year. While our own solar system is 4600000000 years old, some of the oldest particles that ive been discovered, dates back, 7000000000 years old of the particles, the if we think on the surface come from the asteroids. So the asteroids, these are typically found on over, its around the song between the orbits of moans and they will be subject to. And so those objects, some of them offered to be radios. The research by the school of physical sciences of the university of kent will go on to form the basis of a Citizen Science based project. And the hope is that it will spell Public Interest in Space Science as well as providing no answer to whats out there. So anybody, jagow, ill just sarah rochester. The this is alice has 0 and these are the top stories or us judge has ruled the donald trump